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F42B 5/15

for creating a screening or decoy effect, e.g. using radar chaff or infrared material (infrared flares F42B4/26)

Full Title

Cartridge ammunition, e.g. separately-loaded propellant charges (shotgun ammunition F42B7/00; practice or training ammunition F42B8/00; missiles therefor F42B12/00, F42B14/00, F42B15/00) > Cartridges, i.e. cases with charge and missile > for dispensing gases, vapours, powders, particles or chemically-reactive substances (from projectiles F42B12/46) > for creating a screening or decoy effect, e.g. using radar chaff or infrared material (infrared flares F42B4/26)

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  • F42B 5/155 Smoke-pot projectors, e.g. arranged on vehicles

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F42, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. DETNET SOUTH AFRICA ZA 478
  2. RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 462
  3. BAE SYSTEMS GB 439
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANY US 404
  5. HANWHA CORPORATION KR 388
  6. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 352
  7. BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 294
  8. TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS US 269
  9. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 226
  10. BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS SE 222