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F41C 23/00

Butts; Butt plates; Stocks

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
WEAPONS
Subclass:
SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS OR RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F41C 23/02 Attachment of slings
  • F41C 23/04 Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts
  • F41C 23/1 Stocks or grips for pistols, e.g. revolvers
  • F41C 23/12 Auxiliary stocks for stabilising, or for transforming pistols, e.g. revolvers, into shoulder-fired guns
  • F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop
  • F41C 23/16 Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards
  • F41C 23/18 characterised by the material used
  • F41C 23/2 Butts; Butt plates; Mountings therefor
  • F41C 23/22 Stocks having space for the storage of objects

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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