IPC Main Group
F42B 33/00 Manufacture of ammunition; Dismantling of ammunition; Apparatus therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- AMMUNITION; BLASTING
- Subclass:
- EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING; FIREWORKS; AMMUNITION
6 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
- F42B 33/1 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
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 442
- DETNET SOUTH AFRICA ZA 440
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 422
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 403
- HANWHA CORPORATION KR 388
- BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 375
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 341
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 284
- TRUE VELOCITY IP HOLDINGS US 264
- ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 243