Edge Stream Processing Patents: Who Leads, Where the Gaps Are 2026
Edge Stream Processing Patents: Mapping the Leaders and the Open Claim Space
One filer dominates. the top five assignees combined account for 109 of 137 records in scope (79.6%), with a single leader holding 85 records outright. Filings were negligible before 2017, climbed to a peak of 30 records in 2020, then declined — 25 records in 2021 down to 5 in 2024, an 80% drop across that three-year window. 2025 and 2026 figures (including 14 so far in 2026) will revise upward as publication catches up with filing, typically by around 18 months.
- 1INTEL CORP85
- 2DETECON AL SAUDIA CO LTD10
- 3WASS FELIX THOMAS6
- 4MA WEIQIANG4
- 5CHANDWANI NEELAM4
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions on edge stream processing patents
Who holds the most patents in edge stream processing?
One assignee dominates this dataset, holding 85 of the 137 records in scope — roughly 62% of the entire field on its own. The next four assignees combined bring the top-five total to 109 records, or 79.6% of all records. Below the top five, holdings drop to single digits, with tenth place at just 4 records, so the field is best described as one leader followed by a flat mid-tier rather than a gradual long tail.
Is edge stream processing patent activity growing or slowing down?
Filing peaked at 30 records in 2020 and has declined since, falling from 25 in 2021 to 5 in 2024 — an 80% drop over that three-year window. That said, patent publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so the lower counts in 2025 and 2026 (14 so far) are not yet reliable evidence of continued decline; they will likely revise upward. The safest reading is that the field cooled from its 2020 peak through 2024, with the most recent years still incomplete.
What technology areas do edge stream processing patents cover most?
Digital information transmission (IPC class H04L) appears in 62.0% of the 137 records, making it the dominant class by a wide margin. Wireless communication networks (H04W) follow at 31.4%, and AI-based computing (G06N) appears in 24.8% of records, reflecting the growing overlap between edge transmission architectures and on-device model inference. Because a single record can carry several IPC classes, these percentages are shares of the full 137-record total and add up to more than 100%.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Edge Stream Processing covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.