LNA Receiver Design Patents: Who Leads, Where the Gaps Are 2026
Low Noise Amplifier Design for Receivers: Patent Landscape
Filings are concentrated but not locked up. the top 5 assignees hold 29.4% of all 2,422 records in scope, and the top 10 hold 38.4% — leaving a long tail of single- and few-filing entrants. Filings moved from 93 in 2017 to a peak of 106 in 2024, before the partial, still-lagging 2025–2026 years. The 2021-to-2024 span shows +6% growth — treat that as the current trajectory rather than the raw year-end totals.
- 1QUALCOMM INC10.7%
- 2SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC9.4%
- 3AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD4.7%
- 4RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA2.3%
- 5RAYTHEON CO2.3%
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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 about LNA receiver patents
Who holds the most patents on low noise amplifier design for receivers?
The leading assignee in this 2,422-record dataset holds 259 records, well ahead of fifth place at 55 and tenth place at 38. The top 5 assignees together account for 29.4% of all records in scope, and the top 10 account for 38.4%. That leaves the majority of filings spread across a long tail of the remaining ranked leaders and occasional filers, so no single company controls the field outright.
Is the LNA receiver patent field still growing?
Filings grew from 100 in 2021 to 106 in 2024, a 6% increase over that span, with 2024 the highest complete year on record. The apparent drop-off in 2025 and 2026 is a publication-lag artefact — patent applications typically publish about 18 months after filing, so the most recent years are always undercounted at the time of any given data pull. Treat 2024 as the last reliable data point for trend purposes.
Which patent classes cover the most LNA-related filings?
H03F (amplifiers) is the densest class, appearing in 49.7% of the 2,422 records, followed by H04B (transmission, general) at 36.1%. Gain and level control (H03G), antennas (H01Q), impedance networks and filters (H03H), electric measurement (G01R), semiconductor devices (H01L) and waveguides (H01P) each cover a smaller share, from roughly 5% to 10%. Because a single record can carry several IPC classes, these shares add up to more than 100% and should not be summed.
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 Low Noise Amplifier Design for Receivers 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.