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IPC Subgroup
F41F 3/04

for rockets

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Rocket or torpedo launchers > for rockets

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
WEAPONS
Subclass:
APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F41F 3/042 the launching apparatus being used also as transport container for the rocket
  • F41F 3/045 adapted to be carried and used by a person, e.g. bazookas
  • F41F 3/048 Means for imparting spin to the rocket before launching
  • F41F 3/052 Means for securing the rocket in the launching apparatus
  • F41F 3/055 Umbilical connecting means
  • F41F 3/058 Means for removing duds or misfires
  • F41F 3/07 Underwater launching-apparatus
  • F41F 3/073 Silos for rockets, e.g. mounting or sealing rockets therein
  • F41F 3/077 Doors or covers for launching tubes

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