H04R 1/028
Associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics
Official title: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles}
H04R1/028 (Associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics) appears on 3,408 US grants and 4,486 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 3,408
- Published applications
- 4,486
- Assignees
- 1,374
- Inventors
- 7,772
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 10 | 20 |
| 2004 | 10 | 16 |
| 2005 | 12 | 25 |
| 2006 | 10 | 27 |
| 2007 | 11 | 36 |
| 2008 | 12 | 35 |
| 2009 | 20 | 51 |
| 2010 | 22 | 54 |
| 2011 | 33 | 67 |
| 2012 | 45 | 72 |
| 2013 | 47 | 68 |
| 2014 | 58 | 152 |
| 2015 | 97 | 200 |
| 2016 | 142 | 226 |
| 2017 | 194 | 270 |
| 2018 | 245 | 331 |
| 2019 | 294 | 354 |
| 2020 | 324 | 367 |
| 2021 | 287 | 416 |
| 2022 | 292 | 386 |
| 2023 | 320 | 364 |
| 2024 | 333 | 350 |
| 2025 | 318 | 335 |
| 2026 | 200 | 250 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Control center box and flexible bathtub6 Oct 2026US 12,751,582 B2Jiaxing Virpol Sanitary Ware co., LTD.
- Reproduction system, display apparatus, and reproduction apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,964 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Electronic device including sound device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,973 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method and system for supporting walking in virtual environment6 Oct 2026US 12,756,976 B2Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
- Sound-absorbing material block, method for preparing thereof, and electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,189 B2AAG Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
- Portable electric wax melting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309348 A1
- System and method for video conferencing on a dual screen television8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310397 A1Telly, Inc.
- Ultra-reliable reflect generative ai and utilization system therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310910 A1Dr. Nakamats Innovation Institute
- Earphone8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313279 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Loudspeakers and methods of use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313298 A1Clean Energy Labs, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Protective enclosure for electronic device422US 7,609,512 B2Otter Products, LLC · 2009
- See-through near-eye display glasses including a partially reflective, partially transmitting optical element318US 8,477,425 B2Osterhout Group, Inc. · 2013
- Acoustic device295US 6,332,029 B1New Transducers Limited · 2001
- Wearable computing device with behind-ear bone-conduction speaker267US 8,553,910 B12013
- Hinged computing device for binaural recording250US 10,129,648 B1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC · 2018