H04L 41/08
Configuration management of networks or network elements
Official title: Configuration management of networks or network elements (address allocation H04L61/50)
H04L41/08 (Configuration management of networks or network elements) appears on 30,823 US grants and 35,027 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 30,823
- Published applications
- 35,027
- Assignees
- 4,730
- Inventors
- 54,123
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 |
| 1999 | 64 | 0 |
| 2000 | 86 | 0 |
| 2001 | 123 | 42 |
| 2002 | 102 | 372 |
| 2003 | 129 | 384 |
| 2004 | 164 | 447 |
| 2005 | 165 | 489 |
| 2006 | 278 | 576 |
| 2007 | 242 | 686 |
| 2008 | 361 | 710 |
| 2009 | 412 | 645 |
| 2010 | 630 | 652 |
| 2011 | 626 | 724 |
| 2012 | 676 | 840 |
| 2013 | 768 | 1131 |
| 2014 | 1079 | 1523 |
| 2015 | 1301 | 1957 |
| 2016 | 1480 | 2162 |
| 2017 | 1892 | 2066 |
| 2018 | 1902 | 2196 |
| 2019 | 2389 | 2458 |
| 2020 | 2875 | 2601 |
| 2021 | 2736 | 2422 |
| 2022 | 2593 | 2345 |
| 2023 | 2431 | 2199 |
| 2024 | 2216 | 2227 |
| 2025 | 1911 | 1927 |
| 2026 | 1101 | 1246 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04L 41/0803Configuration setting21,196
- H04L 41/0895Configuration of virtualised networks or elements5,052
- H04L 41/0894Policy-based network configuration management4,944
- H04L 41/085Retrieval of network configuration4,409
- H04L 41/0896Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities3,298
- H04L 41/0876Aspects of the degree of configuration automation2,802
- H04L 41/0866Checking the configuration2,660
- H04L 41/0893Assignment of logical groups to network elements2,618
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Recent patents
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- Method and system for managing features for optimal model performance and application thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312862 A1Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
- Dynamic anomaly detection and response to provisioning errors for telecommunications networks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312864 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Dynamic provisioning of devices and services8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312865 A1T-Mobile Innovations LLC
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