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DIFF Subgroup
F42C 19/08

Primers (initiators for blasting cartridges F42B3/10; ignition means for rocket engine plants F02K9/95); Detonators

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Primers; Detonators

CPC: Primers (initiators for blasting cartridges F42B3/10; ignition means for rocket engine plants F02K9/95); Detonators

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details of fuzes > Primers; Detonators

CPC:

Details of fuzes (except F42C15/00) > Primers (initiators for blasting cartridges F42B3/10; ignition means for rocket engine plants F02K9/95); Detonators

CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 7 additional codes.

7 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • F42C 19/0803 CPC only CPC only
  • F42C 19/0807 CPC only CPC only
  • F42C 19/0811 CPC only CPC only
  • F42C 19/0815 CPC only CPC only
  • F42C 19/0819 CPC only CPC only
  • F42C 19/085 Primers for caseless ammunition since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F42C 19/09 Primers or detonators containing a hollow charge since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F42C 19/095 Arrangements of a multiplicity of primers or detonators, dispersed around a warhead, one of the primers or detonators being selected for directional detonation effects since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F42C 19/10 Percussion caps IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 442
  2. DETNET SOUTH AFRICA ZA 440
  3. BAE SYSTEMS GB 422
  4. AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 403
  5. HANWHA CORPORATION KR 388
  6. BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 375
  7. RAYTHEON COMPANY US 341
  8. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 284
  9. TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS US 264
  10. ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 243

Top Applicants (CPC)

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