F42B 12/48
Smoke-producing
Official title: smoke-producing {, e.g. infrared clouds}
F42B12/48 (Smoke-producing) appears on 108 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 108
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 214
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Interceptor10 Feb 2026US 12,546,574 B2
- Capsaicinoid smoke31 Dec 2024US 12,180,128 B2
- Electronic countermeasure cartridge arranged to be loaded into countermeasure dispenser and arranged to irradiate dispensed electromagnetically reflective material30 Jul 2024US 12,050,094 B2Saab AB
- Projectile with pyrotechnically timed release of a secondary payload7 May 2024US 11,976,907 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Method of making a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge22 Aug 2023US 11,733,010 B2True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
- Interceptor4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153314 A1
- Composition for non-pyrotechnic generation of smoke21 May 2026US 2026/0138936 A1
- Compositions based on capsaicinoids and/or vanilloids for defensive and/or protective use, associated production and/or projection devices, and methods for producing and preparing such compositions11 Jul 2024US 2024/0228403 A1
- Electronic countermeasure cartridge arranged to be loaded into countermeasure dispenser and arranged to irradiate dispensed electromagnetically reflective material14 Mar 2024US 2024/0085159 A1Saab AB
- Injection molded projectile9 Nov 2023US 2023/0358514 A1True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magazine, cartridge and method for launching a countermeasure60US 10,684,099 B2Saab AB · 2020
- Forty millimeter caliber exercise bullet44US 8,464,641 B2Korea CNO Tech Co., Ltd. · 2013
- Multispectral covert target marker41US 5,661,257 AThiokol Corporation · 1997
- Projectile32US 4,860,657 ABuck Chemisch-Technische Werke GmbH & Co. · 1989
- Flexible smoke generator30US 6,552,660 B13SI Security Systems, Inc. · 2003