H04B 10/114
Indoor or close-range type systems
H04B10/114 (Indoor or close-range type systems) appears on 3,269 US grants and 3,518 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 3,269
- Published applications
- 3,518
- Assignees
- 1,233
- Inventors
- 5,753
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 18 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 41 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 11 |
| 2002 | 31 | 68 |
| 2003 | 49 | 49 |
| 2004 | 31 | 64 |
| 2005 | 24 | 44 |
| 2006 | 42 | 47 |
| 2007 | 30 | 50 |
| 2008 | 33 | 66 |
| 2009 | 34 | 72 |
| 2010 | 37 | 76 |
| 2011 | 45 | 98 |
| 2012 | 66 | 88 |
| 2013 | 80 | 109 |
| 2014 | 101 | 170 |
| 2015 | 140 | 174 |
| 2016 | 174 | 263 |
| 2017 | 236 | 267 |
| 2018 | 292 | 290 |
| 2019 | 318 | 263 |
| 2020 | 225 | 258 |
| 2021 | 205 | 200 |
| 2022 | 160 | 207 |
| 2023 | 163 | 184 |
| 2024 | 205 | 170 |
| 2025 | 134 | 158 |
| 2026 | 76 | 72 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Techniques for visible light communication-assisted broadcast transmissions6 Oct 2026US 12,756,466 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Composition and method for making picocrystalline artificial borane atoms6 Oct 2026US 12,757,646 B2SemiNuclear, Inc.
- Advance orientation of a drone antenna22 Sep 2026US 12,743,097 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Radio frequency support for establishing wireless optical connections22 Sep 2026US 12,744,598 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- Radio frequency link transmission of uplink communications associated with visible light communications15 Sep 2026US 12,739,031 B2QUALCOMM Incorproated
- Light-based device communication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312683 A1Markem-Imaje Corporation
- Automatic slot identifier detection and management for rack systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313827 A1Quanta Computer Inc.
- Fast target acquisition for steerable light beams in optical wireless communication systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291608 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Receiving device, transmitting device, and optical wireless communication system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291618 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Electronic device and control method therefor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292911 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Universal lighting network methods and systems1,007US 6,548,967 B1Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2003
- 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
- Universal lighting network methods and systems437US 7,309,965 B2Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2007
- Dual mode communications device and methods for use therewith426US 10,062,970 B1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P. · 2018