F42B 12/00
Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or
Official title: Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material (F42B6/00, F42B10/00, F42B14/00 take precedence; for practice or training F42B8/12, F42B8/28; self-propulsion or guidance aspects F42B15/00)
F42B12/00 (Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or) appears on 3,906 US grants and 2,706 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 3,906
- Published applications
- 2,706
- Assignees
- 1,173
- Inventors
- 5,532
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 78 | 0 |
| 1977 | 51 | 0 |
| 1978 | 39 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 26 | 0 |
| 1981 | 42 | 0 |
| 1982 | 33 | 0 |
| 1983 | 23 | 0 |
| 1984 | 41 | 0 |
| 1985 | 42 | 0 |
| 1986 | 37 | 0 |
| 1987 | 66 | 0 |
| 1988 | 58 | 0 |
| 1989 | 72 | 0 |
| 1990 | 66 | 0 |
| 1991 | 61 | 0 |
| 1992 | 63 | 0 |
| 1993 | 53 | 0 |
| 1994 | 52 | 0 |
| 1995 | 50 | 0 |
| 1996 | 44 | 0 |
| 1997 | 43 | 0 |
| 1998 | 60 | 0 |
| 1999 | 54 | 0 |
| 2000 | 53 | 0 |
| 2001 | 68 | 11 |
| 2002 | 59 | 60 |
| 2003 | 93 | 75 |
| 2004 | 68 | 86 |
| 2005 | 66 | 97 |
| 2006 | 71 | 99 |
| 2007 | 69 | 84 |
| 2008 | 76 | 93 |
| 2009 | 70 | 81 |
| 2010 | 75 | 114 |
| 2011 | 106 | 117 |
| 2012 | 111 | 130 |
| 2013 | 127 | 94 |
| 2014 | 120 | 135 |
| 2015 | 160 | 147 |
| 2016 | 159 | 165 |
| 2017 | 140 | 147 |
| 2018 | 119 | 130 |
| 2019 | 150 | 123 |
| 2020 | 141 | 139 |
| 2021 | 122 | 105 |
| 2022 | 125 | 133 |
| 2023 | 115 | 104 |
| 2024 | 113 | 99 |
| 2025 | 93 | 77 |
| 2026 | 55 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Projectile with antenna6 Oct 2026US 12,754,000 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Firearm projectile device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,935 B2
- Trackable ammunition22 Sep 2026US 12,742,620 B2
- Non-lethal marking composition, projectile, and cartridge22 Sep 2026US 12,742,621 B2General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada, Inc.
- Multi-part projectile with anti-rotation coating22 Sep 2026US 12,742,622 B2Savit Corporation
- Barrier defeating projectile for firearm cartridges1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298597 A1Black Hills Ammunition Inc.
- Self-Separating Bullet1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298598 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Improvements in or relating to command initiated fragmentation charges1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298599 A1Alford IP Limited
- Expandable projectile1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298600 A1Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Jacketed projectile having a variable density core1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298601 A1True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hand-held stun gun for incapacitating a human target1,580US 6,636,412 B2TASER International, Inc. · 2003
- Less lethal weapons and methods for halting locomotion1,518US 7,075,770 B1TASER International, Inc. · 2006
- Sonotube compatible unmanned aerial vehicle and system413US 6,056,237 A2000
- High density composite material358US 6,048,379 AIdeas to Market, L.P. · 2000
- Frangible practice ammunition306US 5,237,930 ASNC Industrial Technologies Inc. · 1993