Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming

Introduced: January 2022

Classification Context

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

Filing statistics

IPC H04L 61/00 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

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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H04L 61/09 Mapping addresses
H04L 61/3 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames
H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
H04L 61/5 Address allocation
H04L 61/58 Caching of addresses or names
H04L 61/59 using proxies for addressing

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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