F42B 12/04
Of armour-piercing type
Official title: of armour-piercing type
F42B12/04 (Of armour-piercing type) appears on 548 US grants and 271 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 548
- Published applications
- 271
- Assignees
- 209
- Inventors
- 885
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 12 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 |
| 2009 | 9 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011 | 10 | 9 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 12 | 12 |
| 2014 | 15 | 10 |
| 2015 | 18 | 13 |
| 2016 | 16 | 11 |
| 2017 | 17 | 24 |
| 2018 | 13 | 11 |
| 2019 | 19 | 9 |
| 2020 | 17 | 18 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 15 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Projectile22 Sep 2026US D1,148,948 S1G9 Holdings, LLC · Design
- Bullet projectile producing electro-magnetic pulse upon impact11 Aug 2026US 12,704,364 B1
- Projectile11 Aug 2026US D1,141,052 S1G9 Holdings, LLC · Design
- Projectiles, reactive compositions for projectiles and articles containing the reactive composition14 Jul 2026US 12,680,797 B2General Sciences, Inc.
- High kinetic energy hollow bullet12 May 2026US 12,624,933 B1
- Barrier defeating projectile for firearm cartridges1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298597 A1Black Hills Ammunition Inc.
- Explosive charges18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168773 A1Alford IP Limited
- Multi-Point Initiation System for a Radial Multiple Shaped Charge Jet (MSCJ) Warhead18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168774 A1Raytheon Company
- 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
- Multifunctional composite projectiles and methods of manufacturing the same15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016272 A1Smart Nanos, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods201US 9,103,641 B2Orbital ATK, Inc. · 2015
- Jacketed bullet198US 9,389,052 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2016
- Projectile with enhanced ballistics188US 9,709,368 B2G9 Holdings, LLC · 2017
- Ammunition having a projectile made by metal injection molding176US 9,587,918 B1True Velocity, Inc. · 2017
- Multi-warhead, anti-armor missile67US 4,638,737 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1987