H04W 92/00 Interfaces specially adapted for wireless communication networks
Introduced: January 2009
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- Subclass:
- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Filing statistics
IPC H04W 92/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04W, which recorded 1,086,704 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 75,401 in 2013 to 101,506 in 2023 (+35%), peaking at 118,355 applications in 2021. 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
Additional Content
GSM Global System for Mobile communications UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System MSC Mobile Switching Center MGW Media Gateway SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node GPRS General Packet Radio Service ME Mobile Equipment EIR Equipment Identity Register USIM Universal Subscriber Identity Module
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Child Classifications
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- H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
- H04W 92/04 Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices
- H04W 92/16 Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices
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