F42B 8/18
Rifle grenades
F42B8/18 (Rifle grenades) appears on 14 US grants and 7 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42B- Granted patents
- 14
- Published applications
- 7
- Assignees
- 9
- Inventors
- 31
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for obtaining training munition firing signature17 Mar 2026US 12,578,172 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Illuminating projectile10 Jun 2025US 12,326,324 B1High Tactical, LLC
- Electronically generated/initiated signature producing training cartridge7 Jan 2025US 12,188,754 B2Day & Zimmermann, Inc.
- Electronic stun grenade9 Jan 2024US 11,867,486 B2The Secretary of State for Defence
- Illuminating projectile21 Nov 2023US 11,821,717 B1High Tactical, LLC
- Electronically generated/initiated signature producing training cartridge28 Mar 2024US 2024/0102777 A1Day & Zimmermann, Inc.
- Electronic stun grenade1 Jul 2021US 2021/0199412 A1The Secretary of State for Defence
- Variable velocity variable trajectory piston propulsion ammunition case3 Dec 2020US 2020/0378732 A1
- Door breaching projectile12 Nov 2020US 2020/0355478 A1Advanced Material Engineering Pte Ltd
- Forty millimeter caliber exercise bullet19 Jul 2012US 2012/0180685 A1Korea CNO Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Forty millimeter caliber exercise bullet44US 8,464,641 B2Korea CNO Tech Co., Ltd. · 2013
- Flash and sound emitting diversion grenade23US 7,191,708 B22007
- Rifle-firable training grenade and rifle-grenade firing instruction system10US 5,257,936 ALuchaire Defense SA · 1993
- Projectile launch assembly and method7US 6,981,449 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · 2006
- Dummy practice grenade4US 6,837,713 B12005