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What were John Moses Browning's patent numbers?

Although all patents are available online from the U.S. Patent Office, those before 1976 are not searchable and can only be accessed by entering their patent numbers. What are the numbers of John M. Browning's patents?

Number
220271

Filed
May 19, 1879

Granted
October 7, 1879 July 25, 1882 August 7, 1883 October 14, 1884 August 11, 1885 February 16, 1886 July 26, 1887 June 26, 1888

Title & note

IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS falling block single shot rifle; became the Winchester 1885 High Wall and Low Wall MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM bolt-action repeating rifle with a tubular magazine [1 BrHT] MAGAZINE-GUN lever action, exposed hammer, tubular magazine rifle [1 BrHT] MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM lever action repeating rifle that employed sliding vertical locks; to become the famous Winchester Model 1886 [1 BrHT] MAGAZINE-GUN lever action rifle MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM lever action repeating shotgun. Known as the Winchester Model 1887, it was the first successful repeating shotgun. [1 BrHT] MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM lever action rifle MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM 22 caliber pump action repeating rifle; First marketed as the Winchester Model 1890 [1 BrHT] MAGAZINE-GUN Winchester 1893 and 1897 pump action shotguns [10 WP] MAGAZINE-GUN Winchester 1892 lever action rifle [10 WP] AUTOMATIC MAGAZINE-GUN cap over barrel(?!), repeating, gas-operated rifle MACHINE-GUN gas-operated machine gun MACHINE-GUN gas-operated machine gun MAGAZINE-GUN Winchester 1894 lever action rifle [10 WP] GAS-OPERATED MACHINE-GUN Colt Model 1895 Automatic Machine Gun. Earned the name Browning Peacemaker during the Spanish-American War [1 BrHT] GAS-OPERATED MACHINE-GUN GAS-OPERATED MACHINE-GUN GAS-OPERATED BREECH-LOADING GUN MAGAZINE-FIREARM lever action rifle BOX-MAGAZINE FIREARM Winchester 1895 lever action rifle [10 WP]

261667 282839 306577

March 20, 1882 September 13, 1882 May 26, 1884

324296 336287

March 5, 1885 June 15, 1885

367336 385238

July 12, 1886 December 13, 1887 June 30, 1890 August 3, 1891 January 6, 1890 August 3, 1891 August 3, 1891 January 19, 1894 November 7, 1892 March 15, 1893 June 17, 1893 September 11, 1898 April 29, 1895 November 19, 1891

441390 465339 471782 471783 471784 524702 544657

November 25, 1890 December 15, 1891 March 29, 1892 March 29, 1892 March 29, 1892 August 21, 1894 August 20, 1895 August 20, 1895 August 20, 1895 August 20, 1895 September 3, 1895 November 5, 1895

544658 544659 544660 545671 549345

550778 552864

April 29, 1895 November 19, 1894 March 16, 1896 September 14, 1895 October 31, 1896 October 31, 1896 October 31, 1896 February 17, 1899 February 8, 1900

December 3, 1895 January 7, 1896 February 16, 1897 April 20, 1897 April 20, 1897 April 20, 1897 April 20, 1897 August 29, 1899 October 9, 1900

577281 580923 580924 580925 580926 632094 659507

MAGAZINE-FIREARM shotgun(?) MAGAZINE-FIREARM lever action repeating rifle with a non-detachable box magazine designed for jacketed sharp-nosed bullets. Marketed as the Winchester Model 1895. [1 BrHT] MAGAZINE-FIREARM pump action shotgun? FIREARM pistol FIREARM Colt 1900 automatic pistol [10 WP] FIREARM pistol FIREARM BOLT-GUN single shot 22 caliber plinking rifle known as the Winchester Model 1900 [1 BrHT] RECOIL-OPERATED FIREARM revolutionary autoloading shotgun. It would be manufactured by Fabrique Nationale in 1903 and by Remington Arms Company in 1905. (Model 11) [1 BrHT] FN/Browning Auto 5 shotgun, also Remington Model 11 [10 WP] RECOIL-OPERATED FIREARM first successful autoloading high-power rifle [1 BrHT]; Remington Arms Company in 1906 as Model 8 MACHINE FOR LOADING FEED BELTS FOR MACHINE GUNS AUTOMATIC GUN His next design, the Model 1917, US patent #678,937 was a recoil-powered automatic gun like the Maxims. It was called Model 1917 because in that year, on the verge of entering the war in Europe, the Army found itself completely lacking in modern automatic weapons. In February, 1917, Browning performed a demonstration at Congress Heights for the benefit of the press, members of Congress, and various foreign representatives. He brought the recoil operated gun he patented in 1901, and also a gas-operated automatic rifle, the BAR. Both weapons were successfully demonstrated, and began production shortly before the war's end. [4 Pulse] AUTOMATIC FIREARM shotgun AUTOMATIC FIREARM pistol MAGAZINE-GUN rifle or shotgun RECOIL-OPERATED FIREARM shotgun AUTOMATIC FIREARMS Colt 1903 automatic pistol [10 WP] MAGAZINE-GUN pump action shotgun that would become the Stevens Model 520 [1 BrHT] FIREARMS Colt Model 1905 in 45 ACP (predecessor to the M1911) [10 WP] RECOIL-BRAKE FOR AUTOMATIC GUNS FIREARM pistol SAFETY DEVICE FOR FIREARMS FN Model 1905 and Colt Vest Pocket in 25 ACP [10 WP]

659786

June 6, 1900

October 16, 1900 October 23, 1900 July 23, 1901

660244 678937

November 15, 1899 June 19, 1900

689283 708794 710094 730870 747585 781765 808003 812326 818739 947478

March 18, 1901 November 7, 1901 January 11, 1902 May 6, 1899 April 3, 1902 July 10, 1903 May 25, 1905 June 30, 1904 August 18, 1905 June 21, 1909

December 17, 1901 September 9, 1902 September 30, 1902 June 16, 1903 December 22, 1903 February 7, 1905 December 19, 1905 February 13, 1906 April 24, 1906 January 25, 1910

984519 1065341 1083384

February 17, 1910 March 20, 1913 November 19, 1912 November 26, 1913 August 18, 1914 March 30, 1917 August 1, 1917 April 27, 1920 July 26, 1919 September 27, 1921 December 15, 1923 December 6, 1922 December 29, 1922 January 6, 1923 October 15, 1923 June 28, 1923

February 14, 1911 June 24, 1913 January 6, 1914 June 15, 1915

1143170

1202024 1276716 1293022 1372336 1424553 1464864 1525065 1533966 1533967 1533968 1578638 1618510

October 24, 1916 August 27, 1918 February 4, 1919 March 22, 1921 August 1, 1922 August 14, 1923 February 3, 1925 April 14, 1925 April 14, 1925 April 14, 1925 March 30, 1926 February 22, 1927

FIREARM Model 1911 .45 caliber pistol TAKE-DOWN CONSTRUCTION FOR FIREARMS Browning .22 Automatic Rifle [10 WP] FIREARM semi-automatic 22 caliber rifle. Remington also produced this rifle as the Model 24. [1 BrHT] FIREARM pump shotgun that would be marketed as the Remington Model 17. It was John M. Browning's last repeater-type shotgun. [1 BrHT] FIREARM rifle FIREARM Colt Woodsman [10 WP] AUTOMATIC MACHINE-RIFLE Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) FIREARM rifle FIREARM FN "Trombone" pump action .22 cal repeater (Rare in USA) [10 WP] FIREARM rifle AUTOMATIC FIREARM 37mm automatic cannon [10 WP] AUTOMATIC RIFLE AUTOMATIC RIFLE AUTOMATIC RIFLE FIREARM Browning Superposed over/under shotgun [10 WP] AUTOMATIC FIREARM led to the Browning Hi-Power 9mm short-recoil, locked-breech, exposed-hammer semi-automatic pistol. This was John M. Browning's last pistol development. [1 BrHT] AUTOMATIC FIREARM M2 machine gun in 50 caliber [10 WP]

1628226

July 31, 1923

May 10, 1927

He obtained 128 patents [5 L/DD].

220271, 261667, 306577, 336287, and 385238 came from [1 BrHT]. 580923 was found in [2 Syd]. 678937 came from [4 Pulse]. 1293022 came from [3 RKM]. 660244 is thanks to Mr. Pinto; he got it from [9 DLG]. 441390, 465339, 524702, 549345, 747585, 808003, 947478, 1065341, 1424553, 1525065, 1578638, and 1628226 came from [10 WP]. The rest came from digging through the Patent Office image collection. See also [6 AM] and [7 Stempel]. Val A. Browning was John M. Browning's son. Among other things, he was president of Browning Arms Company and created several patents of his own, including 2788714, 3018694, 3105411, and 3115063. [8 UMFA] [1 BrHT] Browning. Historical Timeline 1855-2002. Browning [2 Syd] Weedon, Syd. Syd's 1911 Notebook [PDF]. M1911.org. October 22, 1999 [3 RKM] Tosinski, Bolek. RKM Browning wz. 28. Strona Glowna [4 Pulse] The PTO Pulse, September 1997. The PTO Pulse. September 1997 [5 L/DD] John Moses Browning (352) quoting The Desert Dispatch, February 20, 1996. Liebrich/Leebrick Families in America [6 AM] Ayoob, Massad. The browning hi-power today: dominant high-capacity pistol no longer, the hi-power offers other virtues. Guns Magazine. February, 2004

[7 Stempel] Stempel, P. R. A review of the Ayoob article on Hi Powers in GUNS magazine, Feb 2004. FNHiPower.com. January 11, 2004 [8 UMFA] Val A. Browning Biography. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts. August 1, 1997 [9 DLG] Goldsmith, Dolf L. The Browning Machine Gun Volume 1. Collector Grade Publications. 2005 [10 WP] John Browning. Wikipedia. viewed April 1, 2006