F42B 12/02
Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or
Official title: characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
F42B12/02 (Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or) appears on 3,406 US grants and 2,359 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 3,406
- Published applications
- 2,359
- Assignees
- 1,023
- Inventors
- 4,934
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 73 | 0 |
| 1977 | 45 | 0 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 42 | 0 |
| 1982 | 28 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 37 | 0 |
| 1985 | 37 | 0 |
| 1986 | 34 | 0 |
| 1987 | 63 | 0 |
| 1988 | 54 | 0 |
| 1989 | 60 | 0 |
| 1990 | 54 | 0 |
| 1991 | 51 | 0 |
| 1992 | 55 | 0 |
| 1993 | 47 | 0 |
| 1994 | 47 | 0 |
| 1995 | 45 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1997 | 38 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 36 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 6 |
| 2002 | 46 | 41 |
| 2003 | 73 | 61 |
| 2004 | 60 | 71 |
| 2005 | 53 | 79 |
| 2006 | 60 | 89 |
| 2007 | 55 | 69 |
| 2008 | 66 | 87 |
| 2009 | 62 | 71 |
| 2010 | 67 | 102 |
| 2011 | 98 | 104 |
| 2012 | 102 | 122 |
| 2013 | 118 | 87 |
| 2014 | 110 | 120 |
| 2015 | 143 | 132 |
| 2016 | 153 | 147 |
| 2017 | 135 | 132 |
| 2018 | 100 | 115 |
| 2019 | 131 | 108 |
| 2020 | 127 | 126 |
| 2021 | 103 | 92 |
| 2022 | 113 | 116 |
| 2023 | 102 | 85 |
| 2024 | 94 | 84 |
| 2025 | 77 | 62 |
| 2026 | 44 | 51 |
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
- 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.
- Projectile22 Sep 2026US D1,148,948 S1G9 Holdings, LLC · Design
- Warhead for interceptor8 Sep 2026US 12,729,939 B2
- 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.
- Improvements in and relating to live monitoring of projectiles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287314 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
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
- Projectile for fire arms227US 8,511,233 B2Norma Precision AB · 2013
- Partial fragmentation and deformation bullets having an identical point of impact225US 7,299,750 B2Ruag Ammotec GmbH · 2007