Solid State Beam Steering for Lidar Patents
20.0% concentration at the top. The top 5 of 100 ranked assignees hold 686 of the 3,428 records in scope — a leader well ahead of the field but no runaway monopoly. Filings rose from 251 in 2017 to a peak of 558 in 2020, then declined; 2021 to 2024 (the last complete year) fell -65%, from 428 to 151. Treat 2025 and 2026 figures as provisional given the usual publication lag.
- 1INNOVIZ TECH LTD7.0%
- 2OUSTER INC5.3%
- 3RAYTHEON CO2.8%
- 4MICROVISION INC2.5%
- 5AGC GLASS EUROPE SA2.5%
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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 this landscape
What counts as solid state beam steering in lidar patents?
In this dataset it covers approaches that steer a lidar beam without bulk mechanical rotation, principally optical phased arrays and MEMS mirror scanning, searched against claims and descriptions covering field of view, sidelobe suppression, steering speed, aperture size, power efficiency and scanner reliability. It excludes purely mechanical spinning-lidar architectures unless they also claim a solid state element. The 3,428 records in scope span 2015 through the 2026 data cut-off.
Who are the leading patent holders in solid state lidar beam steering?
The ranking covers 100 assignees, with the leader holding 241 records against 84 for fifth place and 61 for tenth — a real but not overwhelming gap. The top 5 combined hold 20.0% of all 3,428 records in scope, and the top 10 combined hold 30.7%, leaving most of the field spread across a long tail of smaller filers. Recent-year momentum data shows several of the leading names filing far less than they were, so rank alone does not tell you who is most active now.
Is filing activity in solid state lidar beam steering still growing?
No — filings peaked at 558 records in 2020 and have declined since, falling from 428 in 2021 to 151 in 2024, a -65% move over the last span that can be treated as complete. Figures for 2025 and 2026 are still low, but that reflects the roughly 18-month lag between filing and publication rather than a real drop-off, so they should not be read as confirming a further decline. The honest read is a field past its filing peak, not one still accelerating.
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 Solid State Beam Steering for Lidar 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.