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H04L 45/037

Routes obligatorily traversing service-related nodes

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks > Topology update or discovery > Updating the topology between route computation elements, e.g. between OpenFlow controllers > Routes obligatorily traversing service-related nodes

CPC:

Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks (routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00) > Topology update or discovery > Updating the topology between route computation elements, e.g. between OpenFlow controllers > Routes obligatorily traversing service-related nodes

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

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  • H04L 45/0377 for service chaining since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327

Top Applicants (CPC)

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