CEVA has a total of 414 patents globally, out of which 225 has been granted. Of these 414 patents, more than 46% patents are active. USA is where CEVA has filed maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Canada and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for CEVA in the USA, it has generated an annual revenue of $100.32 million in the year 2020. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of CEVA.
CEVA was founded in 1999 by Gideon Wertheizer and is doing business in wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies offering Digital Signal Processors, AI processors, wireless platforms and complementary software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and artificial intelligence. As of April 2022, CEVA has a market cap of $840.91 million.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of CEVA which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find CEVA’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over CEVA’s patent portfolio.
How many patents does the Founder and CEO of CEVA have?
The founder and the CEO, Gideon Wertheizer has 4 patents.
How many patents does CEVA have?
CEVA has a total of 414 patents globally. These patents belong to 130 unique patent families. Out of 414 patents, 186 patents are active.
How Many Patents did CEVA File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
Years of Patent Filing or Grant | CEVA Application Filed | CEVA Patents Granted |
2021 | – | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 6 |
2019 | 4 | 13 |
2018 | 7 | 17 |
2017 | 12 | 4 |
2016 | 13 | 28 |
2015 | 10 | 17 |
2014 | 16 | 18 |
2013 | 16 | 20 |
2012 | 17 | 25 |
2011 | 43 | 7 |
How many CEVA patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did CEVA File in Different Countries?
Countries in which CEVA Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
United States Of America | 394 |
Europe | 11 |
Canada | 5 |
Korea (South) | 2 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of CEVA Patents Located?
10 Best CEVA Patents
US20020112237A1 is the most popular patent in the CEVA portfolio. It has received 514 citations so far from companies like Intel and Sony.
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US20020112237A1 | 514 |
US20010030667A1 | 493 |
US20040268393A1 | 369 |
US7262760B2 | 366 |
US7414611B2 | 362 |
US7239301B2 | 353 |
US7139983B2 | 298 |
US7236156B2 | 273 |
US7489299B2 | 194 |
US7535456B2 | 186 |
Which Companies are using CEVA Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top companies in the CEVA patent portfolio are Sony, Samsung and Apple.
Company | Number of Patents |
Sony | 38 |
Samsung | 38 |
Apple | 21 |
Microsoft | 20 |
Lg Electronics | 19 |
Rovi Corporation | 16 |
13 | |
Verizon | 9 |
Hillcrest Laboratories | 7 |
Bank Of New York Mellon Trust | 4 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on CEVA Patents
Top CEVA Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
Patent Number | Count of Rejecting Applications |
US20010030667A1 | 27 |
US20020112237A1 | 25 |
US7239301B2 | 23 |
US7839385B2 | 22 |
US7493341B2 | 22 |
US7386806B2 | 21 |
US8359545B2 | 20 |
US8935630B2 | 18 |
US7489299B2 | 17 |
US7535456B2 | 16 |
What Percentage of CEVA US Patent Applications were Granted?
CEVA (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 65 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 46 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 77.97%.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for CEVA?
Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
Idhl Holdings, Inc. | 31 | 68.00% |
Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. | 27 | 72.73% |
Multiplier Capital, Lp | 26 | 72.73% |
Ceva Ireland Limited | 22 | 81.82% |
Ceva Technologies, Inc. | 19 | 89.47% |
Ceva Technologies Inc. | 15 | 33.33% |
Ceva Services Limited | 12 | 91.67% |
Ceva (Uk) Limited | 9 | 100.00% |
Glonav Limited | 9 | 100.00% |
St Ericsson Sa | 9 | 100.00% |
“Signal processing, sensor fusion and AI processors for a smarter connected world”
CEVA’s portfolio of processors, platform IP and software offer a compelling proposition to researchers engaging in a range of projects requiring wireless communications or context-aware computing.
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What are CEVA’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by CEVA Patents?
The chart below distributes patents filed by CEVA in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where CEVA thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How CEVA Research Focus Changed Over the Years?
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