H04M 15/08
Metering calls to called party , i.e. b-party charged for the communication
Official title: Metering calls to called party {, i.e. B-party charged for the communication}
H04M15/08 (Metering calls to called party , i.e. b-party charged for the communication) appears on 449 US grants and 403 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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