H04W 4/026
Using orientation information
Official title: {using orientation information, e.g. compass}
H04W4/026 (Using orientation information) appears on 1,622 US grants and 1,910 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 1,622
- Published applications
- 1,910
- Assignees
- 645
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 18 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 7 | 30 |
| 2012 | 19 | 44 |
| 2013 | 26 | 74 |
| 2014 | 53 | 102 |
| 2015 | 81 | 165 |
| 2016 | 128 | 168 |
| 2017 | 160 | 178 |
| 2018 | 157 | 160 |
| 2019 | 183 | 170 |
| 2020 | 168 | 153 |
| 2021 | 146 | 148 |
| 2022 | 121 | 138 |
| 2023 | 123 | 131 |
| 2024 | 117 | 86 |
| 2025 | 91 | 74 |
| 2026 | 25 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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