H04W 84/20
Leader-follower arrangements
H04W84/20 (Leader-follower arrangements) appears on 1,915 US grants and 2,254 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 1,915
- Published applications
- 2,254
- Assignees
- 700
- Inventors
- 3,626
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 8 |
| 2002 | 10 | 34 |
| 2003 | 6 | 28 |
| 2004 | 9 | 30 |
| 2005 | 17 | 35 |
| 2006 | 21 | 30 |
| 2007 | 12 | 45 |
| 2008 | 15 | 52 |
| 2009 | 28 | 46 |
| 2010 | 31 | 50 |
| 2011 | 36 | 42 |
| 2012 | 40 | 56 |
| 2013 | 57 | 95 |
| 2014 | 70 | 101 |
| 2015 | 91 | 138 |
| 2016 | 107 | 185 |
| 2017 | 145 | 145 |
| 2018 | 160 | 193 |
| 2019 | 215 | 207 |
| 2020 | 183 | 203 |
| 2021 | 173 | 170 |
| 2022 | 162 | 119 |
| 2023 | 119 | 82 |
| 2024 | 76 | 70 |
| 2025 | 84 | 55 |
| 2026 | 34 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Electronic device and method for performing audio communication between first space and second space1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299872 A1Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- Transport mechanism selection for multi-access point coordination group (cg)1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304286 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for establishing mesh networks on mobile devices for off-grid communication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304287 A1Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- System and method for leader election and traffic routing in telecommunication systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292649 A1
- Node configuration and self-healing for ad hoc networks10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270845 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Communication apparatus and communication method693US 6,876,850 B2Sony Corporation · 2005
- Surgical hub control arrangements606US 10,987,178 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2021
- Data collection device having dynamic access to multiple wireless networks489US 8,881,987 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Patient-worn wireless physiological sensor with pairing functionality488US 10,721,785 B2Masimo Corporation · 2020