H04B 13/005
Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body
Official title: {Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body}
H04B13/005 (Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body) appears on 652 US grants and 822 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 652
- Published applications
- 822
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 1,180
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 23 | 23 |
| 2026 | 9 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Communication device and communication method28 Jul 2026US 12,695,519 B2HTC Corporation
- Telephonic communication device30 Jun 2026US 12,671,930 B2Panasonic System Networks R&D Lab. Co., Ltd.
- Amplification circuit, human body channel-based communication system including the same, and operation method thereof23 Jun 2026US 12,665,680 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Electrically charging a circuit board26 May 2026US 12,639,696 B2Orange
- Device and method for processing a near-field communication28 Apr 2026US 12,615,095 B2Orange
- Communication management in wearable devices1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304283 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Human body communication via electronic eyewear devices20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244025 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Reducing communication burden between leadless pacemakers6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224903 A1Pacesetter, Inc.
- Resonant frequency communications in an enclosed volume30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222084 A1University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork
- Sensor using electro-quasistatic human body communication23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207054 A1Eli Lilly and Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for near-field human-body coupling for encrypted communication with identification cards553US 5,796,827 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1998
- Method and apparatus for transbody transmission of power and information309US 6,211,799 B1Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2001
- Authentication information communication system and method, portable information processing device and program furnishing medium304US 7,202,773 B1Sony Corporation · 2007
- Wireless network having body coupled communication for mobile patient monitoring295US 7,978,063 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2011
- Rate responsive leadless cardiac pacemaker283US 7,937,148 B2Nanostim, Inc. · 2011