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Ammunition and explosives Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class F42 · Section F

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 370 patents in 2012.peak 3701996: 163 patents19961997: 162 patents1998: 183 patents1999: 177 patents19992000: 169 patents2001: 274 patents2002: 247 patents20022003: 251 patents2004: 217 patents2005: 179 patents20052006: 219 patents2007: 183 patents2008: 182 patents20082009: 201 patents2010: 266 patents2011: 311 patents20112012: 370 patents2013: 369 patents2014: 328 patents20142015: 328 patents2016: 338 patents2017: 317 patents20172018: 313 patents2019: 345 patents2020: 310 patents20202021: 336 patents2022: 302 patents2023: 281 patents20232024: 297 patents2025: 277 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Lonnie Burrow 159 True Velocity Ip Holdings
2 Jahangir S. Rastegar 116 Omnitek Partners
3 Bryan P. Peterson 42 Vista Outdoor Operations
#4 Christopher William Overton 36 True Velocity Ip Holdings
#5 Christopher J. Nance 34 Reynolds Systems
#6 Harold F. Beal 34 Doris Nebel Beal Inter Vivos Patent Trust
#7 Bernhard Bisping 30 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#8 Lee R. Hardt 29 US Air Force
#9 Chris E. Geswender 28 RTX (Raytheon)
#10 Lawrence P. Head 28 Vista Outdoor Operations
#11 Thomas Heitmann 26 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh
#12 Charles Padgett 25 Pcp Tactical
#13 Uwe Brede 25 Dynamit Nobel Gmbh
#14 William E. Pedersen 25 Out Rage
#15 Erik K. Carlson 24 Vista Outdoor Operations
#16 Rudolf Romer 24 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#17 Leon Manole 23 US Army
#18 Michael Brunn 23 Combined Systems
#19 James Tayon 22 Aob Products
#20 Kevin Michael Sullivan 22 Nostromo
#21 Peter Wallow 22 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#22 Andre Louis Koekemoer 21 Detnet South Africa (Pty)
#23 Drew L. Goodlin 21 Vista Outdoor Operations
#24 Michael Ernest Saxby 21 Utm Ip Limited
#25 Richard T. Murray 21 Omnitek Partners
#26 Robert S. Mizek 21 New Archery Products
#27 Elmar Lennox Muller 20 Detnet South Africa (Pty)
#28 Heinz Riess 20 Ruag Ammotec Gmbh
#29 Richard J. Lee 20 Rj Lee Group
#30 Thomas Spinelli 20 Omnitek Partners
#31 Andrew B. Facciano 19 RTX (Raytheon)
#32 James Michael O'Dwyer 19 Metal Storm Limited
#33 Jurgen Bocker 19 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#34 Justin Burke 19 Aob Products
#35 Matthew Kinamore 19 Aob Products
#36 Thomas J. Burczynski 19 R A Brands L.L.C.
#37 Michael Cottrell 18 Aob Products
#38 Stefan Thiesen 18 Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh
#39 Torsten Ronn 18 Bae Systems Bofors Ab
#40 Wenbo Yang 18 Schlumberger Technology
#41 Wilfried Becker 18 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#42 Christian Eitschberger 17 Dynaenergetics Europe Gmbh
#43 Craig Charles Schlenter 17 Detnet South Africa (Pty)
#44 Dennis W. Cauley, Jr. 17 Aob Products
#45 Frank J. Dindl 17 US Army
#46 James M. Barker 17 Halliburton Energy Services
#47 James E. Brooks 17 Schlumberger Technology
#48 Jean-Claude Sauvestre 17 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#49 Richard M. Lloyd 17 RTX (Raytheon)
#50 Stewart Gilman 17 US Army
#51 Dorge O. Huang 16 Archery Innovators
#52 Ernest L. Baker 16 US Army
#53 Heinz-Josef Kruse 16 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#54 Jacques Fischer 16 Omnitek Partners
#55 Karl Rudolf 16 Diehl Gmbh &
#56 Steven S. Kim 16 US Air Force
#57 Teddy D. Palomaki 16 Easton Technical Products
#58 Adolf Weber 15 Diehl Gmbh &
#59 Benjamin M. Blazek 15 US Air Force
#60 Bradley M. Biggs 15 RTX (Raytheon)
#61 Brian Steere 15 Aob Products
#62 Christer Thuman 15 Bae Systems Bofors Ab
#63 Eric Scheid 15 US Air Force
#64 Francis See Chong Chia 15 Easebon Services Limited
#65 Gimtong Teowee 15 Austin Star Detonator
#66 Hans W. Luther 15 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#67 Jacob Kravel 15 Combined Systems
#68 Klaus Gersbach 15 Rheinmetall Gmbh
#69 Kyle Martin 15 Aob Products
#70 Miroslav A. Simo 15 New Archery Products
#71 Richard Dryer 15 RTX (Raytheon)
#72 Robert Woodall 15 US Air Force
#73 Walter Kranz 15 Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm Gmbh
#74 Anthony Vesich 14 Aob Products
#75 Carlos M. Pereira 14 Omnitek Partners
#76 Darryl D. Amick 14 Teledyne Industries
#77 David K. Schluckebier 14 Olin
#78 Erich Bock 14 Diehl Gmbh &
#79 Lee Foltz 14 US Air Force
#80 Matthew C. Birch 14 Orbital Research
#81 Mark Dalton 14 Aob Products
#82 Malak E. Yunan 14 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#83 Michael D. Ferguson 14 Driscoll Strawberry Associates
#84 Michael S. Hollis 14 US Army
#85 Nicolas Eches 14 Giat Industries
#86 Richard Dratler 14 Omnitek Partners
#87 Richard K. Reynolds 14 Reynolds Systems
#88 Robert E. Betts 14 US Army
#89 Srikanth Vasudevan 14 Orbital Research
#90 Vladimir M. Gold 14 US Army
#91 Werner Rudenauer 14 Diehl Gmbh &
#92 Charles H. Robinson 13 US Army
#93 Chris G. Sanford 13 Intel
#94 Curtis Smith 13 Aob Products
#95 Ernst-Wilhelm Altenau 13 Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh
#96 Felipe Garcia 13 US Air Force
#97 Frank H. Bell 13 Morton Thiokol
#98 Gerald T. Eberhart 13 Olin
#99 John B. Halander 13 Dyno Nobel
#100 Martin Connolly 13 Spinergy

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 US Air Force 694
2 US Army 664
3 RTX (Raytheon) 357
#4 Rheinmetall Gmbh 214
#5 Lockheed Martin 158
#6 Diehl Gmbh & 143
#7 True Velocity Ip Holdings 141
#8 Olin 130
#9 Unknown 128
#10 Alliant Techsystems 121
#11 Omnitek Partners 112
#12 Giat Industries 97
#13 Honeywell 93
#14 The Boeing 88
#15 Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Gmbh 77
#16 Schlumberger Technology 76
#17 Dynamit Nobel Gmbh 75
#18 General Dynamics Corp., Pomona Division 74
#19 Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 57
#20 Bae Systems Plc 56
#21 Apple 55
#22 Detnet South Africa (Pty) 55
#23 Vista Outdoor Operations 55
#24 Halliburton Energy Services 54
#25 Bae Systems Bofors Ab 49
#26 The Ensign-Bickford 48
#27 Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm Gmbh 47
#28 Orica Explosives Technology Pty 47
#29 Thomson-Brandt Armements 46
#30 Aktiebolaget Bofors 44
#31 Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh 42
#32 Ruag Ammotec Gmbh 42
#33 Motorola 40
#34 Federal Cartridge 39
#35 Reynolds Systems 39
#36 Thiokol 39
#37 Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Oerlikon-Buehrle Ag 35
#38 Dyno Nobel 34
#39 Saab Ab 34
#40 Special Devices 34
#41 US Dept of Energy 32
#42 Northrop Grumman 31
#43 Orbital Research 31
#44 Sandia 31
#45 True Velocity 30
#46 Bofors Ab 28
#47 Pcp Tactical 28
#48 Hornady Manufacturing 27
#49 Metal Storm Limited 26
#50 Dynaenergetics Europe Gmbh 24
#51 Etienne Lacroix Tous Artifices S.A. 24
#52 Hanwha 24
#53 Agency For Defense Development 23
#54 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 23
#55 New Archery Products 23
#56 Hughes Aircraft 22
#57 Mbda France 21
#58 Morton Thiokol 21
#59 Out Rage 21
#60 NVIDIA 21
#61 Orbital Atk 20
#62 Qinetiq Limited 20
#63 Quantic Industries 20
#64 Schott Ag 20
#65 Nico-Pyrotechnik Hanns-Juergen Diederichs Gmbh & Co. Kg 19
#66 Oerlikon Cantraves Pyrotec Ag 19
#67 Baker Hughes Holdings 18
#68 Gebruder Junghans Gmbh 18
#69 Societe Nationale Des Poudres Et Explosifs 18
#70 GE 18
#71 Aldila Golf 17
#72 Aob Products 17
#73 Orica International Pte 17
#74 Aai 16
#75 Bear Archery 16
#76 Dynaenergetics Gmbh & Co. Kg 16
#77 Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Gmbh 16
#78 R A Brands L.L.C. 16
#79 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems 16
#80 Ford 16
#81 Bofors Defence Ab 15
#82 Diehl Bgt Defence 15
#83 Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense 15
#84 Feradyne Outdoors 15
#85 Israel Aerospace Industries 15
#86 Rheinmetall Industrie Ag 15
#87 Secretary Of State For Defence In Her Britannic Majesty'S Government Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland 15
#88 Aerojet-General 14
#89 Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle 14
#90 Autoliv Asp 14
#91 Battelle Memorial Institute 14
#92 Blount 14
#93 Daicel 14
#94 Diehl Munitionssysteme Gmbh & 14
#95 Easebon Services Limited 14
#96 Junghans Microtec Gmbh 14
#97 Simmonds Precision Products 14
#98 The State Of Israel Ministry Of Defence Israel Military Industries 14
#99 British Aerospace Public Limited 13
#100 Buck Werke Gmbh & 13