F42B 10/32
Range-reducing or range-increasing arrangements
Official title: Range-reducing or range-increasing arrangements; Fall-retarding means
F42B10/32 (Range-reducing or range-increasing arrangements) appears on 853 US grants and 532 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 853
- Published applications
- 532
- Assignees
- 281
- Inventors
- 1,432
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 5 |
| 2003 | 13 | 11 |
| 2004 | 11 | 14 |
| 2005 | 12 | 13 |
| 2006 | 15 | 18 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12 |
| 2008 | 19 | 12 |
| 2009 | 13 | 10 |
| 2010 | 17 | 22 |
| 2011 | 24 | 27 |
| 2012 | 24 | 29 |
| 2013 | 23 | 16 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 |
| 2015 | 21 | 24 |
| 2016 | 25 | 23 |
| 2017 | 28 | 34 |
| 2018 | 27 | 29 |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 |
| 2020 | 33 | 38 |
| 2021 | 30 | 29 |
| 2022 | 34 | 32 |
| 2023 | 42 | 30 |
| 2024 | 36 | 19 |
| 2025 | 21 | 18 |
| 2026 | 14 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Firearm projectile device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,935 B2
- Projectile22 Sep 2026US D1,148,948 S1G9 Holdings, LLC · Design
- Air vehicle having a protected front optical element8 Sep 2026US 12,729,938 B2Safran Electronics & Defense
- Projectile and fuze with fin18 Aug 2026US 12,710,256 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Projectile11 Aug 2026US D1,141,052 S1G9 Holdings, LLC · Design
- Sub-sonic bullet casing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266586 A1Hornady Manufacturing Company
- Electric circuit breaker device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177365 A1Daicel Corporation
- Enhanced Projectile for Precision Rifle Ammunition with more Uniform External ballistic performance and Enhanced Terminal Ballistic Performance4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153313 A1Superior Shooting Systems, Inc.
- Increase Volume, Ballistically Matched Projectile for Enhanced Effect21 May 2026US 2026/0139935 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Aerodynamically stabilized probe for a remote-acting electroshock weapon30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118097 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Grooved projectiles221US 4,718,348 A1988
- Ammunition projectile having enhanced flight characteristics215US 5,798,478 ACove Corporation · 1998
- Projectile209US 8,893,621 B12014
- Projectile with enhanced ballistics188US 9,709,368 B2G9 Holdings, LLC · 2017
- Gun hardened, rotary winged, glide and descent device187US 6,347,764 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2002