Orange Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Orange has a total of 6577 patents globally, out of which 638 have been granted. Of these 6577 patents, more than 48% patents are active. France is where Orange has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and United States of America. Parallelly, France seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Orange.

Orange was founded in 1998. Orange SA provides telecommunications services to residential, professional, and large business customers. The Company offers public fixed-line telephone, leased lines and data transmission, mobile telecommunications, cable television, Internet and wireless applications, and broadcasting services, as well as telecommunications equipment sales and rentals. As of October 2022, Orange has a market cap of $ 23.864 Billion.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Orange which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Orange patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Orange patent portfolio.

How Many Patents did Orange File Every Year?

Orange Patent Filing Trend

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 GrantOrange Applications FiledOrange Patents Granted
20112503
20122457
201329118
20143859
201540614
201635636
201741417
201847521
201948628
202037533
202120840
20221329

How many Orange patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Orange Patent Portfolio

How Many Patents did Orange File in Different Countries?

Orange Worldwide Patent Filing

Countries in which Orange Filed Patents

CountryPatent
France1445
Europe1180
United States Of America1002
China298
Spain231
Germany183
Japan155
Korea (South)100
Austria72
India63
United Kingdom41
Poland31
Australia30
Brazil28
Canada25
Russia13
South Africa9
Mexico8
Taiwan6
Israel5
Argentina4
Sweden3
Bulgaria3
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)3
Finland2
Jordan2
Hungary2
Tunisia1
Morocco1
Denmark1
Czech Republic1
Norway1
Portugal1
Turkey1
Gulf Cooperation Council1
Ukraine1
Belgium1
Eurasia1
Singapore1
Slovakia1

Where are Research Centres of Orange Patents Located?

R&D Centres of Orange

10 Best Orange Patents

US20050057225A1 is the most popular patent in the Orange portfolio. It has received 631 citations so far from companies like Ethicon, Cilag Gmbh International, Solarfocus Technology.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Orange:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US20050057225A1631
US20120136936A1427
US6564264B1380
US20090042588A1306
US20090158170A1245
US20070060185A1242
US6812954B1228
US20150095514A1204
US20070153091A1200
US20030052964A1193

Which Companies are using Orange 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 Orange patent portfolio are Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics and IBM.

List of the top forward citing Companies –

CompanyNumber of Patents
Qualcomm26
Samsung Electronics22
IBM19
LG Electronics16
Ericsson15
Microsoft Technology13
Huawei11
Google10
Lyft9
Sony Corporation8

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Orange Patents

Blocked Patent Applications by Orange

Top Orange Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US20020101346A110
US20020129869A14
US20030052964A12
US20030063672A11
US20030115902A12
US20030125028A15
US20030158726A12
US20040098255A11
US20040112224A15
US20040218560A11
US20040223647A13
US20040226313A14
US20050002527A11
US20050041751A15
US20050044265A11

What are Oranges key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Orange?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Orange in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Orange thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has Orange‘s search focus changed over the years?

EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS COMING SOON!

Interested in knowing about the areas of innovation that are being protected by Orange?

Table of Content

Insights you may find interesting

Related Articles

Was this article helpful?

Leave a Comment

Fill the form to get the details:

Our comprehensive report provides an in-depth look into the patent portfolio. The report includes a breakdown of the patent portfolio across various technologies, listing the patent along with brief summaries of each patent's technology.