H04B 7/18504
Aircraft used as relay or high altitude atmospheric platform
Official title: {Aircraft used as relay or high altitude atmospheric platform}
H04B7/18504 (Aircraft used as relay or high altitude atmospheric platform) appears on 1,037 US grants and 1,192 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 1,037
- Published applications
- 1,192
- Assignees
- 364
- Inventors
- 1,813
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 12 | 9 |
| 2005 | 11 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 7 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 8 | 10 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 9 |
| 2012 | 14 | 10 |
| 2013 | 14 | 23 |
| 2014 | 15 | 23 |
| 2015 | 26 | 37 |
| 2016 | 47 | 52 |
| 2017 | 66 | 123 |
| 2018 | 83 | 86 |
| 2019 | 84 | 78 |
| 2020 | 84 | 94 |
| 2021 | 84 | 126 |
| 2022 | 89 | 124 |
| 2023 | 84 | 103 |
| 2024 | 109 | 108 |
| 2025 | 101 | 80 |
| 2026 | 42 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Adaptive phase-changing devices for non-terrestrial networks6 Oct 2026US 12,756,453 B2Google Inc.
- Aerial user equipment (UE) policy configuration based on aerial flight zones6 Oct 2026US 12,757,104 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Advanced networking, detection, and data visualization techniques in multiple networked devices8 Sep 2026US 12,730,322 B1
- 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
- Flight vehicle, communication management system, control system, and control method1 Sep 2026US 12,726,258 B2SoftBank Corp.
- Forta Halo – Autonomous Multi-Modal Spherical Energy, Water, and Resilience Apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254525 A1
- Apparatus and methods for broadband mobile communications systems20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246531 A1
- Systems for and methods for decentralized air-to-air communication20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246654 A1
- Handling emergency signals in a cellular network20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247125 A1Vodafone Group Services Limited
- Cooperative exploration systems for unknown space based on heterogeneous air-ground robots13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236024 A1Tongji University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Airborne broadband communication network413US 6,018,659 AThe Boeing Company · 2000
- Apparatus for distributed airborne wireless communications354US 8,897,770 B1Sunlight Photonics Inc. · 2014
- Wirelessly controlling unmanned aircraft and accessing associated surveillance data318US 7,581,702 B2Insitu, Inc. · 2009
- Signal translating repeater for enabling a terrestrial mobile subscriber station to be operable in a non-terrestrial environment258US 6,725,035 B2AirCell, Inc. · 2004
- Data communication systems and methods247US 8,908,573 B1Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd. · 2014