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Communications and networks Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

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 743 Qualcomm
2 Junyi Li 418 Qualcomm
3 Dawei Zhang 323 Apple
#4 Esmael Hejazi Dinan 310 Ofinno
#5 Xiaoxia Zhang 299 Qualcomm
#6 Peter Gaal 265 Qualcomm
#7 Shan Liu 265 Tencent America
#8 Jing Sun 246 Qualcomm
#9 Yushu Zhang 246 Apple
#10 Wei Zeng 245 Apple
#11 Haitong Sun 239 Apple
#12 Hong He 232 Apple
#13 Oghenekome Oteri 228 Apple
#14 Chunxuan Ye 206 Apple
#15 Xin Zhao 195 Tencent America
#16 Yan Zhou 188 Qualcomm
#17 Wanshi Chen 186 Qualcomm
#18 Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN 175 Qualcomm
#19 Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR 172 Qualcomm
#20 Weidong Yang 171 Apple
#21 Armando Montalvo 166 Digital Global Systems
#22 Huaning Niu 160 Apple
#23 Ahmed Attia ABOTABL 155 Qualcomm
#24 Hua Zhou 154 Ofinno
#25 Sony Akkarakaran 148 —
#26 Ali Cagatay Cirik 147 Ofinno
#27 Li Zhang 147 Bytedance
#28 Seunghwan KIM 144 LG
#29 Chunhai Yao 142 Apple
#30 Jie Cui 141 Apple
#31 Navid Abedini 140 Qualcomm
#32 Sigen Ye 140 Apple
#33 Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian 138 Qualcomm
#34 Takahiro NISHI 137 Panasonic
#35 Kai Zhang 136 Bytedance
#36 Hyoungsuk Jeon 132 Ofinno
#37 Juan Montojo 127 Qualcomm
#38 Kyungmin Park 126 Ofinno
#39 Wooseok Nam 125 Qualcomm
#40 Kapil Gulati 124 Qualcomm
#41 Soenghun Kim 124 Samsung
#42 Huilin XU 123 Qualcomm
#43 Yang Tang 119 Apple
#44 Ahmed ELSHAFIE 113 Qualcomm
#45 Yunjung Yi 112 LG
#46 Alexandros MANOLAKOS 110 Qualcomm
#47 Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli 109 Qualcomm
#48 Seyedkianoush Hosseini 108 Qualcomm
#49 Tadamasa TOMA 108 Panasonic
#50 Ye-Kui Wang 106 Qualcomm
#51 Hung Dinh LY 105 Qualcomm
#52 Hui Yong KIM 104 KAIST
#53 Jelena Damnjanovic 104 Qualcomm
#54 Alireza Babaei 103 Ofinno
#55 Jinsoo CHOI 103 LG
#56 Jinsam Kwak 96 Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology
#57 Zhaohua Lu 96 Zte
#58 Alberto Rico Alvarino 95 Qualcomm
#59 Hanbyul Seo 95 LG
#60 Satoshi Nagata 94 Ntt Docomo
#61 Jizheng Xu 92 Bytedance
#62 Ozcan Ozturk 92 Qualcomm
#63 Hongbin Liu 91 Bytedance
#64 Wei Yang 91 Qualcomm
#65 Kiyofumi Abe 90 Panasonic
#66 Linhai HE 90 Qualcomm
#67 Sungjin PARK 88 Samsung
#68 Dawei Zhang 86 Dalian University Of Technology
#69 Haijing Hu 86 Apple
#70 Hidetoshi Suzuki 86 Panasonic
#71 Juhyung SON 86 Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology
#72 Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni 86 Qualcomm
#73 Anil AGIWAL 85 Samsung
#74 Fangli Xu 85 Apple
#75 Yi Huang 85 Qualcomm
#76 Jaehyun LIM 84 LG
#77 Han Gao 83 Huawei
#78 Hendry HENDRY 82 LG
#79 Seungmin LEE 82 LG
#80 Xinchen Zhang 81 Qualcomm
#81 Iyab Issam Sakhnini 78 Qualcomm
#82 Sung Chang LIM 78 KAIST
#83 Jin Ho Lee 77 KAIST
#84 Gavin Bernard Horn 75 Qualcomm
#85 Liang Zhao 75 Tencent America
#86 Yu Zhang 75 Qualcomm
#87 Jing Lei 74 Qualcomm
#88 Seonwook KIM 74 LG
#89 Jerome Henry 73 Cisco
#90 Kai Xu 73 Ofinno
#91 Jin Min Sun 72 Trane International
#92 Xiang Li 72 Tencent America
#93 Xianglin Wang 72 Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co.
#94 Yi-Wen Chen 72 Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co.
#95 Hong Cheng 71 Qualcomm
#96 Suckchel Yang 71 LG
#97 Yue Wang 71 Bytedance
#98 Gokul Sridharan 70 Qualcomm
#99 Ha Hyun LEE 70 KAIST
#100 Haiming Wang 70 Lenovo (Beijing) Limited

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Qualcomm 2,926
2 Samsung 2,167
3 Huawei 1,991
#4 Apple 1,235
#5 LG 1,149
#6 Ericsson 976
#7 Sony 706
#8 Canon 698
#9 Cisco 694
#10 Intel 496
#11 Zte 492
#12 Nokia Technologies Oy 440
#13 Panasonic 429
#14 OPPO 403
#15 Google 393
#16 Microsoft 392
#17 Amazon 355
#18 Comcast 348
#19 Interdigital Patent Holdings 342
#20 AT&T 336
#21 IBM 332
#22 Vivo Mobile Communication Co. 324
#23 Dell Products 319
#24 Tencent America 289
#25 Bank of America 275
#26 Xiaomi 263
#27 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 240
#28 Verizon 218
#29 Nec 210
#30 KAIST 207
#31 Adeia Guides 197
#32 NVIDIA 179
#33 Capital One Services 174
#34 Oracle 161
#35 NTT 160
#36 Ofinno 160
#37 Bytedance 158
#38 Ntt Docomo 156
#39 T-Mobile Usa 156
#40 Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co. 152
#41 Disney 151
#42 Digital Global Systems 149
#43 Juniper Networks 139
#44 Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co. 137
#45 Lenovo (Beijing) Limited 137
#46 T-Mobile Innovations 137
#47 Snap 128
#48 Tencent 126
#49 Dish Wireless L.L.C. 122
#50 Texas Instruments 122
#51 Zoom Communications 114
#52 Toyota 113
#53 Broadcom 112
#54 Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy 105
#55 Honor Device Co. 104
#56 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 98
#57 Dish Network L.L.C. 92
#58 Unknown 92
#59 Charter Communications Operating 91
#60 Meta 89
#61 Salesforce 89
#62 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 87
#63 Fraunhofer 86
#64 Arris Enterprises 85
#65 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 82
#66 Palo Alto Networks 81
#67 The Nielsen Company (Us) 81
#68 Mediatek 79
#69 Hyundai Motor 78
#70 Wilus Institute Of Standards And Technology 77
#71 Kia 75
#72 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 74
#73 Fortinet 73
#74 Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co. 72
#75 Level 3 Communications 71
#76 Mitsubishi Electric 68
#77 Orange 68
#78 Sun Patent Trust 67
#79 Realtek Semiconductor 66
#80 Rakuten Mobile 65
#81 Fujitsu Limited 64
#82 Sonos 64
#83 Arista Networks 63
#84 Aac Microtech (Changzhou) Co. 61
#85 Nchain Licensing Ag 60
#86 Visa 60
#87 Shenzhen Shokz Co. 57
#88 Fujifilm 56
#89 BOE 56
#90 General Motors 55
#91 Interdigital Vc Holdings 54
#92 Cable Television Laboratories 51
#93 Gopro 51
#94 Skyworks Solutions 51
#95 B1 Institute Of Image Technology 50
#96 Mediatek Singapore Pte. 50
#97 Rakuten Symphony 50
#98 Roku 49
#99 Robert Bosch Gmbh 48
#100 Murata Manufacturing Co. 47