In a new report[1], Clarivate patent experts provides an update on core patents to 5G standards.
In the report Demystifying the 5G standard essential patent landscape with manual SEP (Phase 3) published in February 2023, we presented findings from our extensive review of the granted patent families declared essential to 5G as of December 31, 2021. In this latest report, we present updated analysis of patents declared as essential to 5G as of December 31, 2022.
For this report, our SEP experts used three strands of analysis, examining:
- New patent families that had at least one granted patent against the declared 5G standards between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022
- Findings from the Phase 3 report
- Non-core patent families from the Phase 3 report for which new standards were declared from January 1, 2022
Key observations include:
- Almost 8,500 of declared patent families had a significant overlap with the declared standards and are therefore ‘core’ to 5G standards.
- 24% increase in core 5G patent families in a year from January 1, 2022.
- Nearly 63% of core patents are held by the top six companies: Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm, LG, Nokia and Ericsson.
- More than 86,000 5G TDocs are used for 5G standard development and nearly 60% of these TDocs are submitted by the top six companies.
To learn more, download and read the full report here.
[1] Clarivate was retained to prepare this report by Sidley Austin LLP on behalf of a client. This report reflects Clarivate work product and analysis.
