H04L 12/46
Interconnection of networks
H04L12/46 (Interconnection of networks) appears on 15,432 US grants and 15,873 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 15,432
- Published applications
- 15,873
- Assignees
- 2,719
- Inventors
- 23,933
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 45 | 0 |
| 1995 | 66 | 0 |
| 1996 | 63 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 105 | 0 |
| 1999 | 123 | 0 |
| 2000 | 152 | 0 |
| 2001 | 138 | 60 |
| 2002 | 143 | 281 |
| 2003 | 164 | 328 |
| 2004 | 185 | 389 |
| 2005 | 174 | 421 |
| 2006 | 251 | 431 |
| 2007 | 207 | 393 |
| 2008 | 305 | 481 |
| 2009 | 369 | 441 |
| 2010 | 560 | 508 |
| 2011 | 531 | 439 |
| 2012 | 455 | 518 |
| 2013 | 521 | 615 |
| 2014 | 707 | 631 |
| 2015 | 714 | 832 |
| 2016 | 789 | 913 |
| 2017 | 755 | 1000 |
| 2018 | 865 | 976 |
| 2019 | 1055 | 974 |
| 2020 | 1075 | 1057 |
| 2021 | 1019 | 959 |
| 2022 | 983 | 947 |
| 2023 | 927 | 822 |
| 2024 | 832 | 635 |
| 2025 | 617 | 486 |
| 2026 | 343 | 336 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- PCIe-based data transmission method and apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,592 B2Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Message sending method and apparatus, message receiving method and apparatus, and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,593 B2Zte Corporation
- Method and electronic device for data transmission across multiple clouds, and computer-readable storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,594 B2Cloud Intelligence Assets Holding (Singapore) Private Limited
- Highly available data-processing network functions for radio-based networks6 Oct 2026US 12,756,657 B2Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Communication device and two-phase packet parser enhancement method with loopback unit6 Oct 2026US 12,756,773 B2Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
- System and method of operating household appliances8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312838 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Buffering packets to manage time delays in a bonded data connection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312922 A1Connectify, Inc.
- Enterprise Access Control and Accounting Allocation for Access Networks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313724 A1Headwater Research LLC
- Programming multicast forwarding entries in an overlay network1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303388 A1Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- In-vehicle relay device, sleep control method, and sleep control program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303405 A1Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reference time distribution over a network1,680US 8,014,423 B2SMSC Holdings S.A.R.L. · 2011
- Camouflage of network traffic to resist attack1,574US 7,171,493 B2The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 2007
- Distributed system to intelligently establish sessions between anonymous users over various networks1,052US 6,564,261 B1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) · 2003
- Method for providing communication services over a computer network system1,006US 6,332,163 B1Accenture LLP · 2001
- Mobile networking method and apparatus883US 5,572,528 ANovell, Inc. · 1996