DIFF Subgroup
F41B 11/50 Magazines for compressed-gas guns; Arrangements for feeding or loading projectiles from magazines
Introduced: January 2013
Full Title
Compressed-gas guns, e.g. air guns; Steam guns > Magazines for compressed-gas guns; Arrangements for feeding or loading projectiles from magazines
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2013.
Child Classifications
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- F41B 11/51 the magazine being an integral, internal part of the gun housing since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41B 11/52 the projectiles being loosely held in a magazine above the gun housing, e.g. in a hopper since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41B 11/54 the projectiles being stored in a rotating drum magazine since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41B 11/55 the projectiles being stored in stacked order in a removable box magazine, rack or tubular magazine since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41B 11/57 Electronic or electric systems for feeding or loading (F41B11/53 takes precedence) since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
- CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 562
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 459
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 444
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 412
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 407
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 359
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 290
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 282
- SHELTERED WINGS, INC. D/B/A VORTEX OPTICS US 255
- THALES FR 228