H04B 7/18515
Transmission equipment in satellites or space-based relays
Official title: {Transmission equipment in satellites or space-based relays}
H04B7/18515 (Transmission equipment in satellites or space-based relays) appears on 1,002 US grants and 961 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 1,002
- Published applications
- 961
- Assignees
- 290
- Inventors
- 1,479
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 11 | 2 |
| 2002 | 14 | 16 |
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| 2004 | 12 | 15 |
| 2005 | 10 | 13 |
| 2006 | 14 | 4 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 | 25 |
| 2009 | 17 | 23 |
| 2010 | 14 | 21 |
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| 2012 | 27 | 33 |
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| 2017 | 48 | 57 |
| 2018 | 61 | 94 |
| 2019 | 104 | 65 |
| 2020 | 73 | 92 |
| 2021 | 78 | 58 |
| 2022 | 63 | 57 |
| 2023 | 61 | 67 |
| 2024 | 53 | 49 |
| 2025 | 49 | 45 |
| 2026 | 26 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Unicast and broadcast communications using phased-array antenna8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312673 A1ViaSat, Inc.
- Satellite-based communication method and apparatus, computer-readable medium, and electronic device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280685 A1Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Methods and Apparatuses for Multi-Modal Use of a Satellite in a Satellite Communications System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280693 A1
- A satellite transmitter10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269930 A1St Engineering Idirect (Europe) Cy NV
- Single-direction crosslinks in satellite communication systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269932 A1ViaSat, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cellular/satellite communications system with improved frequency re-use360US 5,555,257 AEricsson GE Mobile Communications Inc. · 1996
- Reconfigurable antenna system264US 6,456,251 B1The Boeing Company · 2002
- Cellular/satellite communications system with improved frequency re-use256US 6,157,811 AEricsson Inc. · 2000
- Cellular/satellite communications system with improved frequency re-use246US 5,848,060 AEricsson Inc. · 1998
- Shared phased array beamformer229US 7,369,085 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2008