F42B 15/10
Missiles having a trajectory only in the air
F42B15/10 (Missiles having a trajectory only in the air) appears on 173 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 173
- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 429
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 |
| 2020 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 18 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Deployable canard for aerodynamic aiding of ejectable strongback separation15 Sep 2026US 12,736,316 B1Raytheon Company
- Articulating inlet for airbreathing extended range projectiles and missiles7 Oct 2025US 12,435,960 B2Raytheon Company
- Mobile munition assembly and apparatus, systems, and methods of executing a mission for the mobile munition assembly5 Nov 2024US 12,135,193 B1
- Aerial vehicle for carrying a payload17 Sep 2024US 12,091,149 B2Abbott Aerospace Canada Ltd.
- Axial flux machine for use with projectiles6 Aug 2024US 12,055,375 B2Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
- Extending airframe beam spring lock9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097839 A1Raytheon Company
- Range extension device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092764 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Air intake module for a projectile4 Dec 2025US 2025/0368343 A1Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Energy Source with a Passively-Heated Thermal Battery and Missile having the Energy Source12 Sep 2024US 2024/0304832 A1Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG
- Axial flux machine for use with projectiles4 Apr 2024US 2024/0110773 A1Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sonotube compatible unmanned aerial vehicle and system413US 6,056,237 A2000
- Smart counter asymmetric threat micromunition with autonomous target selection and homing125US 7,631,833 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 2009
- Airborne vehicle having deployable wing and control surface104US 6,186,443 B1International Dynamics Corporation · 2001
- Drone-type missile91US 4,296,894 AMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH · 1981
- Flyer assembly90US 6,392,213 B1The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 2002