H04L 67/288

Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices

Official title: Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level

H04L67/288 (Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices) appears on 635 US grants and 736 published applications in this corpus.

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H04L 67/288: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1998	2	0
1999	2	0
2000	2	0
2001	7	12
2002	10	45
2003	6	56
2004	19	36
2005	13	21
2006	18	20
2007	32	32
2008	23	35
2009	19	23
2010	21	20
2011	25	20
2012	28	40
2013	29	37
2014	37	33
2015	41	47
2016	37	32
2017	35	26
2018	31	13
2019	29	18
2020	33	36
2021	22	32
2022	28	39
2023	32	21
2024	27	22
2025	20	15
2026	7	5

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