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H04W 80/00

Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Filing statistics

CPC H04W 80/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04W, which recorded 1,157,773 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 75,315 in 2013 to 102,049 in 2023 (+35%), peaking at 127,222 applications in 2020. 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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  • H04W 80/02 Data link layer protocols
  • H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless

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