IPC Main Group
H04M 17/00 Prepayment telephone systems
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2024
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- Subclass:
- TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
Additional Content
Limiting references
Preventing unauthorized calling from a telephone set by inserting a coded card
Application references
Accounting or billing specially adapted for wireless communication networks Usage measurements specially adapted for wireless communication networks
Related Keywords
telephone systems using PREPAYMENT
1 direct subcode
Child Classifications
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- H04M 17/02 Coin-freed or check-freed systems
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327