H04W 84/10
Small scale networks
Official title: Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
H04W84/10 (Small scale networks) appears on 25,376 US grants and 32,145 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 25,376
- Published applications
- 32,145
- Assignees
- 3,738
- Inventors
- 28,637
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 42 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 104 | 0 |
| 1999 | 114 | 0 |
| 2000 | 131 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 63 |
| 2002 | 117 | 268 |
| 2003 | 96 | 355 |
| 2004 | 128 | 579 |
| 2005 | 156 | 740 |
| 2006 | 301 | 718 |
| 2007 | 323 | 665 |
| 2008 | 349 | 607 |
| 2009 | 420 | 472 |
| 2010 | 474 | 489 |
| 2011 | 537 | 536 |
| 2012 | 534 | 652 |
| 2013 | 648 | 873 |
| 2014 | 830 | 1141 |
| 2015 | 987 | 1777 |
| 2016 | 1387 | 2402 |
| 2017 | 1875 | 2632 |
| 2018 | 2091 | 2366 |
| 2019 | 2381 | 2075 |
| 2020 | 2156 | 2018 |
| 2021 | 1785 | 1854 |
| 2022 | 1582 | 1810 |
| 2023 | 1582 | 1981 |
| 2024 | 1567 | 1939 |
| 2025 | 1494 | 1880 |
| 2026 | 914 | 1253 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Subscriber authentication in a non-public network8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312939 A1Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Method and device for performing wi-fi aware communication8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313347 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- System and method for forward detection of wireless capabilities8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313363 A1Airties S.A.S.
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