H04B 7/185
Space-based or airborne stations
Official title: Space-based or airborne stations; {Stations for satellite systems}(H04B7/204 takes precedence)
H04B7/185 (Space-based or airborne stations) appears on 10,071 US grants and 10,592 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 10,071
- Published applications
- 10,592
- Assignees
- 1,965
- Inventors
- 13,597
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 37 | 0 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 |
| 1996 | 104 | 0 |
| 1997 | 112 | 0 |
| 1998 | 188 | 0 |
| 1999 | 253 | 0 |
| 2000 | 276 | 0 |
| 2001 | 246 | 74 |
| 2002 | 212 | 255 |
| 2003 | 183 | 274 |
| 2004 | 206 | 215 |
| 2005 | 158 | 212 |
| 2006 | 200 | 208 |
| 2007 | 129 | 176 |
| 2008 | 139 | 226 |
| 2009 | 166 | 228 |
| 2010 | 185 | 234 |
| 2011 | 186 | 169 |
| 2012 | 226 | 196 |
| 2013 | 233 | 222 |
| 2014 | 264 | 274 |
| 2015 | 283 | 278 |
| 2016 | 292 | 403 |
| 2017 | 401 | 516 |
| 2018 | 474 | 531 |
| 2019 | 588 | 498 |
| 2020 | 532 | 578 |
| 2021 | 495 | 670 |
| 2022 | 526 | 781 |
| 2023 | 592 | 913 |
| 2024 | 677 | 926 |
| 2025 | 711 | 927 |
| 2026 | 511 | 608 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04B 7/1851Systems using a satellite or space-based relay4,159
- H04B 7/18502Airborne stations3,206
- H04B 7/1853Satellite systems for providing telephony service to a mobile station, i.e. mobile2,742
- H04B 7/18578Satellite systems for providing broadband data service to individual earth stations1,461
- H04B 7/18523Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite640
- H04B 7/18521Systems of inter linked satellites, i.e. inter satellite service413
- H04B 7/195Non-synchronous stations407
- H04B 7/18528Satellite systems for providing two-way communications service to a network of fixed230
Recent patents
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- Satellite array architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,110 B2
- Adaptive phase-changing devices for non-terrestrial networks6 Oct 2026US 12,756,453 B2Google Inc.
- Initial access for message relaying using air-to- ground connections6 Oct 2026US 12,756,454 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Transmission signal compensation method, network side device and terminal6 Oct 2026US 12,756,455 B2Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Multi-antenna system for non-terrestrial communications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312626 A1Astranis Space Technologies Corp.
- Wireless communication system, wireless communication device, wireless communication method, and wireless communication program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312639 A1NTT, Inc.
- Network creation process for internet supply to the earth's complete land surface, the payload and aircraft enabling its implementation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312671 A1Prodose
- Electronic device for controlling switch electrically connected to antenna, and operation method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312672 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Unicast and broadcast communications using phased-array antenna8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312673 A1ViaSat, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Authorized location reporting paging system2,396US 6,560,461 B12003
- Location reporting satellite paging system with optional blocking of location reporting2,183US 5,918,159 A1999
- Method and system for reliable broadcasting of data files and streams1,460US 6,272,658 B1Kencast, Inc. · 2001
- Method and system for reliable broadcasting of data files and streams1,381US 6,567,948 B2Kencast, Inc. · 2003
- Multifunctional world wide walkie talkie, a tri-frequency cellular-satellite wireless instant messenger computer and network for establishing global wireless volp quality of service (qos) communications, unified messaging, and video conferencing via the internet1,246US 6,763,226 B1Computer Science Central, Inc. · 2004