F42B 6/10
Air gun pellets
Official title: Air gun pellets {; Ammunition for air guns, e.g. propellant-gas containers}
F42B6/10 (Air gun pellets) appears on 124 US grants and 139 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 124
- Published applications
- 139
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 | 11 |
| 2016 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Projectile and method of manufacture23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210682 A1
- Projectiles and projectile deployment systems11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377189 A1The Boeing Company
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Projectile propellant apparatus and method98US 5,078,117 A1992
- Non-lethal projectile for delivering an inhibiting substance to a living target67US 6,393,992 B1Jaycor Tactical Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Non-lethal projectile systems63US 6,543,365 B1Jaycor Tactical Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Paintball and paintball gun39US 5,640,945 A1997
- Non-lethal projectile for delivering an inhibiting substance to a living target39US 6,546,874 B2Jaycor Tactical Systems, Inc. · 2003