Juristat Top Patent Firms | Telecom & Wireless

Telecom portfolios aren’t one docket. RAN features, core protocols, PHY/MAC layers, and antenna arrays face different examiner mixes and claim strategies. Ranking by allowance rate within H04W/H04L/H04B/H01Q isolates performance in the systems you actually prosecute. It levels the field across firm size and mix and centers the outcome clients care about: Did the work convert to granted rights in this industry? CPC granularity keeps comparisons apples-to-apples, so a protocol specialist isn’t measured against an antenna-heavy docket, and vice versa.

The result: fair, comparable standings you can defend in a partner meeting or an RFP.

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How we define the telecom & wireless industry

This space spans wireless networks, radio links, protocols, and antennas—often overlapping with consumer devices and semiconductors. To keep comparisons fair and apples-to-apples, we anchor this view to CPC subclasses that most directly capture communications systems and RF design. We emphasize H04W (wireless networks), H04L (digital communications/protocols), H04B (transmission systems), and H01Q (antennas).

We did not measure device-centric claims (e.g., displays, audio) or on-chip RF claims. For multi-industry filings, we classify by the primary CPC and standardized rules documented in the methodology.

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Firms with more than 100 applications filed or disposed in the fixed 12-month window. We disclose the coverage dates on the methodology page.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze are assigned within each category split by thirds among eligible firms. Exact ties share the same designator.

No! Firms do not have to use Juristat, nor do they need to apply to participate in the rankings. The Top Patent Firm rankings are powered by our industry-leading database of more than 10 million patent applications. This is the very same database that makes our tools so robust.