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CPC Main Group
F41C 7/00

Shoulder-fired smallarms, e.g. rifles, carbines, shotguns (specially adapted for underwater use F41C9/06)

5 direct subcodes

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  • F41C 7/04 with reciprocating handgrip under the buttstock for loading or cocking
  • F41C 7/06 Lever-action guns, i.e. guns having a rocking lever for loading or cocking
  • F41C 7/11 Breakdown shotguns or rifles (hinge-frame revolvers F41C3/16; breech mechanisms therefor F41A3/58; cocking mechanisms therefor F41A19/41)

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 562
  2. BAE SYSTEMS GB 459
  3. RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 444
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANY US 412
  5. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 407
  6. AXON ENTERPRISE US 359
  7. LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 290
  8. KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 282
  9. SHELTERED WINGS, INC. D/B/A VORTEX OPTICS US 255
  10. THALES FR 228