H04B 7/0802
Using antenna selection
Official title: {using antenna selection (H04B7/0868 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24)}
H04B7/0802 (Using antenna selection) appears on 2,237 US grants and 2,173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 2,237
- Published applications
- 2,173
- Assignees
- 688
- Inventors
- 4,400
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 40 | 0 |
| 1999 | 33 | 0 |
| 2000 | 39 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 14 |
| 2002 | 34 | 46 |
| 2003 | 29 | 52 |
| 2004 | 34 | 93 |
| 2005 | 37 | 117 |
| 2006 | 54 | 101 |
| 2007 | 44 | 86 |
| 2008 | 79 | 80 |
| 2009 | 78 | 91 |
| 2010 | 88 | 80 |
| 2011 | 72 | 55 |
| 2012 | 81 | 86 |
| 2013 | 82 | 87 |
| 2014 | 101 | 91 |
| 2015 | 93 | 86 |
| 2016 | 101 | 97 |
| 2017 | 88 | 79 |
| 2018 | 75 | 97 |
| 2019 | 101 | 97 |
| 2020 | 118 | 115 |
| 2021 | 105 | 113 |
| 2022 | 92 | 115 |
| 2023 | 101 | 96 |
| 2024 | 97 | 88 |
| 2025 | 75 | 66 |
| 2026 | 45 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04B 7/0805With single receiver and antenna switching1,003
- H04B 7/0817With multiple receivers and antenna path selection561
- H04B 7/0825With main and with auxiliary or diversity antennas182
- H04B 7/0834Based on external parameters151
- H04B 7/0822According to predefined selection scheme121
- H04B 7/0831Compensation of the diversity switching process for non-uniform properties or faulty operations46
- H04B 7/0828With delay elements in antenna paths38
Recent patents
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- Methods for information transmission, and communication device8 Sep 2026US 12,732,241 B2Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
- Antenna selection based on mutual isolation8 Sep 2026US 12,732,258 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Automated antenna alignment system for real-time monitoring and optimization8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313404 A1T-Mobile Innovations LLC
- Scheduling Beam-Hopping of a Satellite Network1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303145 A1Skylo Technologies, Inc.
- Power saving in multi-receive (rx) chain simultaneous reception27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255269 A1Intel Corporation
- Conditional switching among antenna arrays6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230093 A1Swift Beat, LLC
- Systems and methods for antenna radiation pattern management for terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230166 A1Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
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