F42B 3/121
Initiators with incorporated integrated circuit
Official title: {Initiators with incorporated integrated circuit}
F42B3/121 (Initiators with incorporated integrated circuit) appears on 183 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 183
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 337
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7 |
| 2003 | 11 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 14 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 8 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Shock initiation of non-electric shock tube5 May 2026US 12,618,655 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Non-explosive programmable electronic initiation system for rock blasting2 Dec 2025US 12,487,063 B2Comercializadora Exoblast Chile S.P.A.
- Enhanced safety and reliability for a networked detonator blasting system25 Nov 2025US 12,480,752 B2Austin Star Detonator Company
- Addressable ignition stage for enabling a detonator/ignitor23 Sep 2025US 12,422,237 B2
- Electrical priming of a firearm primer19 Aug 2025US 12,392,592 B2Fn Herstal S A.
- Semiconductor bridge with static discharge protection and the method of the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153312 A1Hangzhou Dianzi University
- Autonomous pyrotechnic igniter simulator21 May 2026US 2026/0139933 A1Mbda France
- Detonator with integrated solid-state fireset2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092763 A1Excelitas Technologies Corp.
- Wireless initiation device21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264316 A1Orica International Pte Ltd
- Electrical priming of a firearm primer11 Apr 2024US 2024/0118064 A1Fn Herstal S A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Detonator actuator151US 5,090,321 AICI Australia Limited · 1992
- Detonators for use with explosive devices136US 6,752,083 B1Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2004
- Integrated detonator delay circuits and firing console127US 4,674,047 AThe Curators of the University of Missouri · 1987
- Electropyrotechnic igniter with integrated electronics126US 6,418,853 B1Livbag SNC · 2002
- Modular initiator123US 8,256,337 B2Baker Hughes Incorporated · 2012