H04J 3/16
In which the time allocation to individual channels within a transmission cycle
Official title: in which the time allocation to individual channels within a transmission cycle is variable, e.g. to accommodate varying complexity of signals, to vary number of channels transmitted (H04J3/17, H04J3/24 take precedence)
H04J3/16 (In which the time allocation to individual channels within a transmission cycle) appears on 3,678 US grants and 2,905 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04J- Granted patents
- 3,678
- Published applications
- 2,905
- Assignees
- 878
- Inventors
- 6,146
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 28 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 37 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1994 | 51 | 0 |
| 1995 | 52 | 0 |
| 1996 | 73 | 0 |
| 1997 | 50 | 0 |
| 1998 | 80 | 0 |
| 1999 | 75 | 0 |
| 2000 | 75 | 0 |
| 2001 | 69 | 44 |
| 2002 | 60 | 125 |
| 2003 | 73 | 144 |
| 2004 | 98 | 119 |
| 2005 | 101 | 106 |
| 2006 | 142 | 130 |
| 2007 | 93 | 157 |
| 2008 | 124 | 141 |
| 2009 | 133 | 156 |
| 2010 | 151 | 140 |
| 2011 | 148 | 107 |
| 2012 | 145 | 132 |
| 2013 | 143 | 196 |
| 2014 | 157 | 152 |
| 2015 | 188 | 174 |
| 2016 | 176 | 158 |
| 2017 | 170 | 95 |
| 2018 | 130 | 94 |
| 2019 | 107 | 91 |
| 2020 | 92 | 108 |
| 2021 | 97 | 81 |
| 2022 | 87 | 66 |
| 2023 | 75 | 83 |
| 2024 | 64 | 48 |
| 2025 | 46 | 34 |
| 2026 | 35 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for enhanced autonegotiation29 Sep 2026US 12,750,316 B2Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Packet transmission scheduling22 Sep 2026US 12,744,612 B2Intel Corporation
- Mapping multiplexing method and apparatus for optical transport network, and electronic device and storage medium22 Sep 2026US 12,744,613 B2Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd.
- Slot consistency verification method and related device15 Sep 2026US 12,739,059 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Service data processing method and apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,712,658 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Otn device, service management system, and automatic connection method of otn sub-device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312712 A1Zte Corporation
- Resource utilization monitoring for optical transport networks17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280700 A1Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Autonomous driving system emergency signaling10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264609 A1Tesla, Inc.
- Data transmission method, data processing method, and related apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269968 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Optical Transmission Apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238370 A1NTT, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive information services control system642US 5,481,542 AScientific-Atlanta, Inc. · 1996
- Asymmetric hybrid access system and method498US 5,586,121 AHybrid Networks, Inc. · 1996
- Variable rate vocoder458US 5,414,796 AQUALCOMM Incorporated · 1995
- Method for configuring a statistical multiplexer to dynamically allocate communication channel bandwidth403US 5,506,844 ACompression Labs, Inc. · 1996
- Time-slot-based system and method of inter-vehicle communication390US 8,520,695 B1Zetta Research and Development, LLC - ForC Series · 2013