H04N 21/41265
Having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control
Official title: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)}
H04N21/41265 (Having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control) appears on 3,276 US grants and 4,540 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
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- 796
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 22 | 108 |
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| 2004 | 22 | 112 |
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| 2007 | 37 | 109 |
| 2008 | 31 | 157 |
| 2009 | 47 | 141 |
| 2010 | 59 | 168 |
| 2011 | 89 | 215 |
| 2012 | 99 | 269 |
| 2013 | 175 | 318 |
| 2014 | 269 | 468 |
| 2015 | 293 | 397 |
| 2016 | 292 | 304 |
| 2017 | 290 | 319 |
| 2018 | 258 | 237 |
| 2019 | 271 | 190 |
| 2020 | 205 | 167 |
| 2021 | 179 | 132 |
| 2022 | 137 | 117 |
| 2023 | 113 | 92 |
| 2024 | 110 | 91 |
| 2025 | 78 | 62 |
| 2026 | 43 | 41 |
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices1,890US 7,130,616 B2Simple Devices · 2006
- Programmable remote control device for interacting with a plurality of remotely controlled devices1,549US 5,410,326 A1995
- Television schedule system1,133US 5,353,121 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1994
- User interface for television schedule system1,011US 5,479,268 AStarsight Telecast, Inc. · 1995
- Interactive video method and apparatus805US 4,807,031 AInteractive Systems, Inc. · 1989