Nokia has a total of 93469 patents globally, out of which 44298 have been granted. Of these 93469 patents, more than 49% patents are active. The United States of America is where Nokia has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and China. Parallelly, USA and Europe seems to be the main focused R&D center and Finland is the origin country of Nokia.
Nokia was founded in 1865 by Fredrik Idestam, Eduard Polón and Leo Mechelin. Nokia doing business in telecoms equipment, networking equipment and consumer electronics Industry. The company offers a range of products on mobiles, networking and telecom infrastructure, network security solutions, Wi-Fi routers, smart lighting and smart TVs, etc. As of December 2021, Nokia has a market cap of $32.78 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Nokia which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Nokia patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Nokia patent portfolio.
How many patents does the CEO of Nokia have?
The CEO, Pekka Lundmark have 0 patents.
How many patents does Nokia have?
Nokia has a total of 93469 patents globally. These patents belong to 29391 unique patent families. Out of 93969 patents, 45901 patents are active.
How many Nokia patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Nokia 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.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Nokia Applications Filed | Nokia Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 6470 | 2964 |
| 2012 | 7471 | 3265 |
| 2013 | 6794 | 3816 |
| 2014 | 5988 | 4026 |
| 2015 | 4497 | 4064 |
| 2016 | 3745 | 4193 |
| 2017 | 3913 | 3875 |
| 2018 | 3883 | 3614 |
| 2019 | 3078 | 3671 |
| 2020 | 2423 | 2724 |
| 2021 | 1120 | 2309 |
| 2022 | – | 46 |
How Many Patents did Nokia File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Nokia Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 19228 |
| Europe | 17135 |
| China | 12002 |
| Japan | 5148 |
| Korea (South) | 4958 |
| India | 2607 |
| Taiwan | 1378 |
| Austria | 1185 |
| Brazil | 1131 |
| Germany | 1102 |
| Spain | 1082 |
| Australia | 1015 |
| United Kingdom | 944 |
| Russian Federation | 921 |
| Canada | 846 |
| Poland | 549 |
| South Africa | 542 |
| Mexico | 501 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 473 |
| France | 430 |
| Viet Nam | 405 |
| Indonesia | 368 |
| Finland | 362 |
| Singapore | 262 |
| Philippines | 250 |
| Turkey | 233 |
| Denmark | 194 |
| Israel | 135 |
| Portugal | 109 |
| Malaysia | 105 |
| Thailand | 95 |
| Argentina | 78 |
| African Regional Industrial Property Organization | 56 |
| Ukraine | 54 |
| Chile | 51 |
| Hungary | 50 |
| Colombia | 28 |
| Slovenia | 16 |
| Norway | 16 |
| Cyprus | 14 |
| Morocco | 13 |
| Estonia | 10 |
| New Zealand | 10 |
| Eurasian Patent Organization | 9 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| Egypt | 8 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Peru | 7 |
| Lithuania | 6 |
| Croatia | 5 |
| Uruguay | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| Guatemala | 1 |
| Honduras | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Nokia Patents Located?
10 Best Nokia Patents
US6842460B1 is the most popular patent in the Nokia portfolio. It has received 658 citations so far from companies like Microsoft, LG, HP and Magnolia Broadband Inc.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Nokia:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6842460B1 | 658 |
| US8639936B2 | 492 |
| US20050172311A1 | 453 |
| US20050186954A1 | 447 |
| US20080010605A1 | 412 |
| US20020112047A1 | 401 |
| US20040024846A1 | 400 |
| US20070024646A1 | 380 |
| US20060020904A1 | 357 |
| US6892052B2 | 341 |
Which Companies are using Nokia 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 citing companies in the Nokia patent portfolio are Qualcomm, Samsung and Ericsson.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Qualcomm | 1660 |
| Samsung | 1450 |
| Ericsson | 1306 |
| LG | 1139 |
| Huawei | 1036 |
| Apple | 598 |
| Sony | 537 |
| Microsoft | 503 |
| Intel | 462 |
| IBM | 442 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Nokia Patents
Top Nokia Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US9300978B2 | 48 |
| US7524279B2 | 48 |
| US9420564B2 | 45 |
| US8554200B2 | 41 |
| US9301318B2 | 38 |
| US9584216B2 | 37 |
| US8504052B2 | 37 |
| US8538433B2 | 37 |
| US8005426B2 | 37 |
| US8577363B2 | 35 |
| US8127254B2 | 35 |
| US10244257B2 | 34 |
| US8514809B2 | 33 |
| US7373109B2 | 33 |
| US8369333B2 | 31 |
What Percentage of Nokia US Patent Applications were Granted?
Nokia (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 28619 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 19647 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 72.06%.
Below are the key stats of Nokia patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Nokia?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Harrington & Smith Attorneys At Law | 4260 | 68.30% |
| Squire Pb | 2677 | 65.30% |
| Nokia Corporation And Alston & Bird Llp | 2318 | 57.20% |
| Ware Fressola Maguire & Barber | 1153 | 62.48% |
| Nokia Of America Corporation | 1049 | 51.94% |
| Ditthavong Steiner & Mlotkowski | 1035 | 48.31% |
| Banner & Witcoff Ltd | 655 | 62.04% |
| Locke Lord Llp | 652 | 66.36% |
| Mintz Levin | 630 | 72.85% |
| Foley & Lardner Llp | 560 | 72.45% |
More than 60 percent of Nokia’s network business revenue came from Mobile Access, which is comprised of mobile networking solutions and global services operating segments. Nokia’s strategy has shifted to providing end-to-end networks and being at the forefront of products for the 5G era.
Nokia has strategically focused on network infrastructure. For example, in 2016 Nokia completed its acquisition of French telecommunications equipment company Alcatel-Lucent. This merger provided access to a lucrative combination of fixed and mobile networks. Nokia has strong potential in the emerging market for 5G infrastructures.
Network evolution towards the 6G era –
The world has changed quickly in recent times, and the pace of change is only accelerating. To address these rapid changes, we have been looking at the trends and the direction of technological change in a company-wide exercise we call our Technology Vision 2030. Our Technology Vision 2030 summarizes how we see the world evolving and guides our technology strategy going forward. As we move from the 5G era onwards to 5G-Advanced, and leading up to the 6G era, the communications fabric will need to be architected differently.
Going into 2030, we believe that two of the most impactful drivers that will dominate network traffic and shape the evolution of networks will be human augmentation and digital-physical fusion.
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What are Nokia‘s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Nokia?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Nokia in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Nokia thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Nokia search focus changed over the years?
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