Patent activity

The development of mobile WiMAX Technology has been underway for several years and research in this area continues to increase. Mobile WiMAX is targeted primarily for portable and mobile applications in NLOS environment. There are a large number of publications that are available in this area. In this patent tracker, SciTech brings out an overview of patents in this area during 2005 - 2009. In this study, SciTech has used classification codes and key words to search for patents related to Mobile WiMAX for this study.

Top filers

Top filing companies are:

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Nokia
Siemens Networks.
Alcatel – Lucent.
ZTE Corp
Intel Corp
Motorola, Inc.
and Others...

Academic / Research Institutes

There are about 13 published patents from academic / research institutes since 2005. It is interesting to note that most of the universities who are actively filing patents in this area are based out of China and Korea. Some of the academic/ research institutes who have patents in this area are:

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Research In Motion Limited
Pohang University of Science & Technology
National Chiao Tung University
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Focus of top filers
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Research collaborations

There are quite a few patents filed as a result of joint research programs in this area. The top five collaborations in this area (based on patent filings) are:
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Most cited patents
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Patent filing trends

An increased patent filing activity in this area is observed since 2006. The top patent filers in the area of mobile WiMAX technology are:
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Recent published literature
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