H04M 15/30
The meter or calculation of charges not being controlled from an exchange
Official title: the meter {or calculation of charges} not being controlled from an exchange
H04M15/30 (The meter or calculation of charges not being controlled from an exchange) appears on 236 US grants and 164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 236
- Published applications
- 164
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 369
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 10 | 21 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 | 5 |
| 2008 | 10 | 5 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 15 | 21 |
| 2016 | 8 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Device-Assisted Services for Protecting Network Capacity10 Oct 2024US 2024/0340190 A1Headwater Research LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for selective communication connection based on transaction pricing signals599US 5,802,502 ABritish Telecommunications Public Ltd.Co. · 1998
- Mobile phone with internal accounting497US 5,577,100 ATelemac Cellular Corporation · 1996
- Mobile phone system with host processor coordination and internal mobile phone accounting capabilities350US 6,650,887 B2Telemac Corporation · 2003
- Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls349US 5,625,669 ATelemac Cellular Corporation · 1997
- Mobile phone with internal accounting326US 6,198,915 B1Telemac Corporation · 2001