H04L 12/66
Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems
Official title: Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
H04L12/66 (Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems) appears on 6,334 US grants and 7,130 published applications in this corpus.
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