H04W 84/12
Wlan [wireless local area networks]
Official title: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
H04W84/12 (Wlan [wireless local area networks]) appears on 23,021 US grants and 29,994 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 23,021
- Published applications
- 29,994
- Assignees
- 3,294
- Inventors
- 25,283
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 17 |
| 2002 | 28 | 138 |
| 2003 | 34 | 251 |
| 2004 | 51 | 481 |
| 2005 | 91 | 631 |
| 2006 | 191 | 625 |
| 2007 | 246 | 569 |
| 2008 | 298 | 499 |
| 2009 | 358 | 402 |
| 2010 | 401 | 387 |
| 2011 | 456 | 430 |
| 2012 | 424 | 549 |
| 2013 | 543 | 767 |
| 2014 | 720 | 1045 |
| 2015 | 898 | 1701 |
| 2016 | 1304 | 2351 |
| 2017 | 1797 | 2554 |
| 2018 | 2011 | 2289 |
| 2019 | 2321 | 2024 |
| 2020 | 2088 | 1936 |
| 2021 | 1733 | 1792 |
| 2022 | 1522 | 1712 |
| 2023 | 1527 | 1913 |
| 2024 | 1509 | 1878 |
| 2025 | 1436 | 1834 |
| 2026 | 882 | 1219 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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