C06B 21/00
Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives
Official title: Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives, e.g. forming, cutting, drying
C06B21/00 (Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives) appears on 935 US grants and 439 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C06B- Granted patents
- 935
- Published applications
- 439
- Assignees
- 390
- Inventors
- 1,803
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 40 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 29 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 22 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 29 | 0 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 7 |
| 2002 | 20 | 21 |
| 2003 | 27 | 18 |
| 2004 | 11 | 31 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 |
| 2006 | 15 | 21 |
| 2007 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 12 | 22 |
| 2010 | 16 | 15 |
| 2011 | 21 | 25 |
| 2012 | 20 | 18 |
| 2013 | 19 | 14 |
| 2014 | 16 | 15 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 |
| 2016 | 15 | 17 |
| 2017 | 17 | 24 |
| 2018 | 21 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 26 |
| 2020 | 20 | 19 |
| 2021 | 19 | 18 |
| 2022 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 15 | 11 |
| 2024 | 13 | 10 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Propellant charge1 Sep 2026US 12,723,009 B2Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappeliijkonderzoek TNO
- Systems and methods for controllable synthesis of energetic nanocomposites18 Aug 2026US 12,709,586 B2
- Encapsulated energetic materials and methods of making encapsulated energetic materials28 Jul 2026US 12,692,207 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
- Multi-part mixed energetic materials and epoxy binders16 Jun 2026US 12,655,073 B2
- Explosives using thermally expandable microspheres in a solid matrix26 May 2026US 12,637,396 B1Triad National Security, LLC
- Systems for delivering explosives and methods related thereto17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276360 A1Dyno Nobel Inc.
- Process for obtaining ignition pastes in an acoustic resonance mixer27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250216 A1Eurenco France SAS
- Mechanically gassed emulsion explosives and related methods and systems13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234078 A1Dyno Nobel Inc.
- Pyrotechnic colorant pellets13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234079 A1American Outdoor Brands, Inc.
- Procedure and installation for loading boreholes with bulk water-based suspension or watergel type explosives30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219018 A1Maxamcorp International, S.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Destruction of energetic materials1,020US 6,603,050 B2UXB International, Inc. · 2003
- Ultrashort pulse high repetition rate laser system for biological tissue processing480US 5,720,894 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Laser machining of explosives171US 6,150,630 AThe Regents of the University of California · 2000
- Method to reduce damage to backing plate123US 6,303,901 B1The Regents of the University of California · 2001
- Method of making reactive multilayer foil and resulting product95US 6,534,194 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2003