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Weapons Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

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Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1,306 patents in 2019.peak 1,3061996: 442 patents19961997: 548 patents1998: 548 patents1999: 530 patents19992000: 415 patents2001: 487 patents2002: 526 patents20022003: 581 patents2004: 555 patents2005: 426 patents20052006: 420 patents2007: 443 patents2008: 430 patents20082009: 453 patents2010: 668 patents2011: 774 patents20112012: 864 patents2013: 1,017 patents2014: 1,045 patents20142015: 1,046 patents2016: 1,138 patents2017: 1,121 patents20172018: 1,084 patents2019: 1,306 patents2020: 1,179 patents20202021: 1,092 patents2022: 973 patents2023: 946 patents20232024: 1,015 patents2025: 1,071 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Mathew A. McPherson 15 Mcp Ip
2 William H. Geissele 14 Whg Properties
3 Jack Hancosky 8 Precision Accuracy Solutions
#4 Karl F. Milde, Jr. 7 Unknown
#5 Michael T. Mayberry 7 Magpul Industries
#6 Randall M. Lee 7 Apex Tactical Specialties
#7 Brian L. Nakayama 5 Magpul Industries
#8 George Huang 5 Battlearms Ip
#9 James J. Kempf 5 Archery Innovators
#10 Jesus S. Gomez 5 Lwrc International
#11 John Estridge 5 Truglo
#12 Paul LoRocco 5 Truglo
#13 Brett Curry 4 Smith & Wesson
#14 Carl R. Herman 4 Lockheed Martin
#15 Chi-Chang Liu 4 Poe Lang Enterprise Co.
#16 Christopher Andrew Plate 4 Plate
#17 David A. Barnett 4 Barnett Outdoors, Llc.
#18 Eric Stephen Kincel 4 Bravo Company Mfg
#19 Gaston Houle 4 Placements Gaston Houle
#20 Gary L. Simonds 4 Mcp Ip
#21 Jui-Fu Tseng 4 Starjet Technologies Co.
#22 Lori L. Wagner 4 Honeywell
#23 Nicholas Kielsmeier 4 Magpul Industries
#24 Stephen C. Moraites 4 Lockheed Martin
#25 Tetsuo Maeda 4 Maruzen Company Limited
#26 Thomas J. Miller 4 Spike'S Tactical
#27 Adam J. Birk 3 Battenfeld Technologies
#28 Alexander J. Robinson 3 Rmdi
#29 Alexander Smith 3 —
#30 Arthur O'Donnell 3 Profense
#31 Ashok Bhatnagar 3 Honeywell
#32 Bahram Khoshnood 3 Mcp Ip
#33 Benjamin Alicea, Jr. 3 —
#34 Brian D. Arvidson 3 Honeywell
#35 Brian Hoffman 3 US Army
#36 Chu-Wei Chang 3 Combis Sport Enterprise Co.
#37 Chunhua Shi 3 Huntercraft Limited
#38 Craig Thomas Yehle 3 Ravin Crossbows
#39 David S. Findlay 3 Smith & Wesson
#40 Dennis W. Cauley, Jr. 3 Aob Products
#41 Dean Sylvester 3 Primary Weapons
#42 Dorge O. Huang 3 Archery Innovators
#43 Fred E. Peters 3 Shieldpro
#44 G. David Tubb 3 —
#45 Hansen Lukman 3 US Army
#46 James Gianladis 3 Battenfeld Technologies
#47 Jeremiah Cottle 3 Slide Fire Solutions Lp
#48 Jeffrey Scott Cross 3 Fujitsu Limited
#49 Kevin L. Parsons 3 NVIDIA
#50 Kenneth Carl Steffen Winiecki 3 —
#51 Kurtis A. Palu 3 Thunder Beast Aims
#52 Kyle Lowrance 3 Pathfinder Systems
#53 Lin Zhang 3 Applied Materials
#54 Marvin C. Daniel 3 Daniel Defense
#55 Matthew Kinamore 3 Aob Products
#56 Matteo V. Viviano 3 Smith & Wesson
#57 Michael Poehlman 3 Battenfeld Technologies
#58 Paul Trpkovski 3 Ravin Crossbows
#59 Rex E. Isenhower 3 Archery Innovators
#60 Reinard Jozef Maria Steeman 3 Dsm Ip Assets B.V.
#61 Richard Ryder Washburn, III 3 Centre Firearms Co.
#62 Roelof Marissen 3 Dsm Ip Assets B.V.
#63 Sang Su 3 Huntercraft Limited
#64 Scott McRee 3 —
#65 Thomas Rowe 3 Profense
#66 Viktor Pysarenko 3 —
#67 William Bradley Bennett 3 Magpul Industries
#68 William A. Hangen 3 Daniel Defense
#69 Aaron A. McGinty 2 Falkor Sid
#70 Allan W. Antell 2 —
#71 Alexander E. Michlin 2 US Army
#72 Alex E. Moser 2 US Air Force
#73 Alexander Volker Peters 2 Dsm Ip Assets B.V.
#74 Alan J. Small 2 —
#75 Alan T. Thordsen 2 —
#76 Alec Daniel Wolf 2 Zev Technologies
#77 Anabela Dugas 2 US Army
#78 Andrew Hughes 2 Bear Archery
#79 Andrew Lees 2 Centre Firearms Co.
#80 Andrew Tieu 2 Vln Advanced Technologies
#81 Andreas Zimmermann 2 Hoechst Gmbh
#82 Arthur J. Viani 2 —
#83 Basel Al Sayyed 2 United Arab Emirates University
#84 Benjamin Lynn Frederick 2 Htr Development
#85 Benjamin T. Tiberius 2 United Tactical Systems
#86 Ben Weinrib 2 —
#87 Bruce R. Daniels 2 Vln Advanced Technologies
#88 Brent A. EuDaly 2 —
#89 Bradley Grunden 2 Honeywell
#90 Brian Keeney 2 Occam Defense Solutions
#91 Brian Sullivan 2 Pursuit Marketing
#92 Brian Wilson 2 Victrex Manufacturing Limited
#93 Byron S. Petersen 2 Delta Design
#94 Carson Cheng 2 Ncstar
#95 Caleb Clark Crye 2 Lineweight
#96 Carmelo Russo 2 —
#97 Christopher V. Beckman 2 Gula Consulting Limited Liability
#98 Christopher Berman 2 Granite Tactical Vehicles
#99 Christopher Davies 2 Np Aerospace Limited
#100 Christian Ellis 2 Borgwarner

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Unknown 30
2 US Air Force 19
3 Mcp Ip 17
#4 US Army 16
#5 Whg Properties 14
#6 Smith & Wesson 10
#7 RTX (Raytheon) 10
#8 Magpul Industries 8
#9 Apex Tactical Specialties 7
#10 Heckler & Koch Gmbh 7
#11 Lockheed Martin 7
#12 Sig Sauer 6
#13 NVIDIA 6
#14 Lwrc International 5
#15 Mbda Deutschland Gmbh 5
#16 Sturm, Ruger & Company 5
#17 Truglo 5
#18 Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 4
#19 Barnett Outdoors, Llc. 4
#20 Leupold & Stevens 4
#21 Maruzen Company Limited 4
#22 Otis Products 4
#23 Placements Gaston Houle 4
#24 Poe Lang Enterprise Co. 4
#25 Precision Accuracy Solutions 4
#26 R A Brands L.L.C. 4
#27 Savage Arms 4
#28 Umarex Usa 4
#29 Vista Outdoor Operations 4
#30 Honeywell 4
#31 Bae Systems Bofors Ab 3
#32 Battenfeld Technologies 3
#33 Centre Firearms Co. 3
#34 Colt'S Manufacturing Ip Holding Company 3
#35 Crosman 3
#36 Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 3
#37 Gi Sportz Direct 3
#38 Htr Development 3
#39 Huntercraft Limited 3
#40 L&O Hunting Group Gmbh 3
#41 Pathfinder Systems 3
#42 Primary Weapons 3
#43 Profense 3
#44 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems 3
#45 Rmdi 3
#46 Scott Archery 3
#47 Sheltered Wings 3
#48 Shieldpro 3
#49 Slide Fire Solutions Lp 3
#50 Spike'S Tactical 3
#51 The Boeing 3
#52 Thunder Beast Aims 3
#53 Zev Technologies 3
#54 Apple 2
#55 Action Target 2
#56 Aimpoint Ab 2
#57 Airtronic Usa 2
#58 Ambimjb 2
#59 Archery Innovators 2
#60 Bae Systems Plc 2
#61 Bear Archery 2
#62 Bowtech 2
#63 Bravo Company Mfg 2
#64 Combis Sport Enterprise Co. 2
#65 Cubic 2
#66 Daniel Defense 2
#67 Delta Design 2
#68 Intellectual Ventures 2
#69 Enig Associates 2
#70 Falkor Sid 2
#71 Fractal Antenna Systems 2
#72 Fx Airguns Ab 2
#73 Granite Tactical Vehicles 2
#74 Gun Guardian 2
#75 Haptech 2
#76 Hunter'S Manufacturing Company 2
#77 Hvrt 2
#78 Kruger Optical 2
#79 Kyntec 2
#80 Laporte Holding 2
#81 Lineweight 2
#82 Mbda France 2
#83 Midwest Industries 2
#84 Ncstar 2
#85 Npc Robotics 2
#86 Occam Defense Solutions 2
#87 Outlander 2
#88 Pro Mag Mfg. 2
#89 P.T. Archery 2
#90 Ravin Crossbows 2
#91 Real Action Paintball, Inc (Rap4) 2
#92 Rock River Arms 2
#93 Saab Ab 2
#94 Saeilo Enterprises 2
#95 Selex Es S.P.A. 2
#96 Surefire 2
#97 Swarovski-Optik Ag & Co Kg. 2
#98 Thales 2
#99 Torrey Pines Logic 2
#100 Trackingpoint 2