H04B 10/118
Specially adapted for satellite communication
Official title: specially adapted for satellite communication
H04B10/118 (Specially adapted for satellite communication) appears on 609 US grants and 577 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 609
- Published applications
- 577
- Assignees
- 252
- Inventors
- 1,071
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 48 | 61 |
| 2024 | 44 | 59 |
| 2025 | 51 | 47 |
| 2026 | 27 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical wavelength diversity techniques for free-space optical communication29 Sep 2026US 12,750,138 B2Aalyria Technologies, Inc.
- Communication satellite system, earth-side control facility, ground facility, artificial satellite, communication ground center, and transmission route search device22 Sep 2026US 12,744,588 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Device and method for interleaving data blocks for an optical communications system between a satellite and an earth station15 Sep 2026US 12,739,057 B2Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Relay-assisted high-capacity satellite feeder links with integrated line-of-sight MIMO RF and optical channels via HAPS8 Sep 2026US 12,732,272 B2Hughes Network Systems, LLC
- Multi-aperture telescope system and method for generating combined optical signals received from satellites8 Sep 2026US 12,732,273 B1Qosmic Satellite Systems Pvt Ltd
- 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
- Information Processing Method, Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Information Processing Apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280682 A1
- Optical ground station for satellite communication17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280709 A1Hitec Luxembourg S.A.
- Inter-satellite links with improved resilience10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269941 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for providing location-specific data to a user247US 5,898,680 AWorldSpace, Inc. · 1999
- Multiple access communication system129US 5,119,225 ABritish Aerospace Public Limited Company · 1992
- Laser communication transceiver and system104US 5,710,652 ATrex Communications Corporation · 1998
- Free-space laser communication system having six axes of movement82US 6,347,001 B1Trex Communications Corporation · 2002
- Individual beacon identification system78US 5,299,227 AAmerican Electronics, Inc. · 1994