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FN MFG INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    22
About

FN MFG INC has a total of 22 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets weapons, machine tools and machines are SPUHR I DALBY AB, THOMPSON & CAMPBELL LTD and BELDING WARREN S.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing FN MFG INCs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 10
#2 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) 4
#3 Australia 3
#4 South Africa 3
#5 Israel 1
#6 Norway 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing FN MFG INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

# Industry
#1 Weapons
#2 Machine tools
#3 Machines

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Schmitter Edward P 13
#2 Sniezak Gary A 8
#3 Langevin Kevin R 6
#4 Gardner Michael R 5
#5 Smith Walt 5
#6 Miller Harold L 4
#7 Erickson Milton W 3
#8 Baker Richard 3
#9 Thoe Gerald A 3
#10 Mooney Aurelius A Di 2

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US6763627B1 Bipod for light-weight machine gun
US6223460B1 Trigger safety
US5907918A Rifle buttstock
US5941489A Reversible T-rail mountable to a Picatinny rail
US5907921A Ballistic optimizing system for rifles
AU6849896A Universal mount for rifle
US5676241A Holder for plural ammunition magazines
US5669169A Handgun having metallic rails within a polymeric frame
IL114813D0 Welding complicated difficult-to-weld metal components
AU3196095A Welding complicated, difficult-to-weld metal components
US5640794A Fire control mechanism for an automatic pistol