F41H 13/0043
Directed energy weapons, i.e. devices that direct a beam of high energy
Official title: {Directed energy weapons, i.e. devices that direct a beam of high energy content toward a target for incapacitating or destroying the target}
F41H13/0043 (Directed energy weapons, i.e. devices that direct a beam of high energy) appears on 724 US grants and 692 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41H- Granted patents
- 724
- Published applications
- 692
- Assignees
- 265
- Inventors
- 1,167
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 46 | 24 |
| 2025 | 36 | 29 |
| 2026 | 25 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for operating an ultra-wideband electromagnetic source22 Sep 2026US 12,742,616 B2DRS Training & Control Systems, LLC
- Compact closed-loop bypass optical beam sensing and correction15 Sep 2026US 12,736,800 B2Raytheon Company
- Combined high-energy laser (HEL) system or other system and laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system8 Sep 2026US 12,730,221 B2Raytheon Company
- Lightweight effective laser engagement (LELE) laser beam25 Aug 2026US 12,716,694 B1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- High energy laser defense weapon system with automated UAS detection and classification functionality25 Aug 2026US 12,716,695 B2Kord Technologies, LLC
- Multifunction portable illumination system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287126 A1Immobileyes Inc.
- Security flashlights with threat detection20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243414 A1Smart Home Protection LLC
- Hovering Laser Swarm Illuminating And Neutralizing Moving Targets25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175976 A1
- Flashbang cartridge for a projectile launcher28 May 2026US 2026/0146832 A1Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Arrayed high-energy laser counter-uav test method and apparatus28 May 2026US 2026/0146913 A1Jiangxi Flight University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for modular electronic weaponry1,435US 7,778,004 B2TASER International, Inc. · 2010
- Deterent for unmanned aerial systems234US 9,715,009 B1XiDrone Systems, Inc. · 2017
- Laser flashlight175US 6,142,650 A2000
- Systems and methods for detecting, tracking and identifying small unmanned systems such as drones139US 10,281,570 B2XiDrone Systems, Inc. · 2019
- Deterrent for unmanned aerial systems135US 11,035,929 B2XiDrone Systems, Inc. · 2021