H04M 1/0241
Using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status
Official title: {using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call}
H04M1/0241 (Using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status) appears on 1,354 US grants and 1,710 published applications in this corpus.
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