Projectiles or missiles specially adapted for projection without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge, e.g. for blow guns, bows or crossbows, hand-held spring or air guns (for delivering hypodermic charges F42B12/54; projectiles or missiles incorporating springs as the projecting means F41B7/02; )

Filing statistics

CPC F42B 6/00 belongs to the parent subclass F42B, which recorded 24,690 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,636 in 2013 to 1,882 in 2023 (+15%), peaking at 2,895 applications in 2018. The most active applicants in class F42 are DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (478 applications), RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION (462 applications) and BAE SYSTEMS (439 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings