H04L 61/00
Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
H04L61/00 (Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming) appears on 26,273 US grants and 28,802 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 26,273
- Published applications
- 28,802
- Assignees
- 4,639
- Inventors
- 40,080
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 30 | 0 |
| 1998 | 101 | 0 |
| 1999 | 153 | 0 |
| 2000 | 224 | 0 |
| 2001 | 234 | 171 |
| 2002 | 256 | 804 |
| 2003 | 289 | 843 |
| 2004 | 409 | 848 |
| 2005 | 357 | 961 |
| 2006 | 610 | 1047 |
| 2007 | 508 | 988 |
| 2008 | 615 | 1083 |
| 2009 | 705 | 999 |
| 2010 | 961 | 1011 |
| 2011 | 986 | 887 |
| 2012 | 1009 | 1096 |
| 2013 | 1132 | 1246 |
| 2014 | 1277 | 1363 |
| 2015 | 1310 | 1462 |
| 2016 | 1406 | 1722 |
| 2017 | 1574 | 1712 |
| 2018 | 1564 | 1564 |
| 2019 | 1750 | 1526 |
| 2020 | 1764 | 1479 |
| 2021 | 1580 | 1394 |
| 2022 | 1416 | 1200 |
| 2023 | 1331 | 1082 |
| 2024 | 1183 | 993 |
| 2025 | 956 | 843 |
| 2026 | 502 | 478 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04L 61/50Address allocation10,817
- H04L 61/45Network directories10,473
- H04L 61/09Mapping addresses8,998
- H04L 61/30Managing network names1,989
- H04L 61/35Involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities935
- H04L 61/58Caching of addresses or names702
- H04L 61/59Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming: using proxies for456
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for tracking client interaction with a network resource and creating client profiles and resource database1,673US 5,796,952 ADot Com Development, Inc. · 1998
- World-wide-web server with delayed resource-binding for resource-based load balancing on a distributed resource multi-node network1,664US 5,774,660 AResonate Inc. · 1998
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