Patent Theme
IoT Device & Network Management
Methods and systems for monitoring, controlling, and managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and their communication networks, often involving adaptive or intelligent frameworks for data acquisition, relay, and automation.
17,430 US filings from 2,366 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,593 · 2024: 5,508 · 2025: 5,083 · 2026 YTD: 2,246
Web & Cloud Service Protocols
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1,240 | 386 | 395 | 354 | 105 | -10.4% |
| 2 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 839 | 210 | 259 | 261 | 109 | +0.8% |
| 3 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 477 | 128 | 134 | 144 | 71 | +7.5% |
| 4 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 466 | 101 | 127 | 160 | 78 | +26.0% |
| 5 | CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 445 | 123 | 143 | 139 | 40 | -2.8% |
| 6 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 399 | 66 | 105 | 169 | 59 | +61.0% |
| 7 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 292 | 105 | 63 | 66 | 58 | +4.8% |
| 8 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 247 | 76 | 81 | 72 | 18 | -11.1% |
| 9 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 244 | 35 | 60 | 94 | 55 | +56.7% |
| 10 | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. | 231 | 39 | 69 | 71 | 52 | +2.9% |
| 11 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 220 | 37 | 68 | 84 | 31 | +23.5% |
| 12 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 218 | 78 | 105 | 32 | 3 | -69.5% |
| 13 | ZTE Corporation | 194 | 41 | 71 | 57 | 25 | -19.7% |
| 14 | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | 193 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 36 | -3.8% |
| 15 | INTEL CORPORATION | 185 | 76 | 58 | 31 | 20 | -46.6% |
| 16 | International Business Machines Corporation | 181 | 68 | 51 | 49 | 13 | -3.9% |
| 17 | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | 175 | 29 | 47 | 64 | 35 | +36.2% |
| 18 | Digital Global Systems, Inc. | 171 | 16 | 74 | 65 | 16 | -12.2% |
| 19 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 149 | 46 | 44 | 46 | 13 | +4.5% |
| 20 | DISH Wireless L.L.C. | 138 | 33 | 29 | 53 | 23 | +82.8% |
| 21 | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | 136 | 51 | 37 | 29 | 19 | -21.6% |
| 22 | T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC | 134 | 28 | 39 | 44 | 23 | +12.8% |
| 23 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 130 | 24 | 56 | 37 | 13 | -33.9% |
| 24 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 129 | 35 | 41 | 37 | 16 | -9.8% |
| 25 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 127 | 40 | 45 | 26 | 16 | -42.2% |