H04K

Secret communication

Official title: Secret communication; jamming of communication

H04K (Secret communication) appears on 3,253 US grants and 2,833 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents
3,253
Published applications
2,833
Assignees
1,317
Inventors
5,971
Latest grant
6 Oct 2026

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H04K: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
1976420
1977170
1978160
1979230
1980340
1981170
1982250
1983200
1984130
1985120
1986220
1987240
1988220
1989240
1990290
1991260
1992390
1993310
1994410
1995210
1996170
1997150
1998260
1999310
2000280
20013811
20024255
20033374
20043480
20053986
200672130
200761190
200894150
200980110
2010126126
2011133123
201214491
2013134104
2014153117
2015125121
2016120140
2017157124
2018120133
2019162125
2020132140
2021135123
2022108138
2023128105
2024111106
20259074
20266757

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