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H04L 101/6

Types of network addresses

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Indexing scheme associated with group > Types of network addresses

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Subclass:
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

Filing statistics

IPC H04L 101/6 belongs to the parent subclass H04L, which recorded 1,397,397 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 91,584 in 2013 to 136,803 in 2023 (+49%), peaking at 147,432 applications in 2022. The most active applicants in class H04 are QUALCOMM (97,396 applications), HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (96,502 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (86,981 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

9 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H04L 101/604 Address structures or formats
  • H04L 101/668 Internet protocol [IP] address subnets
  • H04L 101/672 Short addresses
  • H04L 101/677 Multiple interfaces, e.g. multihomed nodes
  • H04L 101/681 using addresses for wireless personal area networks or wireless sensor networks, e.g. Zigbee addresses
  • H04L 101/686 using dual-stack hosts, e.g. in Internet protocol version 4 [IPv4]/Internet protocol version 6 [IPv6] networks
  • H04L 101/69 using geographic information, e.g. room number
  • H04L 101/695 using masks or ranges of addresses

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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