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ROYAL ORDNANCE PLC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    473
About

ROYAL ORDNANCE PLC has a total of 473 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1969. It filed its patents most often in United Kingdom, EPO (European Patent Office) and United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets machines, weapons and basic materials chemistry are ELLIS CHRISTIAN, AKTSIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO TSENTRALNYJ NAUCHNO ISSLEDOVATELSKIJ INSTITUT TOCHNOGO MASH AO TSNIITOCHMAS and RHEINMETALL GMBH.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ROYAL ORDNANCE PLCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Buxton Anthony Charles 26
#2 Lee Peter Raymond 24
#3 Hickey Dennis James 22
#4 Baxter James Edward 18
#5 Comley Jack W 13
#6 Poole Robert Duncan 12
#7 Wagstaff Douglas Clive 12
#8 Young Frederick Myles 12
#9 Perry Melvyn 11
#10 Parsons David Christopher 10

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
GB0016409D0 Proximity sensing device
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US6129022A Ammunition safety and arming unit
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GB9828407D0 Proximity fuze
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GB9818298D0 Reduction of noxious gaseous emissions in thermal processing of contaminated materials
GB9813558D0 Device for exerting drag
GB9809329D0 Device for locking a projectile in a barrel
GB9719430D0 Priming composition
GB9714947D0 A fuze
GB9704962D0 Howitzer anchor spade
IL120419D0 Improvements in or relating to fragmentation grenades
GB9616071D0 Active sonar device
IL120227D0 Improvements in or relating to fragmentation grenades
GB9605083D0 Howitzer anchor spade
GB9521243D0 Device for exerting drag