F42B 12/58
Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles
Official title: Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles (F42B12/32 takes precedence)
F42B12/58 (Cluster or cargo ammunition, i.e. projectiles containing one or more submissiles) appears on 496 US grants and 269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 496
- Published applications
- 269
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 871
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Smart shell21 Jul 2026US 12,687,377 B2
- Propellant charge and cannon shell therewith16 Jun 2026US 12,656,090 B2
- Common carrier munition2 Jun 2026US 12,644,685 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Interlocking expandable air-drop package17 Feb 2026US 12,553,696 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Projectiles and projectile deployment systems13 Jan 2026US 12,523,453 B2The Boeing Company
- Anti-drone cartridge and bullet6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227163 A1
- Smart shell25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177364 A1
- Method and technology for both civilian use and military use to subdue aggressive, invasive and harmful AI robot dogs11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160530 A1
- Glass-breaker cartridge for a projectile launcher28 May 2026US 2026/0146833 A1Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Multiple Projectile Impeller Ejection Warhead For ICBM Interception30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118102 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Longitudinally sectioned firearms projectiles216US 9,255,775 B12016
- Longitudinally sectioned firearms projectiles164US 9,921,040 B22018
- Intercept vehicle for airborne nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction140US 6,626,077 B12003
- Ballistically deployed restraining net125US 5,750,918 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1998
- Ballistically deployed restraining net109US 5,898,125 AFoster-Miller, Inc. · 1999