F42B 5/025
Characterised by the dimension of the case or the missile
Official title: {characterised by the dimension of the case or the missile}
F42B5/025 (Characterised by the dimension of the case or the missile) appears on 280 US grants and 370 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 280
- Published applications
- 370
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 349
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 11 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 |
| 2014 | 11 | 12 |
| 2015 | 10 | 20 |
| 2016 | 10 | 30 |
| 2017 | 13 | 25 |
| 2018 | 7 | 23 |
| 2019 | 28 | 33 |
| 2020 | 19 | 32 |
| 2021 | 28 | 48 |
| 2022 | 32 | 24 |
| 2023 | 13 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 9 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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