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ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Electronic Devices, which is the most consistent technological area, covers computer peripherals, home
appliances and other related devices. The distribution of innovation and patenting activity has been balanced
across sub-sectors over the years and has shown an upward trend.
Top 10 Assignee Encryption/EDLeEcCrypTtRioOn NsIeCmicDonEdVuIcCtoErS
PHILIPS IC_Storage Encoding_Decoding
GE
190 NUMBER OF PATENTS 6000
ALCATEL LUCENT 211 5000
PANASONIC 236 4000
GM GLOBAL 278 3000
LG 298 2000
SONY 330 1000
SAMSUNG
ERICSSON 512 0
QUALCOMM 696
746 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
YEAR
3526
0 1000 2000 3000 4000
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communicatIioCnTishaomldajsorasumba-ssescitvoer pshootwenintgia1l9o5%f tinrcarnesafsoerimn 4inGganInddLiTaEnseecctoonr.omy and society exponentially. In ICT,
communication is ICa Tmajor sub-sector showing 195% TiOncPre1a0seASiSnIGN4GEESand LTE sector
8000 LTE 3G-WCDMA 3G-encryptDecrypt WI-FI XIAOMI 385
7000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ALCATEL LUCENT 402
6000 515
5000 INTEL 563
4000 DOCOMO
3000 942
2000 HUAWEI 1038
1000 LG 1112
0 NOKIA 1531
SAMSUNG 2302
ERICSSON
QUALCOMM 9691
12000
0 4000 8000
The other sub-sector area with the largest increase in activity is Artificial Intelligence, which is up by 120%
over the prior year’s activity, followed closely by and Internet of things (IoT), which has jumped by 169%.
These figures underscore a shift in focus towards manufacturing smart home appliances, electronic devices
and smartphones.
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