F42B 12/204
For attacking structures
Official title: {for attacking structures, e.g. specific buildings or fortifications, ships or vehicles}
F42B12/204 (For attacking structures) appears on 111 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 175
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Bullet projectile producing electro-magnetic pulse upon impact11 Aug 2026US 12,704,364 B1
- 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
- Programmable system and method for a munition31 Dec 2024US 12,181,264 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Dynamic hardened target layer and void detector sensor for use with a warhead or projectile penetrator15 Oct 2024US 12,117,279 B2Instrumentation and Engineering Services, Inc.
- Weapon-Mountable Breaching Tool28 May 2026US 2026/0146821 A1Set Point Solutions, LLC
- Barrier-breaching munition20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093137 A1Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Dynamic Hardened Target Layer and Void Detector Sensor for use with a Warhead or Projectile Penetrator18 Jan 2024US 2024/0019233 A1Instrumentation and Engineering Services, Inc.
- Small-caliber ammunition for breaching barriers16 Mar 2023US 2023/0081329 A1Energetic Materials & Products, Inc.
- Enhanced Castable Frangible Breaching Round21 Apr 2022US 2022/0120541 A1Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory, 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