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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

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  • 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 69/10 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 69/18 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 69/40 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

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