F42B 10/38
Range-increasing arrangements
Official title: Range-increasing arrangements (F42B10/34, F42B14/06 {and F42B15/105} take precedence)
F42B10/38 (Range-increasing arrangements) appears on 455 US grants and 346 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 455
- Published applications
- 346
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 821
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 11 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 10 | 7 |
| 2009 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010 | 10 | 9 |
| 2011 | 13 | 24 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 |
| 2013 | 15 | 12 |
| 2014 | 16 | 14 |
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| 2017 | 17 | 25 |
| 2018 | 20 | 19 |
| 2019 | 20 | 25 |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 |
| 2021 | 22 | 16 |
| 2022 | 23 | 18 |
| 2023 | 23 | 21 |
| 2024 | 22 | 10 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 8 |
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
- Projectile11 Aug 2026US D1,141,052 S1G9 Holdings, LLC · Design
- Projectile with a tapered structure within a forward cavity26 May 2026US 12,638,279 B1Liberty OPCO, LLC
- 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
- Range extension device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092764 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Nose tip structures for flight vehicles26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084799 A1Raytheon Company
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
- Precision guided extended range artillery projectile tactical base61US 6,588,700 B2Raytheon Company · 2003