F42B 12/62
The submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile
Official title: the submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile
F42B12/62 (The submissiles being ejected parallel to the longitudinal axis of the projectile) appears on 226 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 226
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 429
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 11 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 8 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 11 |
| 2023 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
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
- Common carrier munition2 Jun 2026US 12,644,685 B2BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Submunition deployment system13 Jan 2026US 12,523,455 B2Raytheon Company
- Nonfragmentation multiple vector munition22 Jul 2025US 12,366,436 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Nonfragmentation missile and method of delivering a payload therewith8 Jul 2025US 12,352,544 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Smart shell25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177364 A1
- Glass-breaker cartridge for a projectile launcher28 May 2026US 2026/0146833 A1Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Drone Defense Projectile and Ammunition5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036404 A1RWS GmbH
- Common carrier munition22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022923 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Submunition deployment system4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369738 A1Raytheon Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-warhead, anti-armor missile67US 4,638,737 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1987
- Foward fin flechette65US 5,796,031 APrimex Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Projectile62US 3,954,060 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 1976
- Active component of submunition, as well as flechette warhead and flechettes therefor59US 4,922,826 ADiehl GmbH & Co. · 1990
- Projectile containing sub-munitions with controlled directional release57US 4,777,882 AThomson-Brandt Armements · 1988