H04W 76/14
Direct-mode setup
H04W76/14 (Direct-mode setup) appears on 10,508 US grants and 14,287 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 10,508
- Published applications
- 14,287
- Assignees
- 1,504
- Inventors
- 12,618
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 14 |
| 2003 | 2 | 11 |
| 2004 | 3 | 32 |
| 2005 | 5 | 31 |
| 2006 | 13 | 37 |
| 2007 | 13 | 59 |
| 2008 | 13 | 40 |
| 2009 | 23 | 70 |
| 2010 | 29 | 103 |
| 2011 | 58 | 115 |
| 2012 | 73 | 197 |
| 2013 | 122 | 366 |
| 2014 | 208 | 579 |
| 2015 | 380 | 1007 |
| 2016 | 611 | 1317 |
| 2017 | 946 | 1234 |
| 2018 | 1095 | 1007 |
| 2019 | 1108 | 915 |
| 2020 | 1045 | 993 |
| 2021 | 777 | 1094 |
| 2022 | 735 | 1225 |
| 2023 | 860 | 1192 |
| 2024 | 871 | 1125 |
| 2025 | 959 | 881 |
| 2026 | 553 | 642 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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