Fingerprinting & Radio Map Positioning Patents: Top Companies 2026
Fingerprinting and radio map positioning patents: who holds the ground and where it is still open
43.9% of all 11,993 records sit with just five assignees, so most of the claim space around RSS fingerprinting and radio map construction is already occupied by a small group of filers. Filings rose from 775 in 2017 to a peak of 1,295 in 2021, then declined to 715 by 2024 — a documented 45% drop over that three-year span. 2025 and 2026 figures are still incomplete due to normal publication lag and should not be read as a continued decline.
- 1QUALCOMM INC27.3%
- 2TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)7.9%
- 3HERE GLOBAL BV4.5%
- 4NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY2.2%
- 5LG INNOTEK CO LTD2.2%
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Common questions on this landscape
Who are the leading patent holders in fingerprinting and radio map positioning?
Filing activity is concentrated: the top five assignees together hold 43.9% of the 11,993 records in this dataset, and the top ten reach 51.4%. The single leading assignee holds 3,269 records, far ahead of fifth place at 258, so the field has one dominant filer plus a smaller group of active followers rather than an even spread. Beyond the top ten, volume drops off quickly across the remaining ranked assignees.
Is patent filing in this field growing or shrinking?
Filings grew from 775 in 2017 to a peak of 1,295 in 2021, then declined to 715 by 2024, a documented 45% fall over that span. 2024 is the most recent year that can be treated as complete, since patent publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so figures for 2025 and 2026 will keep rising as more records publish. Read the recent apparent drop as incomplete data, not confirmed contraction, until later years fill in.
What technology areas dominate fingerprinting and radio map patents?
H04W (wireless communication networks) appears in 64.7% of the 11,993 records and G01S (radar, sonar and positioning) in 40.7%, making this fundamentally a wireless-plus-positioning field. Secondary classes include H04L (digital transmission, 18.7%) and H04B (transmission generally, 14.8%). Because a single record can carry multiple IPC codes, these percentages overlap and sum 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 Fingerprinting and Radio Map Positioning 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.