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Patent Landscape BriefMillimeter Wave Beamforming Antenna Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Has Cooled
A data-backed look at millimeter wave beamforming antenna patents: who leads filings, how the technology composition breaks down across IPC classes, and where claim space remains open.
113
Published Records
62%
Top-5 Share of All Records
-96%
Filing Growth 2021→2024
US
Leading Jurisdiction
Filing growth = 2021 (28 records) → 2024 (1); 2024 is the last year we treat as complete. Top-5 share = the 5 largest assignees ÷ all 113 records in scope (CR5), not the ranked leaders only.
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Overview
What the millimeter wave beamforming antenna filing record shows
Millimeter wave beamforming antenna patenting sits at the intersection of antenna hardware and the digital signal processing that steers it, which is why H04B (transmission) classes appear in over half of the 113 records in scope even though the search targets antenna structures. The filing curve is short and steep: activity was negligible before 2017, climbed to a peak of 28 records in 2021, and has since thinned sharply. That shape is typical of a technology that went through an intense standard-setting and early-deployment phase tied to 5G millimeter wave rollout, then settled once the core claim space was staked out by a small number of large filers.
Ownership is concentrated. The top 5 assignees hold 61.9% of the 113 records in scope, and the top 10 extend that to 79.6%, leaving the remaining ranked leaders to divide a modest tail of single-digit filings. Reading the technology composition alongside that concentration points to where new entrants still have room: classes with lower record counts, such as G01S positioning or A61B-adjacent sensing applications, sit outside the core H04B/H01Q/H04W cluster that the leaders have built up.
Filing activity and technology composition, 2015-2026
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee ranking and totals. Derived from a Patsnap search on Millimeter Wave Beamforming Antenna Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-08-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
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The Numbers
Filing trend and technology composition
Two views of the same 113 records: how filing activity moved year over year, and how those records distribute across IPC subclasses. Because a single record can carry multiple IPC classes, the composition shares add up to more than 100%.
A short, steep filing cycle
Filings rose from 3 in 2017 to a peak of 28 in 2021, then fell to 1 by 2024 — a -96% move over that three-year span. Because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, the 2025-2026 figures are still filling in and should not be read as confirmation the field has gone quiet.
Publication lags filing by roughly 18 months, so 2025 onwards are still filling in. Growth rates on this page therefore end at 2024; running them to the last bar would understate the field.
Signal processing outweighs pure antenna structure
H04B (transmission) appears in 54.9% of the 113 records, ahead of H01Q (antennas, 39.8%) and H04W (wireless networks, 39.8%). H04L, G01S, G06F and A61B classes each cover a smaller but non-trivial slice, showing beamforming antenna claims routinely reach into digital transmission, positioning and even biometric sensing applications.
Shares are the percentage of the 113 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Millimeter Wave Beamforming Antenna Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-08-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.
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Representative and most-cited filings
Representative Filing
Motion sensor using cross coupling (US20190350465A1)
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Techniques for performing gesture recognition and biometric monitoring with an electronic device are disclosed, where the device has wireless communications capability using beamforming techniques and includes a plurality of millimeter wave antenna modules. Each module includes at least one transmit antenna and at least one receive antenna, operable in frequency ranges not less than 20 GHz, with the receive antenna coupled to branches configured to receive H-polarized and V-polarized signals separately.Filed by Qualcomm; illustrates how beamforming antenna claims extend into device-level sensing applications beyond communications links.
Most-cited records in this dataset
| # | Publication no. | Patent title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US5923289A | Modular array and phased array antenna system | 71 |
| 2 | US4929956A | Optical beam former for high frequency antenna arrays | 71 |
| 3 | CN108987911A | 一种基于SIW的毫米波波束赋形微带阵列天线及设计方法 | 54 |
| 4 | US20090121936A1 | Adaptive antenna beamforming | 46 |
| 5 | US20200195310A1 | Millimeter wave repeater | 36 |
| 6 | US20110018767A1 | Adaptive antenna beamforming | 29 |
| 7 | US20210152990A1 | Localization using Millimeter Wave Beam Attributes | 25 |
| 8 | US20210034160A1 | Gesture detection in interspersed radar and network traffic signals | 20 |
| 9 | US20200295854A1 | Dynamic antenna selection and beam steering | 17 |
| 10 | US20210013934A1 | Method and system for multiple input, multiple output communications in millimeter wave networks | 16 |
Citation counts reflect influence within the searched corpus and skew toward older filings; they are not a measure of current commercial importance.
Patent titles are shown in the language they were filed in, not translated, so that each record stays verifiable against the original filing — a translated title will not match in Eureka or in any national register. Each row carries its publication number; clicking a row searches Eureka by that number.
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Citation counts and representative records. Derived from a Patsnap search on Millimeter Wave Beamforming Antenna Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-08-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
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What the concentration and timing mean for a filing decision
The numbers point to a field where the busiest period of claim-writing has already passed and ownership is uneven, which changes where a new filer should look.
Concentration
61.9%
of 113 records held by top 5
A handful of filers hold most of the claim space
The top 5 assignees combine for 61.9% of all 113 records in scope, and the top 10 reach 79.6%. That leaves the remaining ranked leaders — down to single-digit filing counts by fifth and tenth place — with comparatively thin portfolios, which is where freedom-to-operate analysis needs the most care rather than the least.
Assignee ranking, 28 companies
Timing
-96%
filing change, 2021 to 2024
The peak filing window has passed
Filings rose from 3 in 2017 to a peak of 28 in 2021 before falling to 1 by 2024. Publication lag means the very latest years understate true filing activity, but the 2021-2024 drop is large enough that it is unlikely to be an artifact of lag alone.
2017-2024 filing counts
Technology mix
54.9%
of records carry H04B claims
Signal processing claims outnumber pure antenna claims
H04B transmission classes appear in 54.9% of the 113 records, more than H01Q antenna-structure claims at 39.8%. A filer focused only on physical antenna architecture is competing in a smaller slice of the claim space than one also covering beamforming signal processing and link management.
IPC composition, 113 records
Application reach
7.1%
of records touch A61B (diagnosis/surgery)
Beamforming antenna claims extend into sensing applications
Smaller but consistent shares in G01S (12.4%) and A61B (7.1%) show beamforming antenna technology reused for radar-adjacent positioning and even biometric sensing, as the representative Qualcomm filing illustrates. These adjacent branches carry far fewer records than the core communications classes.
IPC composition, 113 records
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Co-filing is rare and narrow
| Assignee | Co-assignee | Shared families |
|---|---|---|
| MALTSEV ALEXANDER | MASLENNIKOV ROMAN | 3 |
| MALTSEV ALEXANDER | KHORYAEV ALEXEY | 3 |
| Intel Corporation | GONG XIAOHONG X | 2 |
| Intel Corporation | CORDEIRO CARLOS | 2 |
| MALTSEV ALEXANDER | SHILOV MIKHAIL | 2 |
| MALTSEV ALEXANDER | MALTSEV JR ALEXANDER | 2 |
| MALTSEV ALEXANDER | KESSELMAN ALEX | 2 |
| MALTSEV ALEXANDER | SERGEYEV VADIM | 1 |
Only 10 co-assignee pairs appear across the dataset, and the strongest pairs are individual inventors linked to a single corporate assignee rather than cross-company collaborations — this is a field of largely independent, in-house filing programs rather than joint development.
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Co-assignee relationships and derived observations. Derived from a Patsnap search on Millimeter Wave Beamforming Antenna Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-08-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
What's Next
Where to take this analysis
The dataset points to specific next steps depending on whether the goal is freedom-to-operate, portfolio benchmarking or identifying open claim space.
Check freedom-to-operate against the top 10
With 79.6% of records held by the top 10 assignees, any new filing in the core H04B/H01Q/H04W cluster should be checked against those portfolios first rather than the long tail.
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G01S and A61B classes carry far fewer records than the core communications classes, suggesting sensing and positioning applications of beamforming antenna technology remain comparatively open.
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FAQ
Common questions about millimeter wave beamforming antenna patents
The ranking covers 28 companies, and it is concentrated: the top 5 assignees together hold 61.9% of the 113 records in scope, and the top 10 extend that to 79.6%. This is not an exhaustive list of every company working in the space, only the ranked leaders returned by the dataset. Beyond the top 10, filing counts drop to single digits per company, indicating a long tail of smaller or more recent entrants rather than a second tier of comparable size.
Filings rose from 3 records in 2017 to a peak of 28 in 2021, then fell to 1 by 2024, a -96% change over that span. Publication typically lags actual filing by around 18 months, so the very latest years in any dataset understate real activity and should not be read as a final verdict on the trend. Taken together, the pattern suggests the field went through a concentrated period of claim-writing around 2019-2021 that has since eased, most likely tied to 5G millimeter wave standardization and early deployment.
Across the 113 records in scope, H04B (general transmission) appears most often at 54.9%, followed by H01Q (antennas) and H04W (wireless networks) each at 39.8%. Smaller shares fall in H04L (digital transmission), G01S (radar and positioning), G06F (data processing) and A61B (diagnosis and surgery), showing the technology reaches into signal processing and even biometric sensing applications. Because a single record can carry several IPC classes, these shares add up to more than 100%, reflecting the multi-disciplinary nature of the filings.
The technology composition data shows classes like G01S (12.4% of records) and A61B (7.1%) carry far fewer filings than the core H04B, H01Q and H04W cluster that the leading assignees have built up. That gap suggests sensing, positioning and biometric applications of beamforming antenna technology are comparatively under-claimed relative to core communications use cases. A new filer targeting those adjacent application branches faces a thinner prior-art landscape than one filing directly against the core transmission and antenna-structure classes.
Two records lead the most-cited list at 71 citations each: US5923289A, covering a modular array and phased array antenna system, and US4929956A, covering an optical beam former for high frequency antenna arrays. Both are older foundational filings, which is typical — citation counts inside a searched corpus favour earlier records simply because they have had more time to accumulate citations, so treat them as a signal of technical influence rather than current commercial relevance. More recent high-citation records, such as US20200195310A1 on millimeter wave repeaters, point to where active development has continued.
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