H04M 1/67
By electronic means
Official title: by electronic means
H04M1/67 (By electronic means) appears on 1,528 US grants and 1,762 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 1,528
- Published applications
- 1,762
- Assignees
- 548
- Inventors
- 3,096
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 8 |
| 2002 | 17 | 26 |
| 2003 | 12 | 24 |
| 2004 | 13 | 36 |
| 2005 | 12 | 53 |
| 2006 | 29 | 59 |
| 2007 | 30 | 46 |
| 2008 | 36 | 55 |
| 2009 | 27 | 53 |
| 2010 | 28 | 78 |
| 2011 | 34 | 78 |
| 2012 | 65 | 95 |
| 2013 | 82 | 157 |
| 2014 | 97 | 135 |
| 2015 | 94 | 170 |
| 2016 | 128 | 149 |
| 2017 | 136 | 120 |
| 2018 | 127 | 115 |
| 2019 | 116 | 96 |
| 2020 | 109 | 85 |
| 2021 | 71 | 38 |
| 2022 | 52 | 27 |
| 2023 | 42 | 22 |
| 2024 | 23 | 20 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Activating display and performing additional function in mobile terminal with one-time user input1 Sep 2026US 12,725,184 B2Firstface Co., Ltd.
- Virtual subscriber identity module for mobile communication device16 Jun 2026US 12,659,379 B2Simo Holdings Inc.
- Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing a home button replacement27 Jan 2026US 12,535,892 B2Apple Inc.
- Lock screen display method for electronic device and electronic device13 Jan 2026US 12,526,362 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium for reducing inadvertent user interface interactions16 Dec 2025US 12,500,973 B2Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing a Home Button Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310305 A1Apple Inc.
- Virtual subscriber identity module for mobile communication device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303695 A1Simo Holdings Inc.
- Methods and systems for automatic discovery of fraudulent calls using speaker recognition12 Mar 2026US 2026/0075130 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessing Notifications1 Jan 2026US 2026/0003494 A1Apple Inc.
- Interface Display Method and Terminal Device27 Nov 2025US 2025/0365366 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image1,368US 7,657,849 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Wireless communications apparatus and method1,036US 7,146,191 B2United States Thermoelectric Consortium · 2006
- Method and apparatus for controlling and securing mobile phones that are lost, stolen or misused786US 6,662,023 B1Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2003
- Portable authentication device and method using iris patterns507US 6,532,298 B1Iridian Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- System and method for authentication of caller identification478US 6,324,271 B1Nortel Networks Limited · 2001