F42B 7/046
Pellets or shot therefor
Official title: {Pellets or shot therefor}
F42B7/046 (Pellets or shot therefor) appears on 105 US grants and 77 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 77
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Plated bismuth shot10 Feb 2026US 12,546,575 B2Dlm Holding Group LLC
- Multi-faceted shot1 Jul 2025US 12,345,515 B2Federal Cartridge Company
- Shotshell with a biodegradable wad6 May 2025US 12,292,270 B2Nobel Sport Italia S.R.L.
- Accurate, low recoil shotshell18 Mar 2025US 12,253,345 B2
- Trackable ammunition4 Jun 2024US 12,000,683 B2
- Shotgun Shell and Shot Compositions6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227162 A1Dlm Holding Group LLC
- Single use firearm25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177339 A1P2K Technologies LLC
- Anti-equipment shotshell cartridge12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043641 A1Ascension Point Consulting LLC
- Trackable ammunition1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002763 A1
- Combined Shot-Wadcutter Ammunition and Methods for Manufacturing the Same7 Aug 2025US 2025/0251227 A1Doubletap, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite material containing tungsten and bronze226US 7,232,473 B2International Non-Toxic Composite · 2007
- Bullet composition224US 7,392,746 B22008
- System and method for processing ferrotungsten and other tungsten alloys, articles formed therefrom and methods for detecting the same160US 7,383,776 B22008
- Lead-free bullett115US 5,399,187 AOlin Corporation · 1995
- Tungsten/powdered metal/polymer high density non-toxic composites95US 6,916,354 B2International Non-Toxic Composites Corp. · 2005