H04Q 1/13
Patch panels for monitoring, interconnecting or testing circuits
Official title: {Patch panels for monitoring, interconnecting or testing circuits, e.g. patch bay, patch field or jack field; Patching modules}
H04Q1/13 (Patch panels for monitoring, interconnecting or testing circuits) appears on 663 US grants and 641 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04Q- Granted patents
- 663
- Published applications
- 641
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 993
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11 | 8 |
| 2003 | 16 | 12 |
| 2004 | 14 | 19 |
| 2005 | 14 | 22 |
| 2006 | 21 | 24 |
| 2007 | 13 | 19 |
| 2008 | 17 | 24 |
| 2009 | 28 | 37 |
| 2010 | 28 | 45 |
| 2011 | 30 | 34 |
| 2012 | 24 | 25 |
| 2013 | 32 | 41 |
| 2014 | 27 | 37 |
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| 2017 | 43 | 29 |
| 2018 | 37 | 32 |
| 2019 | 35 | 29 |
| 2020 | 31 | 35 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 |
| 2022 | 24 | 17 |
| 2023 | 16 | 17 |
| 2024 | 20 | 16 |
| 2025 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- High fiber count cable distribution systems, apparatuses, and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,726,740 B2Corning Research & Development Corporation
- Patch panel with extension cable storage21 Apr 2026US 12,610,164 B2Go!Foton Holdings, Inc.
- Cable management system and method24 Mar 2026US 12,585,902 B2Panduit Corp.
- Access point port security system and locking plug cover apparatus10 Mar 2026US 12,573,787 B1Calix, Inc.
- Integrated routing assembly and system using same17 Feb 2026US 12,554,918 B2Molex Incorporated
- Rack standard interchangeable network switch and patch panel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313273 A1
- Cable management system and method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212145 A1Panduit Corp.
- Layered cable routing for network switches28 May 2026US 2026/0150213 A1Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
- Color coded cabling for a.i. driven optical networks7 May 2026US 2026/0128793 A1Panduit Corp.
- Sequentially actuated mating mechanism (samm)30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114618 A1Fci USA LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical fiber distribution frame with outside plant enclosure510US 6,760,531 B1ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2004
- Optical fiber distribution frame with pivoting connector panels411US 6,424,781 B1ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2002
- Optical fiber distribution frame with connector modules350US 6,556,763 B1ADC Telecommunications, Inc. · 2003
- Real time monitoring of cable patch panel295US 6,784,802 B1Nordx/CDT, Inc. · 2004
- Labeling and tracing system for jumper used in an exchange288US 5,821,510 ALucent Technologies Inc. · 1998