H04W 12/47
Using near field communication [nfc] or radio frequency identification [rfid] modules
Official title: using near field communication [NFC] or radio frequency identification [RFID] modules
H04W12/47 (Using near field communication [nfc] or radio frequency identification [rfid] modules) appears on 653 US grants and 884 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 653
- Published applications
- 884
- Assignees
- 371
- Inventors
- 1,467
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 14 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 15 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 11 | 8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 18 |
| 2014 | 12 | 21 |
| 2015 | 10 | 20 |
| 2016 | 25 | 44 |
| 2017 | 24 | 37 |
| 2018 | 27 | 29 |
| 2019 | 48 | 68 |
| 2020 | 50 | 117 |
| 2021 | 75 | 87 |
| 2022 | 81 | 94 |
| 2023 | 79 | 83 |
| 2024 | 74 | 79 |
| 2025 | 83 | 62 |
| 2026 | 25 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vehicle, in-vehicle device, and management method8 Sep 2026US 12,732,808 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Augmented reality information display and interaction via NFC based authentication25 Aug 2026US 12,718,038 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Secure channel establishment25 Aug 2026US 12,719,663 B2Mastercard International Incorporated
- Systems and methods for secure provisioning of detector units11 Aug 2026US 12,707,269 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Virtual subscriber identity module for mobile communication device16 Jun 2026US 12,659,379 B2Simo Holdings Inc.
- Method for establishing and/or running a network with multiple network devices with nfc tags8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312867 A1Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH
- Virtual subscriber identity module for mobile communication device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303695 A1Simo Holdings Inc.
- Systems and methods for email-based card activation24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291742 A1Capital One Services, LLC
- Quantum-Resistant Wireless Communications17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280864 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Providing remote access to service devices to facilitate secure transactions17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281101 A1Truist Bank
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wireless reservation, check-in, access control, check-out and payment499US 7,315,823 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson · 2008
- Contactless smartcard for use in cellular telephone345US 5,943,624 AMotorola, Inc. · 1999
- Method of personalizing a NFC chipset259US 8,861,733 B2Inside Secure · 2014
- Mobile device prevention of contactless card attacks257US 9,379,841 B2Empire Technology Development LLC · 2016
- Dynamic real-time tiered client access143US 8,219,129 B2Proxense, LLC · 2012