Y04
Information or communication technologies having an impact on other technology areas
Y04 (Information or communication technologies having an impact on other technology areas) appears on 18,340 US grants and 22,039 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y04- Granted patents
- 18,340
- Published applications
- 22,039
- Assignees
- 5,592
- Inventors
- 33,016
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 34 | 0 |
| 1980 | 32 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
| 1982 | 50 | 0 |
| 1983 | 46 | 0 |
| 1984 | 38 | 0 |
| 1985 | 31 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 41 | 0 |
| 1988 | 40 | 0 |
| 1989 | 50 | 0 |
| 1990 | 39 | 0 |
| 1991 | 35 | 0 |
| 1992 | 40 | 0 |
| 1993 | 75 | 0 |
| 1994 | 61 | 0 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 |
| 1996 | 91 | 0 |
| 1997 | 84 | 0 |
| 1998 | 99 | 0 |
| 1999 | 107 | 0 |
| 2000 | 106 | 0 |
| 2001 | 89 | 36 |
| 2002 | 88 | 180 |
| 2003 | 102 | 272 |
| 2004 | 128 | 316 |
| 2005 | 148 | 246 |
| 2006 | 191 | 306 |
| 2007 | 200 | 333 |
| 2008 | 184 | 477 |
| 2009 | 208 | 514 |
| 2010 | 299 | 681 |
| 2011 | 361 | 939 |
| 2012 | 500 | 1367 |
| 2013 | 654 | 1373 |
| 2014 | 872 | 1517 |
| 2015 | 1034 | 1409 |
| 2016 | 1091 | 1480 |
| 2017 | 1254 | 1417 |
| 2018 | 1233 | 1514 |
| 2019 | 1632 | 1567 |
| 2020 | 1408 | 1573 |
| 2021 | 1331 | 1504 |
| 2022 | 1175 | 1106 |
| 2023 | 1117 | 841 |
| 2024 | 914 | 509 |
| 2025 | 609 | 378 |
| 2026 | 235 | 184 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage6 Oct 2026US 12,756,173 B2State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Techniques for managing energy forecasts6 Oct 2026US 12,756,224 B2Apple Inc.
- Vehicle charging system compatible with multiple charging protocols and method29 Sep 2026US 12,746,841 B2Uchicago Argonne, LLC
- Systems and methods for transferring energy from a vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,844 B2
- Method and apparatus for actively managing electric power supply for an electric power grid29 Sep 2026US 12,748,450 B2Causam Enterprises, Inc.
- Systems and methods for utilizing electricity monitoring devices to mitigate or prevent structural damage8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312395 A1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Notification method, notification system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299858 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Systems and methods for transfering energy from a vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285192 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Plug-in energy storage batteries and networked plug-in energy storage batteries24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291242 A1
- System and method for server based control24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292027 A1May Patents Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Expandable home automation system1,640US 5,086,385 ACustom Command Systems · 1992
- System and method for monitoring and controlling remote devices1,585US 6,437,692 B1StatSignal Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Rechargeable battery pack and operating system1,445US 7,941,865 B2Black & Decker Inc. · 2011
- System and method for powering an information handling system in multiple power states1,184US 8,063,619 B2Dell Products L. P. · 2011
- Diagnostic hardware for serial datalink1,169US 5,124,990 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1992