H04R 1/10
Earpieces
Official title: Earpieces; Attachments therefor {; Earphones; Monophonic headphones (H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033)}
H04R1/10 (Earpieces) appears on 10,487 US grants and 13,583 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 10,487
- Published applications
- 13,583
- Assignees
- 2,446
- Inventors
- 15,830
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 49 | 0 |
| 1999 | 33 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 18 |
| 2002 | 48 | 65 |
| 2003 | 37 | 82 |
| 2004 | 64 | 98 |
| 2005 | 38 | 107 |
| 2006 | 57 | 134 |
| 2007 | 57 | 217 |
| 2008 | 62 | 245 |
| 2009 | 65 | 278 |
| 2010 | 69 | 244 |
| 2011 | 121 | 284 |
| 2012 | 286 | 328 |
| 2013 | 260 | 438 |
| 2014 | 360 | 527 |
| 2015 | 406 | 606 |
| 2016 | 515 | 634 |
| 2017 | 613 | 774 |
| 2018 | 636 | 824 |
| 2019 | 790 | 837 |
| 2020 | 808 | 878 |
| 2021 | 764 | 1070 |
| 2022 | 874 | 1053 |
| 2023 | 853 | 1094 |
| 2024 | 861 | 1056 |
| 2025 | 822 | 927 |
| 2026 | 586 | 765 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04R 1/1041Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements4,013
- H04R 1/1016Earpieces of the intra-aural type3,780
- H04R 1/1058Manufacture or assembly2,915
- H04R 1/1083Reduction of ambient noise2,535
- H04R 1/1008Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type2,110
- H04R 1/1091Details not provided for in groups h04r1/1008 - h04r1/10831,618
- H04R 1/105Earpiece supports1,449
- H04R 1/1025Accumulators specially adapted for earpieces1,124
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Recent patents
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- Noise reduction earphone and earphone noise reduction method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311673 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
- Earphone8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313279 A1Shenzhen Dancing Future Technology Ltd.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Headset for electronic stethoscope956US 5,561,275 ADelstar Services Informatiques (1993) Inc. · 1996
- Audio player device for synchronous playback of audio signals with a compatible device745US 7,742,740 B2SyncroNation, Inc. · 2010
- Distribution of music between members of a cluster of mobile audio devices and a wide area network522US 7,835,689 B2SyncroNation, Inc. · 2010
- Two active element in-the-ear microphone system507US 5,692,059 A1997
- Self calibrating multi-element dipole microphone495US 8,824,692 B2Vocollect, Inc. · 2014