H03K 2217/00
Indexing scheme related to electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making
Official title: Indexing scheme related to electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making or -breaking covered by H03K17/00
H03K2217/00 (Indexing scheme related to electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making) appears on 7,720 US grants and 8,149 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 8,149
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 415 | 445 |
| 2024 | 476 | 444 |
| 2025 | 371 | 333 |
| 2026 | 235 | 224 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H03K 2217/94Indexing scheme related to electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-makingIndexing code3,571
- H03K 2217/0036Means reducing energy consumptionIndexing code1,137
- H03K 2217/0081Power supply meansIndexing code905
- H03K 2217/0018Special modifications or use of the back gate voltage of a fetIndexing code760
- H03K 2217/0063High side switches, i.e. the higher potential [dc] or life wire [ac]Indexing code690
- H03K 2217/0027Measuring means ofIndexing code677
- H03K 2217/0054Gating switchesIndexing code506
- H03K 2217/0072Low side switches, i.e. the lower potential [dc] or neutral wire [ac]Indexing code464
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