H04W 4/00
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks
Official title: Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
H04W4/00 (Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks) appears on 113,053 US grants and 140,714 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 113,053
- Published applications
- 140,714
- Assignees
- 17,839
- Inventors
- 145,953
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 29 | 0 |
| 1994 | 48 | 0 |
| 1995 | 53 | 0 |
| 1996 | 95 | 0 |
| 1997 | 117 | 0 |
| 1998 | 203 | 0 |
| 1999 | 213 | 0 |
| 2000 | 342 | 0 |
| 2001 | 308 | 254 |
| 2002 | 355 | 962 |
| 2003 | 417 | 970 |
| 2004 | 435 | 1459 |
| 2005 | 470 | 1597 |
| 2006 | 875 | 1714 |
| 2007 | 796 | 1834 |
| 2008 | 792 | 2250 |
| 2009 | 913 | 2139 |
| 2010 | 1227 | 2624 |
| 2011 | 1756 | 2866 |
| 2012 | 2441 | 4041 |
| 2013 | 3258 | 5700 |
| 2014 | 4521 | 7172 |
| 2015 | 5772 | 9038 |
| 2016 | 7199 | 10690 |
| 2017 | 8684 | 10466 |
| 2018 | 9041 | 10002 |
| 2019 | 10173 | 10313 |
| 2020 | 10095 | 10959 |
| 2021 | 8934 | 10084 |
| 2022 | 8428 | 9537 |
| 2023 | 7758 | 7842 |
| 2024 | 7477 | 6582 |
| 2025 | 6324 | 5787 |
| 2026 | 3409 | 3832 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04W 4/02Services making use of location information44,115
- H04W 4/80Services using short range communication23,295
- H04W 4/30Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes23,114
- H04W 4/06Selective distribution of broadcast services12,394
- H04W 4/12Messaging12,249
- H04W 4/70Services for machine-to-machine communication [m2m] or machine type communication [mtc]11,592
- H04W 4/90Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations7,645
- H04W 4/20Services signaling7,374
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