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EP4587776 - FIREARM FIRE CONTROL MECHANISMS AND RELATED TECHNIQUES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
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Applicant(s)For all designated states
Henry Rac Holding Corp d/b/a Henry Repeating Arms
107 W Coleman St
Rice Lake, WI 54868 / US
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Inventor(s)01 / ADER, Geoffrey, Louis
Chetek, WI 54728 / US
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Representative(s)Eisenführ Speiser
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
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Application number, filing date23866403.112.09.2023
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WO2023US74007
Priority number, dateUS202263406071P13.09.2022         Original published format: US 202263406071 P
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Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2024059588
Date:21.03.2024
Language:EN
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Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP4587776
Date:23.07.2025
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 21.03.2024 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
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Search report(s)International search report - published on:US18.04.2024
ClassificationIPC:F41A17/56, F41A17/82, F41A17/62, F41A17/00, F41A3/00, F41A3/72, F41C7/06, F41A19/00, F41A19/30
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CPC:
F41A17/74 (EP,US); F41A17/56 (EP,US); F41A17/46 (EP)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2025/30]
TitleGerman:FEUERWAFFENFEUERSTEUERUNGSMECHANISMEN UND ZUGEHÖRIGE VERFAHREN[2025/30]
English:FIREARM FIRE CONTROL MECHANISMS AND RELATED TECHNIQUES[2025/30]
French:MÉCANISMES DE COMMANDE DE TIR AVEC ARME À FEU ET TECHNIQUES ASSOCIÉES[2025/30]
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Examination procedure14.04.2025Examination requested  [2025/30]
24.10.2025Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
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Cited inInternational search[XA] US3949508  (ELKAS LOUIS et al.) [X] 1,4 * , entire document, especially Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; col 1, In 40-59; col 2, In 24-40; col 3, In 47 to col 4, In 4; col 2, In 3-10; col 2, In 41 to col 3, In 16; col 3, In 17-27; *[A] 2-3, 5-6
 [A] US3092924  (SEECAMP LOUIS W et al.) [A] 1-6 * , entire document *
 [A] US5467549  (ROWLANDS KENNETH C et al.) [A] 1-6 * , entire document *
 [A] US3808724  (LINDE J et al.) [A] 1-6 * , entire document *
 [A] US3287842  (ALICE DENHOFF et al.) [A] 1-6 * , entire document *
 [A] US4964232  (MAINLAND DONALD R et al.) [A] 1-6 * , entire document *
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