H01Q 21/00
Antenna arrays or systems
Official title: Antenna arrays or systems (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system H01Q3/00)
H01Q21/00 (Antenna arrays or systems) appears on 19,007 US grants and 19,794 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01Q- Granted patents
- 19,007
- Published applications
- 19,794
- Assignees
- 3,948
- Inventors
- 26,465
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 44 | 0 |
| 1977 | 34 | 0 |
| 1978 | 44 | 0 |
| 1979 | 29 | 0 |
| 1980 | 36 | 0 |
| 1981 | 36 | 0 |
| 1982 | 36 | 0 |
| 1983 | 26 | 0 |
| 1984 | 38 | 0 |
| 1985 | 37 | 0 |
| 1986 | 34 | 0 |
| 1987 | 47 | 0 |
| 1988 | 47 | 0 |
| 1989 | 62 | 0 |
| 1990 | 66 | 0 |
| 1991 | 68 | 0 |
| 1992 | 77 | 0 |
| 1993 | 85 | 0 |
| 1994 | 73 | 0 |
| 1995 | 80 | 0 |
| 1996 | 88 | 0 |
| 1997 | 82 | 0 |
| 1998 | 142 | 0 |
| 1999 | 206 | 0 |
| 2000 | 274 | 0 |
| 2001 | 278 | 51 |
| 2002 | 288 | 250 |
| 2003 | 249 | 293 |
| 2004 | 254 | 390 |
| 2005 | 316 | 390 |
| 2006 | 373 | 353 |
| 2007 | 244 | 381 |
| 2008 | 301 | 429 |
| 2009 | 315 | 488 |
| 2010 | 310 | 497 |
| 2011 | 340 | 432 |
| 2012 | 355 | 545 |
| 2013 | 427 | 608 |
| 2014 | 482 | 603 |
| 2015 | 516 | 716 |
| 2016 | 578 | 725 |
| 2017 | 771 | 923 |
| 2018 | 796 | 1082 |
| 2019 | 1181 | 1415 |
| 2020 | 1350 | 1649 |
| 2021 | 1450 | 1452 |
| 2022 | 1323 | 1446 |
| 2023 | 1214 | 1486 |
| 2024 | 1331 | 1375 |
| 2025 | 1315 | 1098 |
| 2026 | 859 | 717 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01Q 21/06Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart10,207
- H01Q 21/28Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems4,869
- H01Q 21/0006Particular feeding systems4,016
- H01Q 21/24Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving3,944
- H01Q 21/30Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to1,598
- H01Q 21/29Combinations of different interacting antenna units for giving a desired directional characteristic1,303
- H01Q 21/0087Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing antenna arrays1,008
Recent patents
- Isolation of watch housing and antenna using a molded cover6 Oct 2026US 12,754,518 B2Garmin International, Inc.
- Phase shift unit cell array for a transmit-array antenna and associated manufacturing method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,095 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Antenna device and display device including the same6 Oct 2026US 12,756,098 B2Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
- Patch antenna and antenna array6 Oct 2026US 12,756,100 B2Alpha Networks Inc.
- Antenna, antenna array, and electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,101 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Radar device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309839 A1Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
- Base station antennas having an active antenna module and related devices and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312275 A1Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
- Antenna device, antenna, and vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312282 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Antenna assembly and base station antenna8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312292 A1Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
- Low-Profile Stackable Retroreflective Electromagnetic Markers For Enhanced Automotive Radar Vision8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312294 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microwave balloon angioplasty939US 5,057,106 AKasevich Associates, Inc. · 1991
- Client-server based remote locator device710US 6,131,067 ASnapTrack, Inc. · 2000
- Radio frequency identification system675US 6,100,804 AIntecmec IP Corp. · 2000
- CDMA microcellular telephone system and distributed antenna system therefor661US 5,280,472 AQUALCOMM Incorporated · 1994
- GPS receiver and method for processing GPS signals593US 5,663,734 APrecision Tracking, Inc. · 1997