H04B 7/2041
Spot beam multiple access
Official title: {Spot beam multiple access}
H04B7/2041 (Spot beam multiple access) appears on 902 US grants and 827 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04B- Granted patents
- 902
- Published applications
- 827
- Assignees
- 225
- Inventors
- 1,319
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 4 |
| 2002 | 16 | 20 |
| 2003 | 12 | 14 |
| 2004 | 13 | 15 |
| 2005 | 11 | 14 |
| 2006 | 16 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | 8 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11 |
| 2011 | 10 | 19 |
| 2012 | 19 | 13 |
| 2013 | 21 | 23 |
| 2014 | 18 | 21 |
| 2015 | 23 | 19 |
| 2016 | 15 | 27 |
| 2017 | 32 | 42 |
| 2018 | 43 | 53 |
| 2019 | 73 | 69 |
| 2020 | 73 | 82 |
| 2021 | 72 | 59 |
| 2022 | 48 | 75 |
| 2023 | 65 | 59 |
| 2024 | 70 | 60 |
| 2025 | 49 | 48 |
| 2026 | 28 | 36 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Beam super surge methods and apparatus for small geostationary (GEO) communication satellites22 Sep 2026US 12,744,587 B2Astranis Space Technologies Corp.
- Communication apparatus and base station22 Sep 2026US 12,744,590 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Managing interference for coexistence of terrestrial and non-terrestrial wireless networks25 Aug 2026US 12,719,560 B2Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.
- Inter satellite coverage management25 Aug 2026US 12,719,564 B2T-Mobile Innovations LLC
- Systems and methods for monitoring signal performance to analyze weather effect and guide recovery actions11 Aug 2026US 12,706,664 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Scheduling Beam-Hopping of a Satellite Network1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303145 A1Skylo Technologies, Inc.
- Methods and Apparatuses for Multi-Modal Use of a Satellite in a Satellite Communications System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280693 A1
- Apparatus and methods for broadband mobile communications systems20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246531 A1
- User equipment and satellite in communication with one another over non-terrestrial network, and operation method thereof20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247165 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Methods for reducing beam sweeping time for a user equipment13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238332 A1Apple Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spread spectrum multiple access communication system using satellite or terrestrial repeaters1,545US 4,901,307 AQUALCOMM Incorporated · 1990
- 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