H04L 63/168
Above the transport layer
Official title: {above the transport layer}
H04L63/168 (Above the transport layer) appears on 2,843 US grants and 3,022 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 2,843
- Published applications
- 3,022
- Assignees
- 1,011
- Inventors
- 5,370
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8 |
| 2002 | 18 | 49 |
| 2003 | 19 | 59 |
| 2004 | 9 | 45 |
| 2005 | 19 | 51 |
| 2006 | 47 | 81 |
| 2007 | 32 | 67 |
| 2008 | 37 | 69 |
| 2009 | 37 | 75 |
| 2010 | 58 | 84 |
| 2011 | 64 | 108 |
| 2012 | 93 | 112 |
| 2013 | 119 | 134 |
| 2014 | 163 | 193 |
| 2015 | 209 | 205 |
| 2016 | 225 | 221 |
| 2017 | 210 | 193 |
| 2018 | 175 | 176 |
| 2019 | 193 | 182 |
| 2020 | 199 | 202 |
| 2021 | 189 | 172 |
| 2022 | 182 | 159 |
| 2023 | 181 | 157 |
| 2024 | 152 | 96 |
| 2025 | 124 | 90 |
| 2026 | 55 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,156US 5,910,987 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution944US 6,185,683 B2Intertrust Technologies Corporation · 2001
- Systems and methods for the secure transaction management and electronic rights protection933US 6,253,193 B1Intertrust Technologies Corporation · 2001
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection868US 6,363,488 B1Intertrust Technologies Corporation · 2002