F41J 9/00
Moving targets, i.e. moving when fired at
Official title: Moving targets, i.e. moving when fired at (F41J2/00 takes precedence)
F41J9/00 (Moving targets, i.e. moving when fired at) appears on 449 US grants and 339 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41J- Granted patents
- 449
- Published applications
- 339
- Assignees
- 231
- Inventors
- 760
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 9 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2021 | 9 | 17 |
| 2022 | 6 | 19 |
| 2023 | 12 | 19 |
| 2024 | 15 | 24 |
| 2025 | 19 | 11 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Target for use in firearms training25 Aug 2026US 12,716,696 B2Marathon Robotics Pty Ltd
- Target stand25 Aug 2026US 12,716,699 B2The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Shooting Target6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227160 A1AOB Products Company
- Shooting Target Launcher6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227161 A1AOB Products Company
- Military decoy element23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210677 A1Dobbelgänger Oy
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Game apparatus using a vehicle with an optical image synthesizing system111US 5,716,281 ASega Enterprises, Ltd. · 1998
- Simulator and practice method102US 5,649,706 A1997
- Firearm laser training system and method facilitating firearm training for extended range targets with feedback of firearm control98US 7,329,127 B2L-3 Communications Corporation · 2008
- Environmentally acceptable frangible target compositions90US 4,623,150 AReagent Chemical & Research, Inc. · 1986
- Clay pigeon78US 4,124,550 ANippon Oil Co., Ltd. · 1978