Feeder Link & Gateway Antenna Patents: Top Companies, Trends 2026
Feeder Links and Gateway Antennas: Patents Behind Uplink Power Control and Rain Fade Mitigation
Concentrated at the top. The top 5 assignees hold 63.0% of all 939 records in scope, and the top 10 hold 76.3% — filing here is dominated by a small group, not a long tail. Annual filings went from 56 in 2017 to a peak of 96 in 2024, including the +167% jump from 36 in 2021. The 2025-2026 figures, down to 21 for partial-year 2026, look like a falling-off but are largely a publication-lag artefact: publication trails filing by roughly 18 months, so the most recent one to two years are undercounted and should not be read as a slowdown.
- 1ATC TECHNOLOGIES LLC223
- 2OFINNO LLC142
- 3VIASAT INC132
- 4HUGHES NETWORK SYST52
- 5QUALCOMM INC43
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Common questions about this landscape
Who holds the most patents on feeder links and gateway antennas?
One assignee leads the ranked list with 223 of the 939 records in scope, a wide margin over the fifth-ranked holder at 43 and the tenth-ranked holder at 19. The top 5 assignees together hold 63.0% of all records, and the top 10 hold 76.3%, so filing activity is concentrated rather than spread evenly across the field. Anyone assessing freedom to operate should start with those leading portfolios before widening the search.
Is the feeder link and gateway antenna patent field still growing?
Filings rose from 36 in 2021 to a peak of 96 in 2024, a +167% increase over three years, indicating strong growth through the middle of the decade. The apparent decline in 2025 and 2026 (down to 21 in partial-year 2026) is largely a publication-lag effect, since published patent data typically trails the actual filing date by about 18 months. The 2024 figure is the most recent year that can be read as a reliable data point.
What does EP1393470B1 actually cover?
EP1393470B1, assigned to Vizada AS and granted in 2008, covers a method and system for uplink power control in a satellite communication system where a geostationary satellite communicates with a gateway station applying the invention alongside at least two other gateway stations. It uses existing communication signals to compensate for atmospheric distortion such as scintillation and rain fading, and is structured symmetrically so any gateway in the system can apply the technique. Anyone building uplink power control that relies on cross-gateway signal compensation for rain fade should review its claim scope directly rather than relying on this summary.
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 Feeder Links and Gateway Antennas 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.