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Communications and networks Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

Primary CPC class H04 · Section H

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 51,030 patents in 2019.peak 51,0301996: 6,747 patents19961997: 6,337 patents1998: 10,080 patents1999: 10,587 patents19992000: 10,973 patents2001: 11,337 patents2002: 11,916 patents20022003: 12,705 patents2004: 14,571 patents2005: 13,485 patents20052006: 20,135 patents2007: 17,756 patents2008: 19,490 patents20082009: 21,653 patents2010: 28,073 patents2011: 30,601 patents20112012: 38,426 patents2013: 41,459 patents2014: 46,526 patents20142015: 45,241 patents2016: 46,242 patents2017: 48,451 patents20172018: 46,477 patents2019: 51,030 patents2020: 49,952 patents20202021: 44,271 patents2022: 43,438 patents2023: 42,594 patents20232024: 44,056 patents2025: 44,086 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Tao Luo 827 Qualcomm
2 Junyi Li 463 Qualcomm
3 Xiaoxia Zhang 396 Qualcomm
#4 Dawei Zhang 381 Apple
#5 Esmael Hejazi Dinan 346 Ofinno
#6 Peter Gaal 345 Qualcomm
#7 Jing Sun 342 Qualcomm
#8 Yushu Zhang 299 Apple
#9 Shan Liu 286 Tencent America
#10 Wei Zeng 271 Apple
#11 Hong He 269 Apple
#12 Haitong Sun 263 Apple
#13 Wanshi Chen 262 Qualcomm
#14 Yan Zhou 228 Qualcomm
#15 Li Zhang 226 Bytedance
#16 Chunxuan Ye 216 Apple
#17 Kai Zhang 212 Bytedance
#18 Seunghwan KIM 212 LG
#19 Oghenekome Oteri 200 Apple
#20 Sony Akkarakaran 200 —
#21 Hua Zhou 196 Ofinno
#22 Jie Cui 196 Apple
#23 Weidong Yang 190 Apple
#24 Kyungmin Park 185 Ofinno
#25 Juan Montojo 182 Qualcomm
#26 Yang Tang 182 Apple
#27 Chunhai Yao 176 Apple
#28 Seyedkianoush Hosseini 174 Qualcomm
#29 Navid Abedini 173 Qualcomm
#30 Seungmin LEE 167 LG
#31 Yunjung Yi 164 LG
#32 Hongbin Liu 162 Bytedance
#33 Takahiro NISHI 160 Panasonic
#34 Wei Yang 154 Qualcomm
#35 Hyoungsuk Jeon 153 Ofinno
#36 Hanbyul Seo 152 LG
#37 Ye-Kui Wang 152 Qualcomm
#38 Suckchel Yang 149 LG
#39 Ali Cagatay Cirik 148 Ofinno
#40 Jinsoo CHOI 146 LG
#41 Yi Huang 145 Qualcomm
#42 Alberto Rico Alvarino 144 Qualcomm
#43 Huaning Niu 141 Apple
#44 Xiaobo ZHANG 141 Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited
#45 Alireza Babaei 140 Ofinno
#46 Kapil Gulati 140 Qualcomm
#47 Seonwook KIM 138 LG
#48 Yue Wang 138 Bytedance
#49 Soenghun Kim 136 Samsung
#50 Tadamasa TOMA 136 Panasonic
#51 Satoshi Nagata 135 Ntt Docomo
#52 Wooseok Nam 134 Qualcomm
#53 Jiwon Kang 133 LG
#54 Sigen Ye 126 Apple
#55 Kazuki Takeda 125 Ntt Docomo
#56 Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli 124 Qualcomm
#57 Hidetoshi Suzuki 122 Panasonic
#58 Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN 122 Qualcomm
#59 Jaehyun LIM 121 LG
#60 Fangli Xu 120 Apple
#61 Jelena Damnjanovic 118 Qualcomm
#62 Huilin XU 114 Qualcomm
#63 Xiang Li 113 Tencent America
#64 Kiyofumi Abe 112 Panasonic
#65 Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR 112 Qualcomm
#66 Xin Zhao 111 Tencent America
#67 Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian 110 Qualcomm
#68 Tingfang Ji 108 Qualcomm
#69 Hui Yong KIM 105 KAIST
#70 Sung Chang LIM 105 KAIST
#71 Jin Ho Lee 104 KAIST
#72 Haijing Hu 103 Apple
#73 Iyab Issam Sakhnini 103 Qualcomm
#74 Jinsam Kwak 102 Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology
#75 Hwan-Joon Kwon 101 Qualcomm
#76 Jizheng Xu 100 Bytedance
#77 Hung Dinh LY 98 Qualcomm
#78 Qian ZHANG 96 Qualcomm
#79 Zhaohua Lu 94 Zte
#80 Ozcan Ozturk 93 Qualcomm
#81 Youngdae Lee 91 LG
#82 Joonkui Ahn 89 LG
#83 Jung Ho Ryu 89 Qualcomm
#84 Yuqin Chen 89 Apple
#85 Changhwan PARK 88 LG
#86 Gabi Sarkis 87 Qualcomm
#87 Ha Hyun LEE 87 KAIST
#88 Jianle Chen 87 Huawei
#89 Dongguk LIM 86 LG
#90 Gang Xiong 86 Apple
#91 Qianxi Lu 86 OPPO
#92 Eunsung PARK 85 LG
#93 Hendry HENDRY 84 LG
#94 Jonghyun Park 84 LG
#95 Lei Zhang 84 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
#96 Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni 84 Qualcomm
#97 Ahmed Attia ABOTABL 83 Qualcomm
#98 Yuchul Kim 82 Apple
#99 Kai Xu 81 Ofinno
#100 Shuanshuan Wu 81 Qualcomm

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Qualcomm 2,786
2 Huawei 2,018
3 Samsung 1,795
#4 LG 1,534
#5 Apple 1,332
#6 Ericsson 1,315
#7 Sony 774
#8 Cisco 683
#9 Canon 654
#10 OPPO 569
#11 Nokia Technologies Oy 524
#12 Panasonic 515
#13 Zte 513
#14 Intel 507
#15 Google 442
#16 Amazon 392
#17 NTT 379
#18 Microsoft 370
#19 IBM 368
#20 Comcast 366
#21 Xiaomi 343
#22 Nec 336
#23 AT&T 332
#24 Vivo Mobile Communication Co. 332
#25 Tencent America 321
#26 Interdigital Patent Holdings 304
#27 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 292
#28 Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co. 251
#29 Verizon 245
#30 Bytedance 243
#31 KAIST 241
#32 T-Mobile Usa 241
#33 Bank of America 237
#34 Dell Products 233
#35 Ntt Docomo 233
#36 Juniper Networks 213
#37 Broadcom 209
#38 T-Mobile Innovations 207
#39 Ofinno 200
#40 Rovi Guides 197
#41 Arris Enterprises 191
#42 Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy 178
#43 Capital One Services 175
#44 Disney 175
#45 Snap 174
#46 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 168
#47 Tencent 163
#48 Charter Communications Operating 159
#49 Zoom Video Communications 153
#50 The Nielsen Company (Us) 152
#51 Texas Instruments 147
#52 Oracle 141
#53 Fraunhofer 138
#54 Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. 135
#55 NVIDIA 130
#56 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 127
#57 Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited 123
#58 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 121
#59 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 119
#60 Cable Television Laboratories 118
#61 Sun Patent Trust 115
#62 Level 3 Communications 110
#63 Seiko Epson 105
#64 Salesforce 100
#65 Dish Network L.L.C. 98
#66 Digital Global Systems 97
#67 Unknown 97
#68 USAA 96
#69 Mitsubishi Electric 95
#70 Uab 360 It 94
#71 Orange 92
#72 Fujitsu Limited 90
#73 Fg Innovation Company Limited 89
#74 Shenzhen Shokz Co. 89
#75 Sonos 89
#76 Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology 87
#77 Meta 86
#78 Ricoh Company 85
#79 Visa 85
#80 Sk Telecom Co. 84
#81 Motorola Mobility 82
#82 Lenovo (Beijing) Limited 79
#83 Brother Kogyo 78
#84 Hyundai Motor 78
#85 Arista Networks 77
#86 Dish Wireless L.L.C. 77
#87 Fujifilm 77
#88 Mediatek Singapore Pte. 76
#89 Roku 75
#90 Kia 70
#91 Ciena 69
#92 Palo Alto Networks 68
#93 BOE 67
#94 Toyota 67
#95 Interdigital Vc Holdings 65
#96 Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co. 63
#97 Aac Microtech (Changzhou) Co. 62
#98 Bright Data 61
#99 Gopro 61
#100 Kyocera 61