F42B 33/00
Manufacture of ammunition
Official title: Manufacture of ammunition; Dismantling of ammunition; Apparatus therefor (F42B5/188 takes precedence; manufacturing processes for hollow charges F42B1/036; manufacture of blasting cartridge initiators F42B3/195)
F42B33/00 (Manufacture of ammunition) appears on 1,407 US grants and 1,113 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 1,407
- Published applications
- 1,113
- Assignees
- 474
- Inventors
- 1,961
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 1 |
| 2002 | 23 | 12 |
| 2003 | 16 | 11 |
| 2004 | 16 | 11 |
| 2005 | 11 | 20 |
| 2006 | 15 | 21 |
| 2007 | 11 | 21 |
| 2008 | 15 | 26 |
| 2009 | 26 | 32 |
| 2010 | 29 | 26 |
| 2011 | 24 | 19 |
| 2012 | 28 | 54 |
| 2013 | 36 | 33 |
| 2014 | 50 | 51 |
| 2015 | 51 | 48 |
| 2016 | 66 | 89 |
| 2017 | 63 | 83 |
| 2018 | 59 | 58 |
| 2019 | 92 | 88 |
| 2020 | 70 | 81 |
| 2021 | 80 | 100 |
| 2022 | 65 | 49 |
| 2023 | 47 | 50 |
| 2024 | 56 | 48 |
| 2025 | 61 | 37 |
| 2026 | 25 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F42B 33/06Dismantling fuzes, cartridges, projectiles, missiles, rockets or bombs385
- F42B 33/001Devices or processes for assembling ammunition, cartridges or cartridge elements from parts357
- F42B 33/02Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes347
- F42B 33/04Fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes or charges172
- F42B 33/10Reconditioning used cartridge cases129
- F42B 33/002Orienting or guiding means for cartridges or cartridge parts during the manufacturing79
- F42B 33/004Cartridge loaders of the rotatable-turret type70
- F42B 33/14Surface treatment of cartridges or cartridge cases56
Recent patents
- Mine safety arrangement and method for facilitating mine safe operation of a vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,742,615 B2BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
- Artillery projectile with segmented body22 Sep 2026US 12,742,623 B2Dynamic Systems Research, Inc.
- Case length trimmer (CLT) with micro-adjustment tool and method of using same22 Sep 2026US 12,742,625 B2K&M Shooting Products, LLC
- Jacketed projectile and method of manufacture15 Sep 2026US 12,736,315 B2DSG Technology AS
- Device and method for reloading ammunition15 Sep 2026US 12,736,317 B2Mighty Armory, LLC
- Jacketed projectile having a variable density core1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298601 A1True Velocity IP Holdings, LLC
- Primer Installation Device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287316 A1
- Archery arrow and related method of manufacture17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276354 A1Grace Engineering Corp.
- Cartridge case annealer with data analysis20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242885 A1Knowledgeable Holdings LLC
- Shotgun Shell and Shot Compositions6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227162 A1Dlm Holding Group LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Narrowing high strength polymer-based cartridge casing for blank and subsonic ammunition277US 8,763,535 B2PCP Tactical, LLC · 2014
- High strength polymer-based cartridge casing and manufacturing method256US 8,443,730 B2PCP Tactical, LLC · 2013
- Lightweight polymer ammunition cartridge casings245US 8,561,543 B2True Velocity, Inc. · 2013
- In line bullet feeder236US 4,475,435 AMantel Machine Products, Inc. · 1984
- Ammunition articles and methods for making the same235US 9,032,855 B1Carolina PCA, LLC · 2015