F42B 12/201
Characterised by target class
Official title: {characterised by target class}
F42B12/201 (Characterised by target class) appears on 157 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 157
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 258
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 2 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3 |
| 2012 | 7 | 5 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Warhead for interceptor8 Sep 2026US 12,729,939 B2
- Bullet projectile producing electro-magnetic pulse upon impact11 Aug 2026US 12,704,364 B1
- Method and apparatus for improving terminal effect of an air-burst projectile17 Jun 2025US 12,332,023 B2Nostromo Ltd.
- Barrier-breaching munition17 Jun 2025US 12,332,032 B2Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Weapon-mountable breaching tool15 Apr 2025US 12,276,477 B1Set Point Solutions, LLC
- Weapon-Mountable Breaching Tool28 May 2026US 2026/0146821 A1Set Point Solutions, LLC
- Apparatus and method for focusing of explosions8 May 2025US 2025/0146800 A1
- Barrier-breaching munition20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093137 A1Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Warhead for interceptor18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240924 A1
- Method and apparatus for improving terminal effect of an air-burst projectile4 Jul 2024US 2024/0219148 A1Nostromo Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods201US 9,103,641 B2Orbital ATK, Inc. · 2015
- Missile warhead design65US 5,939,662 ARaytheon Company · 1999
- Fragmentation warhead54US 5,544,589 ADaimler-Benz Aerospace AG · 1996
- Monolithic ballasted penetrator54US 6,186,072 B1Sandia Corporation · 2001
- Hard target penetrator with multi-segmenting casing cutter47US 5,698,814 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1997