H04R 1/1041
Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements
Official title: {Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H)}
H04R1/1041 (Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements) appears on 4,013 US grants and 5,313 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 4,013
- Published applications
- 5,313
- Assignees
- 1,070
- Inventors
- 7,337
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7 |
| 2002 | 9 | 14 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17 |
| 2004 | 12 | 26 |
| 2005 | 10 | 21 |
| 2006 | 14 | 47 |
| 2007 | 15 | 66 |
| 2008 | 17 | 67 |
| 2009 | 16 | 70 |
| 2010 | 13 | 68 |
| 2011 | 40 | 66 |
| 2012 | 68 | 81 |
| 2013 | 60 | 112 |
| 2014 | 76 | 155 |
| 2015 | 101 | 171 |
| 2016 | 153 | 235 |
| 2017 | 241 | 326 |
| 2018 | 276 | 351 |
| 2019 | 349 | 365 |
| 2020 | 351 | 394 |
| 2021 | 342 | 464 |
| 2022 | 361 | 467 |
| 2023 | 382 | 483 |
| 2024 | 410 | 491 |
| 2025 | 377 | 425 |
| 2026 | 253 | 324 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic translator for assisting communications339US 6,377,925 B1Interactive Solutions Corp. · 2002
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