F41J 5/12
Target indicating systems: for indicating the distance by which a bullet misses
Official title: for indicating the distance by which a bullet misses the target (F41J5/02 - F41J5/10 takes precedence)
F41J5/12 (Target indicating systems: for indicating the distance by which a bullet misses) appears on 23 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41J- Granted patents
- 23
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 18
- Inventors
- 55
- Latest grant
- 28 Oct 2025
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| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Method and system for estimating the position of the point of impact between a clay target released from a launching machine and a shot fired from the shotgun, choke selection based on said estimate28 Oct 2025US 12,455,141 B2Fabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A.
- Analysis of skeet target breakage1 Apr 2025US 12,264,896 B2Take Aim Technologies IP LLC
- Apparatus and methods for detection of a shot firing event8 Aug 2023US 11,719,511 B2InVeris Training Solutions, Inc.
- Shooting training system15 Dec 2020US 10,866,071 B2Oasis Partners IP Holdings, LLC
- Shot tracking and feedback system18 Aug 2020US 10,746,512 B2Garmin Switzerland GmbH
- Method and system for estimating the position of the point of impact between a clay target released from a launching machine and a shot fired from the shotgun, choke selection based on said estimate29 Aug 2024US 2024/0288248 A1Fabbrica D'Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A.
- Optical shooting accuracy indication system27 Apr 2023US 2023/0130005 A1Smart Detection Initiatives Ltd.
- Optical systems and devices for ballistic parameter measurements4 Nov 2021US 2021/0341264 A1SensorMetrix
- Analysis of skeet target breakage2 Sep 2021US 2021/0270567 A1Take Aim Technologies IP LLC
- Shooting training system11 Mar 2021US 2021/0072003 A1Oasis Partners IP Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser marksmanship target28US 4,177,580 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1979
- System and method for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles25US 6,669,477 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2003
- Firing range24US 4,514,621 AAustralasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd. · 1985
- Indicator apparatus for determining the miss distance of a projectile in relation to a fixed or moving target21US 4,323,993 ASwedair AB · 1982
- Minimum miss distance vector measuring system18US 4,057,708 AMotorola, Inc. · 1977