F42B 8/00
Practice or training ammunition
F42B8/00 (Practice or training ammunition) appears on 569 US grants and 403 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 569
- Published applications
- 403
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 949
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 8 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 9 | 19 |
| 2006 | 11 | 19 |
| 2007 | 12 | 18 |
| 2008 | 13 | 11 |
| 2009 | 11 | 12 |
| 2010 | 12 | 13 |
| 2011 | 13 | 19 |
| 2012 | 14 | 18 |
| 2013 | 14 | 18 |
| 2014 | 24 | 20 |
| 2015 | 24 | 22 |
| 2016 | 20 | 32 |
| 2017 | 18 | 15 |
| 2018 | 22 | 23 |
| 2019 | 21 | 20 |
| 2020 | 16 | 19 |
| 2021 | 19 | 11 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 17 | 7 |
| 2026 | 10 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Practice weighted insert for firearm magazine1 Sep 2026US 12,723,855 B2Couple a Buds LLC
- Ammunition cartridge2 Jun 2026US 12,644,684 B2
- Short-range projectile5 May 2026US 12,618,651 B2Bae Systems Bofors AB
- Howitzer training gun14 Apr 2026US 12,601,566 B2Van Halteren Metaal B.V.
- System and method for obtaining training munition firing signature17 Mar 2026US 12,578,172 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Ammunition Cartridge1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298595 A1
- Projectiles adapter6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227164 A1
- Smart shell25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177364 A1
- Blank firing adaptor cartridge chamber for firearms28 May 2026US 2026/0146818 A1
- Polymer-based cartridge casing for subsonic ammunition12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071857 A1PCP Tactical, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Narrowing high strength polymer-based cartridge casing for blank and subsonic ammunition277US 8,763,535 B2PCP Tactical, LLC · 2014
- Training cartridge257US 4,867,065 ARheinmetal GmbH · 1989
- Magnetic induction mine arming, disarming and simulation system234US 5,027,709 A1991
- Training cartridge232US 4,719,859 ADynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft · 1988
- Large caliber frangible projectile204US 9,212,876 B1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2015