H04M 1/72466
With selection means
Official title: with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
H04M1/72466 (With selection means) appears on 639 US grants and 816 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 639
- Published applications
- 816
- Assignees
- 245
- Inventors
- 1,412
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 7 |
| 2002 | 11 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 20 |
| 2004 | 11 | 32 |
| 2005 | 13 | 30 |
| 2006 | 25 | 54 |
| 2007 | 21 | 79 |
| 2008 | 21 | 80 |
| 2009 | 29 | 78 |
| 2010 | 40 | 49 |
| 2011 | 44 | 30 |
| 2012 | 43 | 39 |
| 2013 | 46 | 31 |
| 2014 | 38 | 25 |
| 2015 | 47 | 31 |
| 2016 | 26 | 21 |
| 2017 | 25 | 29 |
| 2018 | 23 | 25 |
| 2019 | 23 | 20 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 |
| 2021 | 20 | 27 |
| 2022 | 23 | 12 |
| 2023 | 13 | 19 |
| 2024 | 8 | 22 |
| 2025 | 5 | 10 |
| 2026 | 13 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Activating display and performing additional function in mobile terminal with one-time user input1 Sep 2026US 12,725,184 B2Firstface Co., Ltd.
- Control circuit, electronic device, hardware security protection method, and storage medium25 Aug 2026US 12,717,976 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Handheld electronic device18 Aug 2026US 12,712,956 B2Apple Inc.
- Mobile electronic device input actuation28 Jul 2026US 12,695,828 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Touch-sensitive key protective film, mobile phone shell, and protective film sticking device14 Jul 2026US 12,684,056 B2Dongguan Yuanpu Technology Co., Ltd
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing a Home Button Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310305 A1Apple Inc.
- System for controlling an electronic device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259697 A1
- Adaptive line key allocation for key expansion modules23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214160 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Control circuit, electronic device, hardware security protection method, and storage medium18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170186 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Back-attached display apparatus for mobile phone selfie taking11 Jun 2026US 2026/0163967 A1Shenzhen Cynova Technology Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Screen icon manipulation by context and frequency of Use344US 8,972,878 B2Avaya Inc. · 2015
- Mobile telephone user interface including fixed and dynamic function keys and method of using same282US 5,633,912 AU S West Advanced Technologies, Inc. · 1997
- Information terminal unit265US 6,466,202 B1Hitachi, Ltd. · 2002
- Communication device interface247US 7,231,229 B1Palm, Inc. · 2007
- Graphical layout and keypad response to visually depict and implement device functionality for interactivity with a numbered keypad230US 6,731,316 B2Kargo, Inc. · 2004