CPC Main Group
F42B 33/00 Manufacture of ammunition; Dismantling of ammunition; Apparatus therefor (F42B5/188 takes precedence; manufacturing processes for hollow charges F42B1/036; manufacture of blasting cartridge initiators F42B3/195)
12 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F42B 33/02 Filling cartridges, missiles, or fuzes; Inserting propellant or explosive charges
- F42B 33/04 Fitting or extracting primers in or from fuzes or charges
- F42B 33/06 Dismantling fuzes, cartridges, projectiles, missiles, rockets or bombs ( F42B33/04 take precedence; )
- F42B 33/10 Reconditioning used cartridge cases
- F42B 33/12 Crimping shotgun cartridges
- F42B 33/14 Surface treatment of cartridges or cartridge cases
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F42, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DETNET SOUTH AFRICA ZA 478
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 462
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 439
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 404
- HANWHA CORPORATION KR 388
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 352
- BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 294
- TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS US 269
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 226
- BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS SE 222