Special services or facilities

Filing statistics

CPC H04M 2242/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04M, which recorded 236,508 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 19,559 in 2013 to 13,232 in 2023 (-32%), peaking at 28,340 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class H04 are HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (101,476 applications), QUALCOMM (101,139 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (96,655 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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H04M 2242/02 Broadcasting
H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
H04M 2242/06 Lines and connections with preferential service
H04M 2242/08 menus for interactive user guidance
H04M 2242/10 Secret communications
H04M 2242/12 Language recognition, selection or translation arrangements
H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location
H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
H04M 2242/16 with computer telephone integration
H04M 2242/18 Automated outdialling systems
H04M 2242/20 Televoting service
H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
H04M 2242/24 Detection or indication of type terminal or call, (e.g. fax, broadband)
H04M 2242/26 Paging systems
H04M 2242/28 Services making use of subscriber schedule information
H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
H04M 2242/40 Data synchronization between user terminals and central server

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
QUALCOMM US 101,139
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498