H04M 1/17
Hygienic or sanitary devices on telephone equipment
Official title: Hygienic or sanitary devices on telephone equipment (for mouthpieces or earpieces H04R1/12)
H04M1/17 (Hygienic or sanitary devices on telephone equipment) appears on 102 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 102
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 216
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13 |
| 2022 | 4 | 11 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mobile device disinfection6 Oct 2026US 12,752,027 B2UV Partners, Inc.
- Mobile phone case with compartment configured to store and provide quick access to a pod of sanitizing wipes25 Aug 2026US 12,719,978 B2Wype N' Go LLC
- Germ-barrier phone cover13 Jan 2026US 12,526,360 B2
- Electronic device including sweeper1 Apr 2025US 12,265,426 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Automatic sterilization and charging of wearable device21 Jan 2025US 12,201,736 B2Thirdwayv, Inc.
- Sanitizing case and method for a phone or other mobile device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186528 A1Germ Dome Industries LLC
- Spraying device and methods25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175249 A1Instapurify Technology LLC
- Electronic device including sweeper10 Jul 2025US 2025/0224773 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Mobile device disinfection20 Mar 2025US 2025/0090704 A1UV Partners, Inc.
- Mobile Phone Case with Compartment Configured to Store and Provide Quick Access to a Pod of Sanitizing Wipes22 Aug 2024US 2024/0283861 A1Wype N' Go LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for cleaning the display screen of a touch screen device196US 5,526,422 AAT&T Corp. · 1996
- Disposable wireless telephone and method for call-out only160US 6,061,580 ARandice-Lisa Altschul · 2000
- Device having light source to reduce surface pathogens136US 9,572,901 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2017
- Disposable wireless telephone and method72US 5,845,218 A1998
- Germ-resistant communication and data transfer/entry products69US 6,358,519 B12002