F42B 35/00
Testing or checking of ammunition
Official title: Testing or checking of ammunition {(apparatus for measuring the energy of projectiles G01L5/14)}
F42B35/00 (Testing or checking of ammunition) appears on 327 US grants and 227 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 327
- Published applications
- 227
- Assignees
- 151
- Inventors
- 662
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 5 | 11 |
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| 2022 | 15 | 10 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12 |
| 2024 | 18 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Inspection system for shell casings15 Sep 2026US 12,736,328 B2General Inspection, LLC
- Monitoring system16 Jun 2026US 12,656,210 B2Mbda UK Limited
- Flare air speed simulation test device16 Jun 2026US 12,656,213 B2
- Ammunition sorting device26 May 2026US 12,638,282 B2
- Fuel delivery system24 Mar 2026US 12,583,557 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- ETBI (Electronic Thermal Battery Initiator) Firing Time Data Recorder with Acceleration Monitoring11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160525 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Automatic Case Sorter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160533 A1Double-Alpha Academy B.V.
- Comparator for determining ammunition uniformity30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118104 A1
- Bullet casing image alignment and forensic analysis system using the same19 Mar 2026US 2026/0080650 A1Iballistix, LLC
- Cartridge case modifying jig26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056002 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ammunition articles comprising light-curable moisture-preventative sealant and method of manufacturing same225US 7,032,492 B22006
- Method of capture and analysis of digitized image data130US 5,134,661 A1992
- Ammunition tracking system127US 6,810,816 B22004
- Advanced maintenance system for aircraft and military weapons103US 5,931,877 ARaytheon Company · 1999
- Method and apparatus for alignment, comparison and identification of characteristic tool marks, including ballistic signatures75US 7,822,263 B12010