H04W 84/00
Network topologies
H04W84/00 (Network topologies) appears on 55,060 US grants and 68,432 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 55,060
- Published applications
- 68,432
- Assignees
- 7,383
- Inventors
- 60,423
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 28 | 0 |
| 1988 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 66 | 0 |
| 1993 | 77 | 0 |
| 1994 | 85 | 0 |
| 1995 | 101 | 0 |
| 1996 | 150 | 0 |
| 1997 | 153 | 0 |
| 1998 | 244 | 0 |
| 1999 | 247 | 0 |
| 2000 | 284 | 0 |
| 2001 | 217 | 142 |
| 2002 | 245 | 580 |
| 2003 | 239 | 809 |
| 2004 | 320 | 1112 |
| 2005 | 356 | 1334 |
| 2006 | 599 | 1447 |
| 2007 | 612 | 1466 |
| 2008 | 677 | 1553 |
| 2009 | 833 | 1472 |
| 2010 | 1089 | 1672 |
| 2011 | 1230 | 1754 |
| 2012 | 1500 | 2134 |
| 2013 | 1806 | 2444 |
| 2014 | 2458 | 2732 |
| 2015 | 2643 | 3711 |
| 2016 | 3131 | 4475 |
| 2017 | 3822 | 4786 |
| 2018 | 4057 | 4406 |
| 2019 | 4620 | 4150 |
| 2020 | 4237 | 4254 |
| 2021 | 3659 | 4145 |
| 2022 | 3442 | 3984 |
| 2023 | 3380 | 3991 |
| 2024 | 3299 | 3859 |
| 2025 | 3103 | 3520 |
| 2026 | 1865 | 2500 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Providing secure positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) using a networked constellation of satellites6 Oct 2026US 12,754,324 B2Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.
- Apparatus and method of uplink beamforming in wireless local area network system6 Oct 2026US 12,756,439 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Midamble operation in a wireless local area network6 Oct 2026US 12,756,510 B2Avalon Technology Solutions LLC
- Dynamic link selection for reliable retransmission in wireless communications6 Oct 2026US 12,756,524 B2Mediatek Inc.
- Method and apparatus for receiving PPDU on basis of control information related to pilot tone in wireless LAN system6 Oct 2026US 12,756,527 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Drone system with distributed basing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308932 A1MatrixSpace, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for target sensing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309835 A1TP-Link Systems Inc.
- Systems and methods for motion detection using sensing transmission clusters8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309859 A1Cognitive Systems Corp.
- Radio access network node, ue, network node, and methods therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312658 A1NEC Corporation
- Subscriber authentication in a non-public network8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312939 A1Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Authorized location reporting paging system2,396US 6,560,461 B12003
- Location reporting satellite paging system with optional blocking of location reporting2,183US 5,918,159 A1999
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Apparatus and method for coordinated music playback in wireless ad-hoc networks1,891US 6,757,517 B22004
- Motor interface for parallel drive shafts within an independently rotating member1,592US 8,640,788 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2014