Patent Theme
Advanced RF & Beam Management
Techniques and hardware architectures for optimizing the radio frequency (RF) front-end, antenna systems, and beamforming strategies in wireless networks to improve signal quality, capacity, and interference mitigation.
73,279 US filings from 2,891 companies since 2023 · 2023: 18,447 · 2024: 23,634 · 2025: 21,558 · 2026 YTD: 9,640
Wireless Networks
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 10,900 | 3,009 | 3,414 | 3,088 | 1,389 | -9.5% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 6,734 | 1,744 | 2,107 | 1,992 | 891 | -5.5% |
| 3 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 3,718 | 828 | 1,134 | 1,188 | 568 | +4.8% |
| 4 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 3,233 | 851 | 1,149 | 862 | 371 | -25.0% |
| 5 | Apple Inc. | 3,007 | 673 | 1,072 | 872 | 390 | -18.7% |
| 6 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 2,782 | 801 | 875 | 771 | 335 | -11.9% |
| 7 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 1,866 | 317 | 683 | 576 | 290 | -15.7% |
| 8 | ZTE Corporation | 1,638 | 367 | 584 | 528 | 159 | -9.6% |
| 9 | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | 1,284 | 243 | 437 | 382 | 222 | -12.6% |
| 10 | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 1,255 | 292 | 429 | 360 | 174 | -16.1% |
| 11 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 1,143 | 303 | 379 | 380 | 81 | +0.3% |
| 12 | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. | 1,017 | 242 | 287 | 315 | 173 | +9.8% |
| 13 | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | 979 | 153 | 307 | 328 | 191 | +6.8% |
| 14 | VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. | 870 | 238 | 254 | 293 | 85 | +15.4% |
| 15 | INTEL CORPORATION | 829 | 201 | 290 | 240 | 98 | -17.2% |
| 16 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | 758 | 190 | 268 | 230 | 70 | -14.2% |
| 17 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 731 | 148 | 225 | 225 | 133 | 0.0% |
| 18 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 694 | 145 | 212 | 227 | 110 | +7.1% |
| 19 | NEC CORPORATION | 679 | 175 | 259 | 188 | 57 | -27.4% |
| 20 | MEDIATEK INC. | 628 | 148 | 201 | 175 | 104 | -12.9% |
| 21 | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 610 | 132 | 170 | 201 | 107 | +18.2% |
| 22 | Digital Global Systems, Inc. | 597 | 53 | 223 | 260 | 61 | +16.6% |
| 23 | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC | 537 | 120 | 173 | 159 | 85 | -8.1% |
| 24 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 506 | 209 | 122 | 124 | 51 | +1.6% |
| 25 | Ofinno, LLC | 471 | 148 | 159 | 125 | 39 | -21.4% |