F42B 12/207
Characterised by the explosive material or the construction of the high explosive
Official title: {characterised by the explosive material or the construction of the high explosive warhead, e.g. insensitive ammunition}
F42B12/207 (Characterised by the explosive material or the construction of the high explosive) appears on 134 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 250
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 10 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 |
| 2015 | 10 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2 |
| 2019 | 11 | 6 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7 |
| 2021 | 14 | 5 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Common carrier munition2 Jun 2026US 12,644,685 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Shock and thermal protection for smart munitions30 Dec 2025US 12,510,130 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Explosive fragmentation structure with a fragment enhancing insensitive munitions (IM) liner23 Dec 2025US 12,504,261 B2Raytheon Company
- High-strength munitions structure with tailored fragmentation21 Oct 2025US 12,449,242 B1Washington State University
- Barrier-breaching munition17 Jun 2025US 12,332,032 B2Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
- Assembly of explosive charges with scalable explosive power30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219014 A1Eurenco France SAS
- Multi-Point Initiation System for a Radial Multiple Shaped Charge Jet (MSCJ) Warhead18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168774 A1Raytheon Company
- Common carrier munition22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022923 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Explosive fragmentation structure with a fragment enhancing insensitive munitions (im) liner21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264313 A1Raytheon Company
- Vacuum insulated warhead27 Mar 2025US 2025/0102281 A1Raytheon Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Weapon and weapon system employing the same32US 8,661,980 B1Lone Star IP Holdings, LP · 2014
- 3D shock isolation apparatus with access to one end of a body19US 8,234,979 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2012
- Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods17US 7,603,951 B2Alliant Techsystems Inc. · 2009
- Initiation systems for explosive devices, scalable output explosive devices including initiation systems, and related methods17US 8,931,415 B2Alliant Techsystems Inc. · 2015
- Selectable effect warhead16US 7,845,282 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2010