H04M 17/026
Constructional features
Official title: {Constructional features}
H04M17/026 (Constructional features) appears on 223 US grants and 121 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04M- Granted patents
- 223
- Published applications
- 121
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 331
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Transaction object reader with configurable amplifier5 May 2026US 12,619,973 B2Block, Inc.
- Transaction object reader with shielding18 Feb 2025US 12,229,748 B1Block, Inc.
- Electronic device and control method therefor8 Oct 2024US 12,111,864 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Implementation and communication methods, apparatus and system of virtual subscriber identity module7 May 2024US 11,979,942 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Transaction object reader with interposer5 Mar 2024US 11,922,397 B2Block, Inc.
- Transaction object reader with configurable amplifier1 May 2025US 2025/0139607 A1Block, Inc.
- Implementation and communication methods, apparatus and system of virtual subscriber identity module29 Jun 2023US 2023/0209333 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Transaction object reader with analog and digital signal interface22 Jun 2023US 2023/0196335 A1Block, Inc.
- Electronic device and control method therefor20 Jan 2022US 2022/0019615 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Transaction object reader with analog and digital signal interface21 Oct 2021US 2021/0326541 A1Square, Inc.
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- Wireless prepaid telephone system with dispensable instruments258US 6,049,710 A2000
- Peel and stick activation code for activating service for a wireless device254US 10,362,179 B2TracFone Wireless, Inc. · 2019
- Mobile communication terminal and card information reading device253US 6,910,624 B1Ntt Docomo, Inc. · 2005