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F42C 1/06

for any direction of impact

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Impact fuzes, i.e. fuzes actuated only by ammunition impact > with firing pin structurally combined with fuze > operating by inertia of members on impact > for any direction of impact

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
AMMUNITION; BLASTING
Subclass:
AMMUNITION FUZES; ARMING OR SAFETY MEANS THEREFOR

Filing statistics

IPC F42C 1/06 belongs to the parent subclass F42C, which recorded 6,544 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 423 in 2013 to 693 in 2023 (+64%), peaking at 810 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class F42 are RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION (442 applications), DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (440 applications) and BAE SYSTEMS (422 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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