H04M 1/035
Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing
Official title: {Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities}
H04M1/035 (Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing) appears on 588 US grants and 693 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 588
- Published applications
- 693
- Assignees
- 218
- Inventors
- 1,354
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 15 |
| 2005 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 | 12 |
| 2007 | 6 | 28 |
| 2008 | 5 | 21 |
| 2009 | 13 | 28 |
| 2010 | 11 | 28 |
| 2011 | 30 | 16 |
| 2012 | 26 | 21 |
| 2013 | 27 | 41 |
| 2014 | 21 | 43 |
| 2015 | 33 | 42 |
| 2016 | 50 | 29 |
| 2017 | 30 | 24 |
| 2018 | 37 | 34 |
| 2019 | 32 | 34 |
| 2020 | 28 | 36 |
| 2021 | 32 | 54 |
| 2022 | 36 | 39 |
| 2023 | 34 | 47 |
| 2024 | 38 | 27 |
| 2025 | 29 | 22 |
| 2026 | 18 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Acoustic systems for electronic devices333US 8,055,003 B2Apple Inc. · 2011
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- Case for an electronic device102US 8,028,794 B1Futuristic Audio Design Innovations, LLC · 2011
- Communications terminal having a single transducer for handset and handsfree receive functionality99US 5,790,679 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1998
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