F42D 3/06
Particular applications of blasting techniques: for seismic purposes
Official title: for seismic purposes
F42D3/06 (Particular applications of blasting techniques: for seismic purposes) appears on 41 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F42D- Granted patents
- 41
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 73
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Payload deployment safety system for avalanche control using an unmanned aircraft system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0062124 A1Drone Amplified, Inc.
- Avalanche triggering apparatus21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264317 A1Alpine Infrastructure Inc.
- Deployment Of Quasi-Planar Shock Wave Generators In Association With Seismic Exploration20 Feb 2025US 2025/0060494 A1Orica International Pte Ltd
- Deployment Of Quasi-Planar Shock Wave Generators In Association With Seismic Exploration28 Jul 2022US 2022/0236433 A1Orica International Pte Ltd
- Downline wire3 Jun 2021US 2021/0166835 A1Detnet South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Detonation command and control92US 9,181,790 B2Los Alamos National Security, LLC · 2015
- Igniter with a multifunctional plug61US 8,960,093 B2DynaEnergetics GmbH & Co. KG · 2015
- System and method for ignition of a gaseous or dispersed fuel-oxidant mixture31US 7,886,866 B2Soundblast Technologies, LLC · 2011
- System and method for ignition of a gaseous or dispersed fuel-oxidant mixture28US 8,136,624 B2Soundblast Technologies, LLC · 2012
- System and method for harnessing pressure produced by a detonation25US 9,268,048 B2Soundblast Technologies, LLC · 2016