H04L 63/18

Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: using different networks

Official title: {using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215)}

H04L63/18 (Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: using different networks) appears on 3,249 US grants and 3,796 published applications in this corpus.

Search patents in H04L
Granted patents
3,249
Published applications
3,796
Assignees
1,325
Inventors
6,562
Latest grant
29 Sep 2026

Filings by year

H04L 63/18: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
198910
199000
199100
199200
199300
199410
199510
199620
199720
199860
1999100
200060
200183
20021530
20031772
20041066
20051770
20063285
20073893
20084394
20093581
20106096
201179121
201288121
2013109148
2014156206
2015195248
2016184257
2017226246
2018217226
2019263261
2020246264
2021248249
2022207216
2023247193
2024214166
2025169113
20269771

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.

Recent patents

Most cited

By later US patents