H04W 48/18
Selecting a network or a communication service
H04W48/18 (Selecting a network or a communication service) appears on 8,545 US grants and 11,456 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 8,545
- Published applications
- 11,456
- Assignees
- 1,306
- Inventors
- 12,991
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 38 | 0 |
| 2000 | 30 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 13 |
| 2002 | 33 | 57 |
| 2003 | 26 | 66 |
| 2004 | 37 | 143 |
| 2005 | 33 | 140 |
| 2006 | 55 | 189 |
| 2007 | 67 | 176 |
| 2008 | 63 | 209 |
| 2009 | 79 | 213 |
| 2010 | 104 | 241 |
| 2011 | 148 | 253 |
| 2012 | 209 | 299 |
| 2013 | 268 | 505 |
| 2014 | 359 | 521 |
| 2015 | 449 | 540 |
| 2016 | 485 | 650 |
| 2017 | 552 | 533 |
| 2018 | 530 | 554 |
| 2019 | 530 | 622 |
| 2020 | 621 | 807 |
| 2021 | 627 | 794 |
| 2022 | 662 | 945 |
| 2023 | 649 | 995 |
| 2024 | 683 | 863 |
| 2025 | 727 | 653 |
| 2026 | 407 | 475 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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