F42B 8/02
Cartridges
Official title: Cartridges {(F41A33/02, F42B7/12 take precedence)}
F42B8/02 (Cartridges) appears on 215 US grants and 166 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 215
- Published applications
- 166
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 296
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ammunition cartridge2 Jun 2026US 12,644,684 B2
- System and method for obtaining training munition firing signature17 Mar 2026US 12,578,172 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Simulated ammunition for firearms10 Feb 2026US 12,546,576 B2Haptech, Inc.
- Reverse-saboted sidearm systems, and related sidearms, ammunition, and methods3 Feb 2026US 12,540,805 B2
- Ammunition blank and corresponding bolt11 Nov 2025US 12,467,727 B2Sig Sauer, Inc.
- Ammunition Cartridge1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298595 A1
- Projectiles adapter6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227164 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
- Reduced energy marking cartridges providing a multi-phase firing cycle12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071859 A1General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada, Inc.
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
- Training cartridge232US 4,719,859 ADynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft · 1988
- Narrowing high strength polymer-based cartridge casing for blank and subsonic ammunition197US 9,003,973 B1PCP Tactical, LLC · 2015
- Less-lethal munition and mechanical firing device124US 9,879,954 B2Snake River Machine, Inc. · 2018