CPC Main Group
H04L 69/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass (networks security protocols H04L9/40; wireless communication networks H04W)
16 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
- H04L 69/06 Notations for structuring of protocol data, e.g. abstract syntax notation one [ASN.1]
- H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
- H04L 69/10 Streamlined, light-weight or high-speed protocols, e.g. express transfer protocol [XTP] or byte stream
- H04L 69/12 Protocol engines
- H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
- H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
- H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
- H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
- H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
- H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
- H04L 69/30 Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks
- H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection (management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06)
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