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)

Introduced: January 2022

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass

CPC: 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)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass

CPC:

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)

Additional Content IPC

Network security protocols Wireless communication networks

Of 16 combined children, 13 exist in both systems.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

Child Classifications

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H04L 69/02 CPC only CPC only
H04L 69/03 CPC only CPC only
H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/06 Notations for structuring of protocol data, e.g. abstract syntax notation one [ASN.1] since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/10 Streamlined, light-weight or high-speed protocols, e.g. express transfer protocol [XTP] or byte stream since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/12 Protocol engines since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] since 2022 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/26 CPC only CPC only
H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
H04L 69/30 Definitions, standards or architectural aspects of layered protocol stacks since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
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) since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

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

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

Top Applicants (CPC)

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