H04M 15/88
Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure
Official title: {Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure}
H04M15/88 (Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure) appears on 733 US grants and 752 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 733
- Published applications
- 752
- Assignees
- 317
- Inventors
- 1,333
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 14 |
| 2002 | 11 | 20 |
| 2003 | 13 | 22 |
| 2004 | 11 | 33 |
| 2005 | 15 | 22 |
| 2006 | 20 | 28 |
| 2007 | 18 | 25 |
| 2008 | 10 | 19 |
| 2009 | 9 | 16 |
| 2010 | 16 | 32 |
| 2011 | 17 | 22 |
| 2012 | 30 | 49 |
| 2013 | 55 | 51 |
| 2014 | 59 | 48 |
| 2015 | 50 | 44 |
| 2016 | 46 | 61 |
| 2017 | 53 | 48 |
| 2018 | 47 | 38 |
| 2019 | 46 | 36 |
| 2020 | 32 | 21 |
| 2021 | 29 | 26 |
| 2022 | 28 | 30 |
| 2023 | 21 | 14 |
| 2024 | 21 | 14 |
| 2025 | 13 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04M 15/888Severing connection after predetermined time or data125
- H04M 15/887Limit per user or user related number91
- H04M 15/882For continuing the call beyond the limit using an alternative72
- H04M 15/886Limit per terminal53
- H04M 15/885Limit per application48
- H04M 15/881For continuing the call beyond the limit using allow grace46
- H04M 15/883Linked escalation limits, i.e. establish, first or second limit36
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