F41G 3/26
Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
Official title: Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying {(shooting games A63F9/02; light- or radiation-emitting guns F41A33/02; targets therefor F41J; responders, transponders for radar, sonar, lidar G01S13/767, G01S15/74, G01S17/74)}
F41G3/26 (Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying) appears on 663 US grants and 533 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41G- Granted patents
- 663
- Published applications
- 533
- Assignees
- 311
- Inventors
- 1,170
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 11 | 19 |
| 2004 | 7 | 19 |
| 2005 | 14 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14 |
| 2009 | 1 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 | 21 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17 |
| 2012 | 11 | 29 |
| 2013 | 23 | 24 |
| 2014 | 25 | 23 |
| 2015 | 21 | 23 |
| 2016 | 21 | 25 |
| 2017 | 21 | 23 |
| 2018 | 15 | 32 |
| 2019 | 35 | 32 |
| 2020 | 31 | 30 |
| 2021 | 21 | 30 |
| 2022 | 18 | 19 |
| 2023 | 21 | 32 |
| 2024 | 16 | 24 |
| 2025 | 26 | 30 |
| 2026 | 19 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Mortar training system for simulated firing25 Aug 2026US 12,716,674 B1By Light Professional IT Services LLC
- Firearm training system and method utilizing distributed stimulus projection25 Aug 2026US 12,716,675 B1Innovative Services and Solutions LLC
- Training apparatus including a weapon18 Aug 2026US 12,710,254 B2Meritis AG
- Personalized combat simulation equipment4 Aug 2026US 12,698,949 B2Thales Simulation & Training AG
- Laser cartridge for dryfire training4 Aug 2026US 12,698,950 B2
- Systems and methods for shooting simulation and training20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243542 A1Hvrt Corp.
- Virtual and augmented reality shooting systems and methods6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224995 A1Hvrt Corp.
- Firearm training apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168769 A1
- Laser shooting training system, method, and integrated recognition apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170660 A1
- Rugged rifle platform weapon system with intigrated laser for dry firing device for training4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153309 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shooting simulating process and training device using a virtual reality display screen561US 5,641,288 A1997
- Head mounted video display and remote camera system330US 5,005,213 AVaro, Inc. · 1991
- Shooting video game machine260US 6,146,278 AKonami Corporation · 2000
- Head mounted video display and remote camera system250US 4,786,966 AVaro, Inc. · 1988
- Shooting game machine224US 6,110,039 AKonami Corporation · 2000