H04B 10/11
Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
H04B10/11 (Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum) appears on 5,282 US grants and 5,446 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 5,282
- Published applications
- 5,446
- Assignees
- 1,732
- Inventors
- 8,806
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 26 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 34 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 63 | 0 |
| 1999 | 69 | 0 |
| 2000 | 53 | 0 |
| 2001 | 59 | 19 |
| 2002 | 68 | 129 |
| 2003 | 76 | 96 |
| 2004 | 76 | 135 |
| 2005 | 65 | 85 |
| 2006 | 75 | 81 |
| 2007 | 73 | 76 |
| 2008 | 59 | 92 |
| 2009 | 65 | 101 |
| 2010 | 63 | 105 |
| 2011 | 76 | 117 |
| 2012 | 94 | 119 |
| 2013 | 101 | 153 |
| 2014 | 137 | 230 |
| 2015 | 200 | 225 |
| 2016 | 246 | 331 |
| 2017 | 306 | 354 |
| 2018 | 410 | 414 |
| 2019 | 472 | 378 |
| 2020 | 358 | 387 |
| 2021 | 342 | 335 |
| 2022 | 282 | 324 |
| 2023 | 291 | 327 |
| 2024 | 340 | 369 |
| 2025 | 275 | 280 |
| 2026 | 166 | 184 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Utilizing curved focal planes for optical wireless communication6 Oct 2026US 12,756,462 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Optical wireless transmission system, transmission device, and optical wireless transmission method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,463 B2NEC Corporation
- Electronic devices employing optical communications6 Oct 2026US 12,756,464 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Method and device for optimizing beam-pointing in wireless optical communication system6 Oct 2026US 12,756,465 B2Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Techniques for visible light communication-assisted broadcast transmissions6 Oct 2026US 12,756,466 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- System and method for optically transmitting electrical power or communications signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312434 A1University of Connecticut
- Light-based device communication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312683 A1Markem-Imaje Corporation
- Intra-satellite optical networking (ison) system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312684 A1Wildstar, LLC
- Optical transmission system and operating method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312690 A1Agency for Defense Development
- Automatic slot identifier detection and management for rack systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313827 A1Quanta Computer Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Universal lighting network methods and systems1,007US 6,548,967 B1Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2003
- Communication device474US 8,472,935 B12013
- Apparatus for exchanging data between a central station and a plurality of wireless remote stations on a time divided commnication channel457US 5,677,909 ASpectrix Corporation · 1997
- Infra-red communication system452US 5,566,022 A1996
- Wireless and wired communications, command, control and sensing system for sound and/or data transmission and reception450US 5,802,467 AInnovative Intelcom Industries · 1998