Most guns are patented, and most of those patents have long since expired. There are some newer designs out there, but they tend to be the exception. Everything from the AR15 to the Remington 870 shotgun to the Glock 19 is all public domain. Go to any shooting range or skeet field, and a huge chunk of the firearms you’ll see have patents that expired decades ago.
Most guns are patented, and most of those patents have long since expired. There are some newer designs out there, but they tend to be the exception. Everything from the AR15 to the Remington 870 shotgun to the Glock 19 is all public domain. Go to any shooting range or skeet field, and a huge chunk of the firearms you’ll see have patents that expired decades ago.
This is how patents are supposed to work.