DIFF Main Group
F41J 5/00 Target indicating systems; Target-hit or score detecting systems
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- F41J 5/04 Electric hit-indicating systems; Detecting hits by actuation of electric contacts or switches +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41J 5/06 Acoustic hit-indicating systems, i.e. detecting of shock waves (F41J5/056 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41J 5/10 Cinematographic hit-indicating systems (cinematographic targets F41J9/14) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41J 5/12 for indicating the distance by which a bullet misses the target (F41J5/02 - F41J5/10 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41J 5/14 Apparatus for signalling hits or scores to the shooter, e.g. manually operated, or for communication between target and shooter; Apparatus for recording hits or scores since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41J 5/18 Targets having hit-indicating means actuated or moved mechanically when the target has been hit, e.g. discs or flags (the target as a whole disappearing or moving when hit F41J7/04) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41J 5/24 Targets producing a particular effect when hit, e.g. detonation of pyrotechnic charge, bell ring, photograph since 1990 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