Wireless patents protect how information moves through the air: modulation schemes, error correction, antenna design, and the network protocols behind 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi. Because entire industries standardize on them, the foundational ones are among the most heavily licensed patents in the world.
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Wireless & Telecom Patents
12 patents
US 4405829 · 1983 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
How RSA Public-Key Encryption Secures Digital Messages
US 5347632 · 1994 · Prodigy Services Co
How Early Online Services Delivered Applications Using Networked 'Objects'
US 4063220 · 1977 · Xerox Corp
How Computers Share a Network Cable Without Crashing
US 4200770 · 1980 · Leland Stanford Junior University
How Computers Agree on a Secret Code Without Meeting First
US 5487069 · 1996 · Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO
How Early Wi-Fi Handled Bouncing Signals Indoors
US 2292387 · 1942
Hedy Lamarr's Secret Radio System for Torpedo Guidance
US 3789410 · 1974 · US Department of Navy
Measuring Distance to a Radio Emitter from a Moving Vehicle
US 174465 · 1876
Bell's 1876 Patent for Sending Voice Over Wires
US 1773980 · 1930 · TELEVISION LAB Inc
Electronic Television — Invented at 21 by a Farm Boy Who Drew It in a Potato Field
US 4677614 · 1987 · Process Systems Inc
Keeping a Data Loop Running When the Main Controller Fails
US 5920821 · 1999 · Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc
How Cell Phones Find the Best Service Provider Automatically
US 7577616 · 2009
How a Mobile Phone Can Securely Verify Payments Using a Temporary Code
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