H04R 1/1016
Earpieces of the intra-aural type
Official title: {Earpieces of the intra-aural type}
H04R1/1016 (Earpieces of the intra-aural type) appears on 3,780 US grants and 4,971 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 3,780
- Published applications
- 4,971
- Assignees
- 1,062
- Inventors
- 6,125
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6 |
| 2002 | 18 | 22 |
| 2003 | 14 | 32 |
| 2004 | 29 | 32 |
| 2005 | 15 | 36 |
| 2006 | 16 | 52 |
| 2007 | 21 | 84 |
| 2008 | 25 | 110 |
| 2009 | 27 | 71 |
| 2010 | 27 | 53 |
| 2011 | 44 | 79 |
| 2012 | 90 | 84 |
| 2013 | 76 | 108 |
| 2014 | 89 | 136 |
| 2015 | 98 | 146 |
| 2016 | 136 | 189 |
| 2017 | 171 | 343 |
| 2018 | 244 | 343 |
| 2019 | 301 | 327 |
| 2020 | 308 | 358 |
| 2021 | 318 | 427 |
| 2022 | 356 | 407 |
| 2023 | 326 | 431 |
| 2024 | 358 | 445 |
| 2025 | 318 | 336 |
| 2026 | 219 | 314 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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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
- Wireless biopotential sensing device and method with capability of short-range radio frequency transmission and reception484US 6,694,180 B12004