H04B 7/1851
Systems using a satellite or space-based relay
Official title: {Systems using a satellite or space-based relay (H04B7/18508, H04B7/18521 take precedence; providing specific services H04B7/18523 - H04B7/18576)}
H04B7/1851 (Systems using a satellite or space-based relay) appears on 4,159 US grants and 5,122 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 4,159
- Published applications
- 5,122
- Assignees
- 937
- Inventors
- 6,201
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 52 | 11 |
| 2002 | 45 | 50 |
| 2003 | 37 | 62 |
| 2004 | 45 | 61 |
| 2005 | 36 | 53 |
| 2006 | 49 | 47 |
| 2007 | 33 | 39 |
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| 2009 | 46 | 65 |
| 2010 | 56 | 71 |
| 2011 | 55 | 53 |
| 2012 | 71 | 88 |
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| 2014 | 98 | 133 |
| 2015 | 126 | 119 |
| 2016 | 120 | 172 |
| 2017 | 167 | 194 |
| 2018 | 207 | 235 |
| 2019 | 260 | 237 |
| 2020 | 268 | 250 |
| 2021 | 237 | 327 |
| 2022 | 252 | 446 |
| 2023 | 326 | 573 |
| 2024 | 392 | 635 |
| 2025 | 437 | 628 |
| 2026 | 347 | 421 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Satellite array architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,110 B2
- Adaptive phase-changing devices for non-terrestrial networks6 Oct 2026US 12,756,453 B2Google Inc.
- Transmission signal compensation method, network side device and terminal6 Oct 2026US 12,756,455 B2Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Control method and control device for link switching6 Oct 2026US 12,756,456 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inroute stream error rate shedding6 Oct 2026US 12,756,457 B2Hughes Network Systems, LLC
- 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.
- System and method for adaptive eirp density control and throughput maximization in wireless communication systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313563 A1Hughes Network Systems, LLC
- Method and apparatus for latency alignment in device collaborative communications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313571 A1Mediatek Inc.
- Terminal and radio communication method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303199 A1Ntt Docomo, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- position determination in an integrated cellular communications system451US 5,612,703 ACelsat America, Inc. · 1997
- Position determination for reducing unauthorized use of a communication system442US 5,835,857 ACelsat America, Inc. · 1998
- Integrated cellular communications system427US 5,073,900 A1991
- Cellular/satellite communications system with improved frequency re-use360US 5,555,257 AEricsson GE Mobile Communications Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for measurement processing of satellite positioning system (SPS) signals357US 6,313,786 B1SnapTrack, Inc. · 2001