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  4. /H04M · Telephonic communication
  5. /H04M 9/00 · Arrangements for interconnection not involving centralised switching
  6. /H04M 9/002 · Arrangements for interconnection not involving centralised switching: with subscriber controlled access to
  7. /H04M 9/005 · With subscriber controlled access to an exchange line
  8. /H04M 9/006
H04M 9/006

Exchange line circuits

Official title: {Exchange line circuits (subscriber line circuits H04M3/005)}

H04M9/006 (Exchange line circuits) appears on 33 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. HElectricity
  2. H04Electric communication technique
  3. H04MTelephonic communication
  4. H04M 9/00Arrangements for interconnection not involving centralised switching
  5. H04M 9/002Arrangements for interconnection not involving centralised switching: with subscriber controlled access to
  6. H04M 9/005With subscriber controlled access to an exchange line
  7. H04M 9/006Exchange line circuits
Granted patents
33
Published applications
0
Assignees
17
Inventors
50
Latest grant
2 Dec 1997

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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Circuit and method for reducing common mode interference in telephone instruments2 Dec 1997US 5,694,460 ALucent Technologies Inc.
  • Key telephone interface17 Mar 1992US 5,097,501 AAT&T Bell Laboratories
  • Control and interface apparatus for telephone systems10 Sep 1991US 5,048,080 AAT&T Bell Laboratories
  • Key telephone system19 Jun 1990US 4,935,957 ANippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  • Office line interface circuits8 Aug 1989US 4,856,058 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Method and apparatus for automatically annunciating the completion of a telephone call hold interval18US 3,961,142 A1976
  • Control and interface apparatus for telephone systems18US 5,048,080 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1991
  • Telephone lines status sensor16US 4,446,338 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1984
  • Music on hold for key systems14US 4,588,865 AVodavi Technology Corporation · 1986
  • Line circuit for use with a key telephone system13US 4,004,106 AAkzona Incorporated · 1977

Top assignees

Documents
  • BTBell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated8
  • ISInternational Standard Electric Corporation4
  • ATAT&T Bell Laboratories2
  • GAGTE Automatic Electric Labs Inc.2
  • ITInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation2
  • NTNorthern Telecom Limited2
  • SBSan/Bar Corporation2
  • AAkzona Incorporated1
  • CICrest Industries, Inc.1
  • GAGTE Automatic Electric Laboratories Incorporated1

Often classified with

  • H03HImpedance networks1
  • H04QSelecting1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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