F42B 6/06
Tail ends
Official title: Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching
F42B6/06 (Tail ends) appears on 293 US grants and 232 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 293
- Published applications
- 232
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 292
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9 |
| 2012 | 13 | 4 |
| 2013 | 13 | 7 |
| 2014 | 11 | 20 |
| 2015 | 14 | 25 |
| 2016 | 26 | 15 |
| 2017 | 20 | 22 |
| 2018 | 17 | 11 |
| 2019 | 21 | 14 |
| 2020 | 13 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Arrow nock orientation assembly97US 5,154,432 ASaunders Archery Company · 1992
- Tracer lite85US 4,547,837 A1985
- Acceleration activated energizing device82US 5,134,552 AProgenics, Inc. · 1992
- On-off lighted archery arrow nock apparatus80US 6,123,631 A2000
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