H04M 1/233
Including a pointing device
Official title: {including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick (constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033)}
H04M1/233 (Including a pointing device) appears on 298 US grants and 415 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 298
- Published applications
- 415
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 698
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
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| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 7 | 19 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 |
| 2004 | 8 | 19 |
| 2005 | 6 | 25 |
| 2006 | 10 | 23 |
| 2007 | 11 | 79 |
| 2008 | 18 | 68 |
| 2009 | 17 | 31 |
| 2010 | 38 | 35 |
| 2011 | 31 | 22 |
| 2012 | 24 | 22 |
| 2013 | 20 | 7 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7 |
| 2015 | 17 | 4 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Mobile communication terminals, their directional input units, and methods thereof12 Aug 2025US 12,388,925 B2
- Electronic device4 Mar 2025US 12,244,751 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Mobile communication terminals, their directional input units, and methods thereof13 Aug 2024US 12,063,323 B2
- Operating device and method for operating an operating device23 Apr 2024US 11,966,523 B2INVENTUS Engineering GmbH
- Sleeve arrangement for a mobile device and method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056623 A1INVENTUS Engineering GmbH
- Self-mixing interferometry sensor module, electronic device and method of detecting movements24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237491 A1ams International AG
- Touch pad cell phone16 Jan 2025US 2025/0021222 A1
- Display device and associated control method31 Oct 2024US 2024/0363089 A1Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- Mobile communication terminals, their directional input units, and methods thereof17 Oct 2024US 2024/0348717 A1
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By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling756US 7,312,785 B2Apple Inc. · 2007
- Hand-ear user interface for hand-held device372US 6,978,127 B1Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2005
- Foldable radio telephone set with rotary selector integral with foldable hinge element285US 5,436,954 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1995
- Mobile terminal having improved user interface235US 6,173,194 B2Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2001
- Portable television with recognizably different low/high hierarchy displays232US 5,856,827 ASony Corporation · 1999