F42B 5/145
For dispensing gases, vapours, powders, particles or chemically-reactive substances
Official title: for dispensing gases, vapours, powders, particles or chemically-reactive substances (from projectiles F42B12/46)
F42B5/145 (For dispensing gases, vapours, powders, particles or chemically-reactive substances) appears on 162 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 74
- Inventors
- 270
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 |
| 2014 | 14 | 4 |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems15 Sep 2026US 12,736,296 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Projectiles, reactive compositions for projectiles and articles containing the reactive composition14 Jul 2026US 12,680,797 B2General Sciences, Inc.
- Shielding case for a rotary flare dispensing system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,535 B2Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi
- Interceptor10 Feb 2026US 12,546,574 B2
- Squib enabled hold up battery switch30 Dec 2025US 12,510,336 B1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Interceptor4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153314 A1
- Flashbang cartridge for a projectile launcher28 May 2026US 2026/0146832 A1Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Projectile cartridge assembly and launcher system for firing the same30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334384 A1
- Dual use fire pin for power and communication30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334385 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277641 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magazine, cartridge and method for launching a countermeasure60US 10,684,099 B2Saab AB · 2020
- Fire extinguishing bomb58US 8,746,355 B22014
- Decoy-launching packs for foiling guided weapon systems42US 4,222,306 ASociete E. Lacroix · 1980
- Non-lethal ammunition utilizing a dense powder ballast and a two-stage firing sequence37US 7,207,276 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2007
- Device for producing a decoy cloud, in particular an infrared decoy cloud34US 4,621,579 ABuck Chemisch-Technische Werke GmbH & Co. · 1986