H04B 1/3816
Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices
Official title: Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
H04B1/3816 (Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices) appears on 1,159 US grants and 1,260 published applications in this corpus.
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- Multi-function sim card and allocation method therefor, card allocation system, and electronic device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180607 A1Shenzhen Ucloudlink Technology Limited
- Client device authentication using contactless legacy magnetic stripe data2 Apr 2026US 2026/0095761 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card Supporting Two-Factor Authentication12 Mar 2026US 2026/0075427 A1Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
- Electronic device comprising microphone29 Jan 2026US 2026/0032380 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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- Compact radio frequency transmitting and receiving antenna and control device employing same335US 5,736,965 ALutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 1998
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