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F41A 19/45

for catching the hammer after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi-automatic firing mode

Introduced: January 1990

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for catching the hammer after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi- automatic firing mode

CPC: for catching the hammer after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi-automatic firing mode

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms > Mechanical firing mechanisms > having at least one hammer > in bolt-action guns > Sear arrangements therefor > for catching the hammer after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi- automatic firing mode

CPC:

Firing or trigger mechanisms; Cocking mechanisms > Mechanical firing mechanisms, (F41A19/01 - F41A19/05, F41A19/59 take precedence) > having at least one hammer > in bolt-action guns > Sear arrangements therefor (F41A19/46 takes precedence) > for catching the hammer after each shot, i.e. in single-shot or semi-automatic firing mode

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
  2. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
  3. RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
  4. BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
  5. CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
  6. AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
  7. LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
  8. RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
  9. KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
  10. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228

Top Applicants (CPC)

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