F42B 7/10
Ball or slug shotgun cartridges
F42B7/10 (Ball or slug shotgun cartridges) appears on 92 US grants and 70 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 70
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 111
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- High kinetic energy hollow bullet12 May 2026US 12,624,933 B1
- .45-70 shotshell and method for making3 Feb 2026US 12,540,806 B1
- Expanding shotgun slug with metal guidance flaps14 Jan 2025US 12,196,534 B1
- High-precision spherical single-headed bullet8 Oct 2024US 12,111,142 B2
- Castable frangible projectile18 Oct 2022US 11,473,887 B2Rocky Mountain Scientific Laboratory, LLC
- Glass-breaker cartridge for a projectile launcher28 May 2026US 2026/0146833 A1Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- Combined Shot-Wadcutter Ammunition and Methods for Manufacturing the Same7 Aug 2025US 2025/0251227 A1Doubletap, Inc.
- Frangible firearm projectiles, methods for forming the same, and firearm cartridges containing the same26 Dec 2024US 2024/0426587 A1Federal Cartridge Company
- High-precision spherical single-headed bullet9 Feb 2023US 2023/0043486 A1
- Frangible firearm projectiles, methods for forming the same, and firearm cartridges containing the same15 Dec 2022US 2022/0397377 A1Federal Cartridge Company
Most cited
By later US patents