M2M & D2D Communication Patents for IoT (Internet of Things) Innovation Ranking

M2M (Machine to Machine) and D2D (Device to Device) communication technologies are the key enablers for emerging IoT

(Internet of Things) applications. Recently several telecom operators are deploying 4G LTE based M2M (LTE-M) and D2D

communication services as a new profit center. Furthermore, several global standardization bodies including ETSI, 3GPP, oneM2M

are actively working on the technical and service standard specifications of M2M and D2D communications.

As the number of patent applications is a good measure of innovation activities, to evaluate the M2M and D2D innovation activities,

more than 4000 issued patents and published applications in the USPTO obtained from keyword search are reviewed. Patent

disclosures in claims and detail description for each patent are analyzed as to whether the contents are within the scope of key

technologies for M2M (e.g. low power design & management) and D2D (e.g. discovery process) communications.

More than 850 including 150 issued patent applications are identified as the essential patents for M2M communications as of 1Q 2015.

Among 58 IPR holders, LG is the leader followed by Ericsson, InterDigital, Samsung , ETRI, and Qualcomm.

More than 450 including 59 issued patent applications are identified as the essential patents for D2D communications as of 1Q 2015.

Among 28 IPR holders, Nokia is the leader followed by LG, Samsung, Qualcomm, ETRI, and BlackBerry.

Combining M2M and D2D, there are total of more than 1300 patent applications that are the essential patents for IoT communications.

Among 61 IPR holders, LG is the leader followed by Ericsson, Samsung, Qualcomm, Nokia, ETRI, Huawei (including FutureWei

Technologies), Intel, and InterDigital.

For more information, please contact Alex Lee at alexglee@techipm.com .

M2M for IoT Innovation Ranking

Ranking Assignee

1 LG

2 Ericsson

3 InterDigital

4 Samsung

5 ETRI

6 Qualcomm

7 SCA IPLA

8 Huawei

9 ZTE

10 Intel

D2D for IoT Innovation Ranking

Ranking Assignee

1 Nokia

2 LG

3 Samsung

4 Qualcomm

5 ETRI

6 BlackBerry

7 Intel

8 Broadcom

9 Huawei

10 Ericsson

M2M+D2D for IoT Innovation Ranking

Ranking Assignee

1 LG

2 Ericsson

3 Samsung

4 Qualcomm

5 Nokia

6 ETRI

7 Huawei

8 Intel

9 InterDigital

10 SCA IPLA

11 ZTE

12 Broadcom

13 ITRI

14 BlackBerry

15 Alcatel-Lucent

16 KT

17 Convida Wireless

18 Verizon

19 Sony

20 Fujitsu

20 NEC

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