LTE IPR Analysis References

2009

LTE Essential Patents Landscape 2009 2Q

by TechIPm, LLC (http://www.techipm.com/)

This report analyzes the lists of patents declared essential to 3GPP LTE appear at the ETSI IPR Online website. The declared essential patents include patent applications in pending and published as well as issued patents in the United States (USPTO) before May 1, 2009.

Total of 579 declared essential patents are included in the analysis. By the status of the applications, the patents are further classified into the total of 140 issued patents, the total of 244 published applications, and the total of 195 pending applications.

Contents

1. Executive Summary
2. 3GPP LTE Essential Patent Candidates by Assignee
3. 3GPP LTE Essential Patent Candidates by Specification
4. 3GPP LTE Essential Patent Candidates by Assignee and Specification
5. 3GPP LTE OFDM/MIMO Essential Patent Candidates
Appendix: Patent Information

Link: http://www.techipm.com/alexglee.html


2008
LTE Patent Report
by Sunlight Research, LLC (http://www.sunlightresearch.com/)

This report provides a panoramic claims-level analysis of issued United States patents and pending publicly available United States patent applications that may relate to 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology (Release 8 of the UMTS standard). The report provides an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) landscape and identifies, among other things, the distribution of patent holdings and the major competitors in the field. Quarterly updates available.
Our LTE Patent Report is a cost-effective and easy-to-use decision-support tool to facilitate strategic business, licensing and investment decisions, including: highlighting sectors which may warrant more focused patent or licensing efforts; identifying, at the individual claim level, which core technologies are covered by issued United States patents; and where applicable, identifying those patents due to expire and enter the public domain; as well as providing an understanding of infringement risks and competitive threats.

The only resource dedicated to determining claim coverage of existing LTE patents and published applications;
Over 6,000 issued US patents and over 8,000 pending US patent applications in wireless technologies were scrutinized and reviewed for their claim coverage in relation to LTE technology;
Approximately 880 US patents, and over 1,800 pending US patent applications, were identified and deemed relevant to the LTE standard and were assigned to 13 technical categories; s
Graphical and other representations of assignee, filing, issuance and publication trends provided for issued US patents;
Claims of each of issued patent were ranked and rated based on claim scope, design-around protection and infringement detectability effort by patent attorneys with specific expertise in LTE and wireless communications;
Proprietary keyword stream developed by experienced LTE engineers and attorneys and refined extensively based on search results;
Assignees cross-referenced with LTE relevant patents.

Brochure: http://www.sunlightresearch.com/SunlightResearch/Product%20Brochures/SunLightResearch_LTE_DEC08_Brochure.pdf


WiMAX & LTE IPR and Market Impact Report- 2nd Edition
by Maravedis, Inc. (http://www.maravedis-bwa.com/)

Contents:

PART I : IPR POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND CLIMATE.
2 THE CLIMATE IN WHICH WIMAX, LTE 4G EVOLVE
3 STANDARDS, PATENTING, AND PATENT POOLS

PART II: WIMAX 4G IPR ANALYSIS
7.2 What are Essential, fundamental Patents?
7.3 How do Essential, fundamental patents affect pursuit and outcomes oflitigation?
Who Owns Essential WiMAX, LTE IPR?

Brochure: http://www.wimax-industry.com/mk/mrv/maravedis/pdf/IPR%202nd%20Ed.%20Brochure.pdf


LTE: Network Deployment Strategies, Market Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges
by Allied Business Intelligence, Inc. (http://www.abiresearch.com/)

Contents

3.12. LTE Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) (Key Technology Patents and Contributors)
3.12.1. Motorola has the top ten cited Beamforming patents
3.12.2. Fast Power Control
3.12.3. Ericsson and Matsushita lead in Hybrid-ARQ patents
3.12.4. Qualcomm rules in Multiple In Multiple Out (MIMO) patent citations
3.12.5. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (ODFM) is dominated by Asian vendors
3.12.6. Samsung dominates OFDMA patents
3.12.7. Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA)
3.12.8. Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA)

Link: http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1001199-UMTS_Long_Term_Evolution


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