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Technology Landscape and IP Commercialization Trends

IoT - Internet of Things

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May 2017

IoT patents – Report overview

IoT market and technology

Analysis methodology

IoT patent landscape• Top patent holders

• Publishing trends

• Geographical spread

• Citation analysis

• Patent quality

IoT IP commercialization• Transaction trends

• Selected deals

• Top buyers and sellers

IoT technologies - Analysis• Quick facts on key players

• Taxonomy by Technologies

• Company rankings

• Patent quality

IoT applications - Analysis• Quick facts on key players

• Taxonomy by Applications

• Company rankings

• Patent quality

References

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IoT Growth estimates

May 2017

Metric Source Growth Estimates Comment

Market GrowthIDC

$656 billion in 2014 to $1.7 trillion in 2020.

CAGR 16.9% (2014 -2020)

McKinsey $900M in 2015 to $3.7B in 2020. CAGR 32.6% (2015-2020)

Connected IoT Devices by 2020/2021 (excluding smartphones, tablets, and computers)

Gartner 21 billion (2020)

Ericsson 16 billion (2021)IoT devices will exceed mobile phones in 2018.CAGR 23% (2015-2021)

IDC 28.1 billion (2020) CAGR 17.5% (2015-2020)

IoT Spend by Companies in 2020

BCG $270 billionThis is in addition to their other IT spend.

Zinnov$120 billion in 2016, growing to $253 billion in 2021.

CAGR 16% (2016-2021)

Sales by Companies: providing IoT hardware, software, and end-to-end solutions.

Bain $470 billion

A.T. Kearney $344 billion



IoT – Growth trends

May 2017

In 1-2 years

• Smart meters• Track and trace• Fleet management

In 2-5 years

• Self-optimizing production• Remote patient monitoring• Connected cars

Adoption timeframe

Forrester• Fleet management• Security and surveillance • Inventory and warehouse

BCG• Discrete manufacturing• Transportation and

logistics• Utilities

Hot application areas


• Ubiquitous internet.• Pervasive low cost connected devices.• Increased power of cloud computing.

Technology drivers

Rapid growth tech layers

• Applications & Services• Analytics• IoT Platform


IoT – Technology stack

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Will capture 60% of the IoT spend by 2020, Total B2B IoT spend by 2020 ~ US$270 billion.

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Infrastructure

Applications



IoT – Application areas

Business-facing Customer-facing

AgricultureManufacturing

MiningEnergy

Natural resourcesSupply chain

ProcessMilitary

Transportation & Logistics

HealthcareUtilities

GovernmentPublic services

Banking & InsuranceEducationHospitality

Both

RetailHome automation

WearablesEntertainment

Will capture 50% of the IoT spend by 2020, Total B2B IoT spend by 2020 ~ US$270 billion.

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IoT strategy – State of play

At this juncture,

• The definition of IoT is fuzzy – hence the wide range in growth estimates.

• Technologies, applications and business models are evolving.

What is emerging is that,

• The IoT market is driven by specific use case scenarios.

• Customers want end-to-end solutions.

• Companies have to provide the complete stack for seamless inter-operability.

• This drives M&A activity, IP and partnerships.

• Greater value resides in the upper layers of the tech stack – applications, analytics and the IoT platform.



IoT players – Focus & strategy - 1

May 2017

Sector Companies Acquisitions Comments

Technologies (Company, Description) Applications (Company, Description)

Industrial

GE Meridium Analytics – Asset performance management

Service Max Manufacturing – Factory automation

• GE's M&A focus is to build out its IoT stack as well bolster its offerings in key application areas in Industrial IoT.

• GE has used partnerships to strengthen its Industrial IoT presence (e.g. PTC) or enter new markets (e.g. Huawei in China).

• PTC's acquisitions give it a strong presence in the application and IoT platform layers of the stack.

Bit Stew Analytics – Data modeling, real time processing

Shipexpress Supply chain

Wise.io Analytics Daintree Networks Utilities – Networked lighting

Wurldtech Security

PTC Kepware Applications & Services

ColdLight Analytics

Axeda Cloud & Platform

ThingWorx Cloud & Platform

Software

Amazon AWS NICE Cloud & Platform, Analytics Elemental Technologies Entertainment – Video processing • Google has made a couple of key acquisitions in home automation, including smart utilities monitoring (Nest) and Wi-Fi cameras (Dropcam).

• Amazon has concentrated on the IoT stack in terms of its acquisitions, including a semiconductor company.

• Other software players show a focus on acquiring companies in the application (higher value) layer of the IoT stack.

• SAP acquired Plat One’s IoT platform to integrate it with its SAP HANA Cloud Platform.

2lemetry Cloud & Platform, Analytics

ClusterK Cloud & Platform

Annapurna Labs Processors, Devices

Google Apigee Cloud & Platform – API manager Nest Labs Home automation

Deepmind Analytics - AI Dropcam Home automation – Wi-Fi cameras

SAP Plat One Cloud & Platform - IoT platform

Microsoft Solair Applications & Services

Salesforce Implisit Analytics

HardwareCisco Jasper Cloud & Platform • Cisco's focus seems to be building out the

application layer of its IoT stack.ParStream Analytics

Piston Cloud Computing Cloud & Platform

Metacloud Cloud & Platform



IoT players – Focus & strategy - 2

May 2017

Sector Companies Acquisitions Comments

Technologies (Companies, Description) Applications (Companies, Description)

Consumer electronics

Samsung Harman Transportation – Connected cars

• Samsung's acquisition of Harman is to give it a stronger presence in the connected car space.

Nokia Withings Healthcare – Monitoring and fitness devices

Sony Altair Processors, Network

Telecom

Verizon Fleetmatics Transportation - Telematics • Verizon has acquired companies in various IoT application areas.

• Verizon has made multiple acquisitions in the transportation applications area, including telematics and fleet management.

Telogis Transportation – Fleet management

Hughes Telematics Transportation

Sensity Systems Utilities - Lighting

LQD WiFi Public services – Muni WiFi

Semiconductor

Intel Nervana Analytics – Deep learning Yogitech Transportation - ADAS • Semiconductor companies seem to have acquired companies in the hardware or infrastructure layer of the IoT stack.

• Intel has acquired a couple of analytics companies with the intention of providing a hardware+softwaresolution for the IoT stack.

Saffron Technology Analytics – Cognitive computing

Soft Machines Processors, Devices

Cypress Broadcom Processors, Devices

Brocade Ruckus Processors, Network

Other IoT players: Industrial: Siemens, Bosch, Autodesk | Software: IBM, Oracle | Telecom: AT&T | Semiconductor: Qualcomm, ARM

Key finding: The major IoT players seem to be acquiring companies in the upper (high value) layers of the tech stack, in preference to companies working in specific IoT application areas.



IoT Patent Landscape



May 2017

IoT patents – Top-level findings

• The top patent holders are from diverse sectors like consumer electronics (Samsung, LG, Sony); telecom

(Huawei, Ericsson, Korea Electronics Telecom, ZTE), and software (IBM, Microsoft).

• Qualcomm is the leading filer in multiple jurisdictions as well as PCT filings. This suggests an intention to license

its technologies worldwide.

• The network layer has the highest number of patent filings and accounts for 62% of all the IoT patents.

• Samsung is a key patent holder in most layers of the IoT technology stack and its patents address multiple

application areas.

• IoT patent transactions per year have shown an increase after 2011.

• Patent filings related to the upper layers of the IoT stack were relatively less till 2011, but have increased

significantly starting in 2012.



May 2017

IoT patents – Analysis methodology

Technology Categories

• Data Analytics

• Cloud computing

• Data storage

• Power management

• Security

• Network

• Processors

• Sensors

Application Categories

• Home automation

• Utilities

• Factory automation

• Automotive

• E-commerce

• Health

• Wearable

• Agriculture

• Mining

The IoT patents are segmented based on:1. The layer of the technology stack they address.2. The application area they pertain to. • Taxonomies are created in the Taxonomy Builder, using

AI-based query and child node suggestions.• The taxonomies are mapped in the Portfolio Manager

to IoT patents published worldwide in the last 10 years.• The Portfolio Manager generates analytics and insights

on technologies, applications, and company portfolios.

Relecura’s Taxonomy Builder and Portfolio Manager


Notes:1. The analysis considers patent documents and related records like

assignment transfers published in the last ten years.2. In addition, use is made of derived metadata from the above

sources such as Relecura’s concepts and Patent Quality.3. The report only makes use of patent office data from various

jurisdictions and available public domain information on companies and technologies.


IoT patents - Summary

Analysis done for patents published in the last 10 years (starting 2007).



IoT patents – Top patent holders

May 2017

Key findings:• The patent holdings are spread over several players with no single company

or small group of companies holding the bulk of the patents.• The top patent holders are from diverse sectors like consumer electronics

(Samsung, LG, Sony); telecom (Huawei, Ericsson, Korea Electronics Telecom, ZTE), software (IBM, Microsoft).

1. The above results* are based on 234,391 relevant patent documents for IoT comprising of 129,770 equivalents**.

2. * Results are based on patents published in the last 10 years.3. ** An EQUIVALENT refers to a set of patent filings with the

same priority documents, representing a single invention.



IoT patents – Assignee Topic Map

May 2017

1. The size of the bubble denotes the number of IoT patent assets held by the company

2. The proximity of the bubbles indicates the similarity between the overall portfolio of each of the companies, in terms of technologies addressed.

Key finding: We can identify different sectoral clusters in the Topic Map of the patent holding companies such as,• Automotive• Industrial• Consumer electronics• Telecom

Top 50 patent holders shown.


AutomotiveIndustrial

Consumer ElectronicsTelecom


IoT patents – Publishing trends and Y-o-Y growth

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Key finding: A spurt in patent filings is noticeable beginning in 2011.


IoT patents – Top patent holders – Publishing trends


Key findings:• Samsung's pace of filing increased

significantly starting in 2014.• Intel's filings show a similar trend with the

filings increasing post 2013.• Nokia's patent filings show a dip, reaching a

low in 2011, and then slowly increasing again.• Qualcomm's filings have been consistent and

steadily increasing in the past ten years.


IoT patents – Geographical distribution


Key findings: • Filings in IoT show an upward trend in most jurisdictions.• China, USA, Korea, Europe and Japan account for 75% of the patent filings indicating the key IoT markets.• Over 20% of the Chinese documents published are Utility Model patents.


IoT patents – Top patent holders – Geographical distribution


Key findings:• Samsung has filed a majority of its patents in US,

Korea and Europe.• All the top players except Sony have made a lot of

filings through the PCT route suggesting an interest in targeting global markets.

• Qualcomm and Intel have filed many more patents in Taiwan, in comparison to the other top players.

• Qualcomm is the leading filer in Japan, India, Taiwan, Canada, Russia, Australia, Spain, Austria and Brazil -as well as PCT filings. This suggests an intention to license its technologies worldwide.

• A majority of the non-US companies have filed equally in their home countries as well as the US.


IoT patents – Top cited

May 2017

Key findings:.• Accenture holds two patents in the list of top cited patents.• Google and IBM have cited three patents heavily out of the above top cited patents suggesting a strong interest in the area.

Publication Number

Title Filing Date Star Rating Relecura AssigneeForward Citations

CountSelf Citations Cited by Others

US7957991B2Technology sharing during demand and supply planning in a network-based supply chain environment

2006-02-27 4.5 Accenture 697 7HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC(67), EWINWIN INC(33), VERITONE INC(31), ORACLE(20), IBM(19)

US20080004904A1Systems and methods for providing interoperability among healthcare devices

2006-08-30 4.0 TRAN BAO Q 658 -SOTERA WIRELESS INC(42), CORVENTIS INC(26), CARDIAC PACEMAKERS(23), EARLYSENSE LTD(19), GE(17)

US7733224B2Mesh network personal emergency response appliance

2006-06-30 4.5 Philips 656 14PROTEUS DIGITAL HEALTH INC(62), HELLO INC(43), CARDIAC PACEMAKERS(16), COVIDIEN(16), THERANOS INC(16)\

US9143569B2Systems and methods for processing, transmitting and displaying sensor data

2009-02-20 4.5 Dexcom 554 169ABBOTT(305), HELLO INC(43), THERASENSE(5), CARDIAC PACEMAKERS(3), DEKA PRODUCTS(3),

US8117281B2

Using internet content as a means to establish live social networks by linking internet users to each other who are simultaneously engaged in the same and/or similar content

2007-11-02 4.5 ADDNCLICK INC 543 1AMAZON(99), PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC(45), LINKEDIN(31), AT&T(30), GOOGLE(23), IBM(23)

US8244179B2Wireless inter-device data processing configured through inter-device transmitted data

2005-05-12 4.5 SYNDEFENSE 493 13APPLE(57), SPRINT(48), KEYSSA INC(34), DAMAKA INC(27), SAMSUNG(21)

US7165041B1 Web-based architecture sales tool 1999-05-27 4.0 Accenture 461 5CITRIX SYSTEMS(141), ORACLE(29), EBAY(23), AMERICAN MEGATRENDS INC(16), MICROSOFT(15)

US7516106B2System and method for controlling usage of a commodity

2003-07-28 4.5 Schneider Electric 435 5LENNOX(50), HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC(31), GOOGLE(22), PENTAIR WATER POOL & SPA INC(16), ALSTOM(15)

US8255090B2System and method for home energy monitor and control

2008-02-01 4.0 Alarm.com|ENERGYHUB INC 431 -GOOGLE(63), LENNOX(36), SAMSUNG(29), HONEYWELL(17), ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS INC(15)

US7969306B2Context-aware and real-time item tracking system architecture and scenarios

2003-01-10 4.5 SAP 428 36MICROSOFT(35), IBM(28), COMMVAULT SYSTEMS(24), VARCODE LTD(18), ICEBERG LUXEMBOURG S A R L(15)



IoT patents – Top forward-cited assignee

May 2017

Key finding: Samsung, Qualcomm, Huawei, IBM, ZTE and Microsoft are the top forward citers of IoT patents (including self-cites) indicating active on-going research and development in this area.



IoT high quality* patents – Top holders

May 2017

“High quality” patent – Patents with a Relecura Patent Quality star rating of 3 or above (out of 5).* 10,326 filings are deemed “high quality”.

** Percentage of high quality patent filings owned by the organization.

Patent HolderNumber of high quality*

applicationsShare** of high

quality applicationsQUALCOMM 852 7.14

INTEL 412 3.45

SAMSUNG 393 3.30

SONY 303 2.54

CISCO 272 2.28

GOOGLE 260 2.18

NOKIA 236 1.98

MICROSOFT 227 1.90

ERICSSON 203 1.70

AVAGO 183 1.53

LG 123 1.03

AT&T 119 1.00

AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC 116 0.97

BLACKBERRY 113 0.95

APPLE 112 0.94

HUAWEI 106 0.89

IBM 102 0.86

FITBIT INC 96 0.80

PANASONIC 95 0.80

HONEYWELL 83 0.70

INTERDIGITAL 82 0.69

PHILIPS 80 0.67

GE 64 0.54

FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS 60 0.50

AMAZON 59 0.49

Patent HolderNumber of high quality*

applicationsShare** of high quality

applicationsSIEMENS 56 0.47

ALCATEL-LUCENT 54 0.45CANON 51 0.43

MOTOROLA 50 0.42INTERTRUST 48 0.40

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION 48 0.40

NEC 45 0.38WHIRLPOOL 44 0.37

HARRIS 42 0.35HITACHI 40 0.34

RICOH 38 0.32SAP 37 0.31

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 37 0.31

FUJITSU 33 0.28

ORACLE 33 0.28BOEING 32 0.27ELWHA 32 0.27

MARVELL 32 0.27

TEGO INC 32 0.27SONOS INC 31 0.26

HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC 30 0.25

ITRI 30 0.25

SPLUNK INC 30 0.25

VERIZON 30 0.25

ACCENTURE 29 0.24

Key finding: Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung, Sony and Cisco are the top holders of the high quality* IoT patents.



IoT patents – Star rating of 4 and above


Star RatingNo of

EquivalentsTechnologies covered Applications addressed

5 23 Security (18), Network (17),Sensors (10)

e-commerce (10), Automotive (8), Home (5)

4.5 532 Network (421), Security (381), Sensors (230)

Home (120), e commerce (116), Automotive (90)

4 1085 Network (856), Security (709), Sensors (402)

Home (209), e commerce (183), Utilities (163)

Publication Number

Title – 5 Star Patents Relecura Assignees

US9602864B2 Media bridge apparatus and methods Time Warner Cable

US9607131B2 Secure and efficient content screening in a networked environment VERANCE CORP

US9154907B2 Efficient periodic location reporting in a radio access network Qualcomm

US8982715B2 Inter-networking devices for use with physical layer information CommScope

US8373362B2 Methods, systems, and apparatus for commissioning an LED lighting fixture with remote reporting

DIGITAL LUMENS INCORPORATED

US9235941B2 Simultaneous video streaming across multiple channels AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC

US8989778B2 Secure and private location sharing for location-aware mobile communication devices

GREEN DOT CORPORATION

US7899611B2 Detecting anomalous road traffic conditions INRIX INC

US7882394B2 Intelligent condition-monitoring and fault diagnostic system for predictive maintenance

Brooks Automation

US8874477B2 Multifactorial optimization system and method MeadWestvaco

US9614641B2 Resource coordination for peer-to-peer groups through distributed negotiation

Qualcomm

US9544075B2 Platform for wireless identity transmitter and system using short range wireless broadcast

Qualcomm

US9148908B2 Wireless communication methods, systems, and computer program products

University of Texas System

US8473148B2 Fleet management systems and methods for complex event processing of vehicle-related information via local and remote complex event processing engines

CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Publication Number

Title – 5 Star Patents Relecura Assignees

US9159232B2 Vehicle climate control AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC

US9240018B2 Method and system for maintaining and reporting vehicle occupant information

AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC

US9324234B2 Vehicle comprising multi-operating system AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC

US8291238B2 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection

Intertrust

US8364609B2 Optimization of microgrid energy use and distribution

INTEGRAL ANALYTICS INC

US9614964B2 Consumer electronic registration, control and support concierge device and method

NEXSTEP INC

US9384594B2 Anchoring virtual images to real world surfaces in augmented reality systems

Qualcomm

US9082239B2 Intelligent vehicle for assisting vehicle occupants AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC

US8926509B2 Wireless physiological sensor patches and systems

HMICRO INC


IoT patents – Transactions



IoT patents – Transactions

May 2017

Key finding: IoT patent transactions per year have shown an increase after 2011.

The above results* are based on transactions of 12,201** IoT patent documents.• Results are based on patents published in the last 10 years.• Transaction records between the same company, patents mortgaged to bank and inventor transactions are not included in the count.** The results are grouped by applications, which give one transaction for both the published application and granted document taken together.



IoT patents – Key transactions

May 2017

Key findings:• Google acquired patents from Motorola Mobility, KLJ Consulting, Nest Labs and IBM.• Autoconnect Holdings acquired 152 applications in the area of connected cars.• Samsung acquired patents from Allure Energy in the area of smart homes.

• HP’s acquisition of Aruba Networks gave it access to security related patents.• Broadcom acquired patents from Octalica Inc. in the area of home networks, Innovision in

NFC, and LTE-related assets from Renesas.• Cisco acquired network related patents from PARC, cloud and platform related patents from

Jasper Technologies, and cyber security patents from Sourcefire.

Buyer Seller/Transfer* No. of Applications*

AvagoBroadcom 532

Agere 19

GOOGLE

MOTOROLA MOBILITY 119

KLJ CONSULTING LLC 84

NEST LABS 68

IBM 12

AUTOMATED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS INC 6

AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC FLEXTRONICS 152

SAMSUNG

ALLURE ENERGY INC 34

AT&T 3

CELLSPIN SOFT INC 1

NOKIA

SIEMENS (Joint venture closed) 23

SYMBIAN (Foundation closed) 6

LOUDEYE CORP 2

ALCATEL-LUCENT

MOTIVE INC 15

BEIER AERKATE CO LTD SHANGHAI 11

MFORMATION SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 8

QUALCOMM

CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO 53

HP 43

ORB NETWORKS INC 16

INNOPATH SOFTWARE INC 5

Buyer Seller/Transfer* No. of Applications*

HP

PALM 40

ARUBA NETWORKS 17

3COM 13

BITFONE 10

MicrosoftMAXSP CORP 14

ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM(Microsoft is a consortium member)

8

NXP BROADCOM 15

INTEL VIA TELECOM (Asset sale) 19

BROADCOM

RENESAS 38

INNOVISION RES & TECH LTD 13

OCTALICA INC 5

CISCO

PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER (PARC) 20

JASPER TECHNOLOGIES LLC 10

SOURCEFIRE 9

ADIDAS TECHNIKKA CONEXION LLC 42

APPLE

ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM(Apple is a consortium member)

32

BODHI TECHNOLOGY VENTURES LLC 1

NIKE 1

PINPOINT INC 1* Companies in red indicate assignment transfer via acquisition.



IoT patents – Top buyers

May 2017

Key finding: Avago, Google, Samsung, Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent are the key companies acquiring IoT patents.



IoT patents – Top sellers/transfer

May 2017

Key findings: Broadcom, HP, Flextronics, IBM and Motorola Mobility are the key companies selling/transferring IoT patents.



IoT patents – Analysis by Technologies



IoT patents – Taxonomy (Technologies)



IoT patents – Technologies – Quick facts on key players


IoT Technologies No. of Equivalents Top Patent Holders Top Cited Companies Holders of High Quality Patents * Key Patent Buyers

Network 81,319SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, HUAWEI, LG, ZTE,

INTELSAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, HUAWEI, ZTE, IBM,

LGQUALCOMM, SAMSUNG, INTEL, SONY,

NOKIA, CISCOAVAGO, GOOGLE, AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS

LLC, QUALCOMM, CISCO

Sensors 47,207SAMSUNG, KOREA ELECTRONICS

TELECOMM, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC), SIEMENS, LG, PHILIPS

SAMSUNG, IBM, QUALCOMM, MICROSOFT, KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM, SONY

GOOGLE, SAMSUNG, AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, FITBIT INC, QUALCOMM,

MICROSOFT

GOOGLE, AVAGO, AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, SAMSUNG

Security 42,943SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, INTEL, HUAWEI, LG,

ERICSSONSAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, IBM, MICROSOFT,

HUAWEI, INTELQUALCOMM, GOOGLE, SAMSUNG, INTEL,

CISCOAVAGO, GOOGLE, AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS

LLC, QUALCOMM, CISCO

Power Management 28,095INTEL, SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, STATE GRID

CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC), LG, SIEMENS

SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC), LG, INTEL,

HUAWEI

INTEL, QUALCOMM, GOOGLE, AVAGO, SAMSUNG

AVAGO, GOOGLE, SAMSUNG, XENOGENIC DEVELOPMENT LLC, QUALCOMM, RATEZE

REMOTE MGMT LLC

Data Analytics 24,068SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, KOREA

ELECTRONICS TELECOMM, SONY, ZTE, HUAWEI

SAMSUNG, IBM, MICROSOFT, QUALCOMM, HUAWEI, ZTE

QUALCOMM, AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, MICROSOFT, SAMSUNG, SONY

AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, AVAGO, CISCO, GOOGLE, HEWLETT PACKARD

ENTERPRISE

Data Storage 7,008SAMSUNG, INTEL, LG, IBM, HITACHI, STATE

GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)IBM, SAMSUNG, MICROSOFT, HUAWEI,

INTEL, ZTEINTEL, MICROSOFT, QUALCOMM, AVAGO,

SAMSUNG

AVAGO, KIP SMRT P1 LP, GOOGLE, AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, HEWLETT

PACKARD ENTERPRISE

Processors 6,893SAMSUNG, SONY, MICROSOFT, IBM,

PANASONIC, NECIBM, SAMSUNG, MICROSOFT, SONY,

FUJITSU, HUAWEIAUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, MICROSOFT,

SAMSUNG, WHIRLPOOL, SONY, CISCO

AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, AVAGO, GOOGLE, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE,

EAGLE HARBOR HOLDINGS LLC

Cloud Computing 4,674SAMSUNG, INTEL, MICROSOFT, IBM,

GOOGLE, ZONGCHENG LIIBM, MICROSOFT, SAMSUNG, GOOGLE,

QUALCOMM, ZTEGOOGLE, QUALCOMM, ROCKWELL

AUTOMATION, CITRIX SYSTEMS, MICROSOFTAUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, SAMSUNG,

GOOGLE, KIP SMRT P1 LP, NOKIA

* “High quality” patent – Patents with a Relecura Patent Quality star rating of 3 or above (out of 5).

Key finding: The network layer has the highest number of patent filings and accounts for 62% of the IoT patents.


IoT patents – Company rankings (Technologies)

May 2017

Key findings:• Samsung is a key patent holder in most of the layers of the technology stack.• Intel is the top player in power management, and has patent filings in other layers of

the stack as well.

• IBM’s patent holdings are mainly focused on data storage, analytics, processors and cloud computing.

• Google has patent filings primarily in sensors and cloud computing technologies.

• Rockwell Automation shows up in the company rankings for just cloud computing.

Rank (based on # of equivalents held)

Network Sensors Security Power Management Data Analytics Data Storage Processors Cloud Computing

1 SAMSUNG(3321) SAMSUNG(1451) SAMSUNG(2381) INTEL(695) SAMSUNG(644) SAMSUNG(155) SAMSUNG(489) SAMSUNG(67)

2 QUALCOMM(2743)KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(686)

QUALCOMM(1177) SAMSUNG(629) QUALCOMM(507) INTEL(97) SONY(206) INTEL(56)

3 HUAWEI(2007)STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)(444)

INTEL(761) QUALCOMM(609)KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(402)

LG(91) MICROSOFT(176) MICROSOFT(55)

4 LG(1758) SIEMENS(429) HUAWEI(684)STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)(580)

SONY(312) IBM(79) IBM(156) GOOGLE(48)

5 ZTE(1671) LG(360) LG(657) LG(433) ZTE(297) HITACHI(74) PANASONIC(134) IBM(48)

6 INTEL(1583) PHILIPS(349) ERICSSON(640) SIEMENS(375) HUAWEI(294)STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)(74)

NEC(121) ZONGCHENG LI(48)

7 ERICSSON(1477) SONY(333) ZTE(634)KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(282)

MICROSOFT(262) HUAWEI(73) HUAWEI(118) QUALCOMM(39)

8 SONY(1277) QUALCOMM(293) NOKIA(549) HUAWEI(212)STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)(246)

SONY(72) HITACHI(117) SIEMENS(38)

9 NOKIA(1193) GOOGLE(287) SONY(525) PANASONIC(210) LG(235) MICROSOFT(69) INTEL(112)KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(27)

10KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(1151)

NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS(287)

CISCO(449) SONY(210) IBM(233) ZTE(68) QUALCOMM(100)ROCKWELL AUTOMATION(25)



IoT patents – Publishing trends (Technologies)

May 2017

Key findings:• Filings in IoT network-related

technologies have been the highest each year over the last ten years.

• The filings in sensors overtook those in security in 2009 and have exceeded them since.

• Cloud computing filings were the least among the technologies studied till 2011, but have increased significantly starting in 2012.

• Every IoT-related technology, except processors, have show a marked upward trend from 2011.

• The filing trend for processors has been more or less flat over the last ten years.



IoT patents – Technologies by assignees


Normalized count comparison: The size of each bubble represents the percentage of total patents for each technology across portfolios, and the colored sectors represent the relative percentages in the respective portfolios.

Comparative Topic Map of the top four technology layers addressed by the company portfolio.


IoT patents – Analysis by Applications



IoT patents – Taxonomy (Applications) - 1



IoT patents – Taxonomy (Applications) - 2



IoT patents – Applications – Quick facts on key players

May 2017

* “High quality” patent – Patents with a Relecura Patent Quality star rating of 3 or above (out of 5).

Key finding: Samsung is a top-5 patent holder across application categories except mining.


IoT Applications No. of Equivalents Top Patent Holders Top Cited Companies Holders of High Quality Patents* Key Companies Buying Patents

Home 23,199SAMSUNG, HUAWEI, ZTE, ERICSSON, LG,

QUALCOMMSAMSUNG, HUAWEI, ZTE, ERICSSON,

QUALCOMM, LGSAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, ERICSSON, GOOGLE,

SONY

AVAGO, GOOGLE, SAMSUNG, HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC, RATEZE REMOTE MGMT

LLC, HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC

Utilities 16,905LG, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA

(SGCC), SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, INTEL, ITRONSAMSUNG, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC), QUALCOMM, LG, GE, IBM

QUALCOMM, INTEL, GOOGLE, CISCO, SAMSUNG, LG

AVAGO, GOOGLE, ITRON, SAMSUNG, HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC

Factory Automation 12,513FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, SIEMENS, STATE

GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC), QUALCOMM, ABB

IBM, QUALCOMM, SAMSUNG, SIEMENS, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA

(SGCC), HUAWEI

FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, QUALCOMM, ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, ELWHA, INTEL,

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

AVAGO, SAMSUNG, GOOGLE, FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, SIPCO LLC,

BENHOV GMBH LLC

Automotive 10,811GM, SAMSUNG, TOYOTA, FORD, HYUNDAI,

CONTINENTALGM, FORD, IBM, HYUNDAI, TOYOTA,

SAMSUNGAUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, GE, GM,

SAMSUNG, FORDAUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, AVAGO,

GM, SAMSUNG, LEAR

e-commerce 8,468SAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, AUTOCONNECT

HOLDINGS LLC, SONY, INTERTRUST, NOKIAIBM, SAMSUNG, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE,

QUALCOMM, SONYAUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, QUALCOMM,

GOOGLE, INTERTRUST, CISCO

AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC, AVAGO, GOOGLE, HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC,

PAYPAL

Health 8,291SAMSUNG, PHILIPS, COVIDIEN, QUALCOMM,

GE, SIEMENSSAMSUNG, IBM, PHILIPS, QUALCOMM, GE,

MICROSOFTFITBIT INC, HILL-ROM, PHILIPS, CARDIAC

PACEMAKERS, MEDTRONICCOVIDIEN, ADIDAS, AVAGO, LIEBEL-

FLARSHEIM, DEXCOM, PHILIPS

Wearables 6,657SAMSUNG, FITBIT INC, QUALCOMM, PHILIPS,

INTEL, MICROSOFTSAMSUNG, QUALCOMM, IBM, GOOGLE,

MICROSOFT, SONY, LGFITBIT INC, QUALCOMM, MICROSOFT, FITSTAR

INC, SAMSUNG, PHILIPSPHILIPS, TECHNIKKA CONEXION LLC,

AVAGO, ADIDAS, MICROSOFT

Agriculture 2,327

SAMSUNG, ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, NANJING

AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, WUXI TONGCHUN NEW ENERGY TECH, JOHN DEERE, HUSQVARNA,

SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, GOOGLE, IROBOT,

RAIN BIRD CORP, HONEYWELL, CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, JOHN DEERE,

GOOGLE, DELPHIAN SYSTEMS LLC, GE, JIANGSU UNIVERSITY, IBM, LG

SAMSUNG, DOW, GOOGLE, IROBOT, ALLURE ENERGY INC, GE, RAIN BIRD CORPORATION,

SUGANIT SYSTEMS INC,

SAMSUNG, GOOGLE, AGJUNCTION LLC, RAIN BIRD CORPORATION, SIPCO LLC

Mining 1,117

HALLIBURTON, SCHLUMBERGER, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY,

SHELL, BAKER HUGHES, ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GE

HALLIBURTON, SCHLUMBERGER, BAKER HUGHES, CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING

AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SHELL, CHEVRON

HALLIBURTON, SCHLUMBERGER, BAKER HUGHES, SHELL

INTELLISERV LLC, SCHLUMBERGER, HALLIBURTON, LEICA GEOSYSTEMS, BAKER

HUGHES,


IoT patents – Company rankings (Applications)

May 2017

Key findings:• Patent holdings in the automotive and mining application areas are dominated by the incumbent companies in these sectors.• Patents related to agriculture applications have been mainly filed by academic and research institutions.


Rank (based on # of equivalents held)

Home Utilities Factory Automation Automotive e-commerce Health Wearables Agriculture Mining

1 SAMSUNG(1386)STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)(530)

STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC)(227)

SAMSUNG(308) SAMSUNG(391) SAMSUNG(401) SAMSUNG(250) SAMSUNG(27) HALLIBURTON(64)

2 HUAWEI(826) LG(406) SIEMENS(205) GM(204) QUALCOMM(202) PHILIPS(187) INTEL(71)ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY(24)

CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY(50)

3 ZTE(726) QUALCOMM(294) QUALCOMM(121) HYUNDAI(172) NOKIA(98) GE(83) QUALCOMM(53)CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY(15) SCHLUMBERGER(44)

4 LG(686) SAMSUNG(291) SAMSUNG(118) TOYOTA(160) SONY(97) QUALCOMM(77) PHILIPS(49)NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY(15) BAKER HUGHES(25)

5 ERICSSON(460) INTEL(201) ABB(113) CONTINENTAL(136) LG(83) COVIDIEN(67) LG(48)WUXI TONGCHUN NEW ENERGY TECH(15)

ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(24)

6 SONY(384)KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(177)

INTEL(90) DENSO(126) INTEL(81) SIEMENS(67) MICROSOFT(46) JOHN DEERE(13) SHELL(17)

7 QUALCOMM(373) SIEMENS(154)FISHER ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS(82)

FORD(118) CISCO(75) HILL-ROM(61)KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(44)

HUSQVARNA(11) SELMAN AND ASSOCIATES LTD(9)

8 PANASONIC(330) ERICSSON(140)ROCKWELL AUTOMATION(82)

BOSCH(95) IBM(73) MEDTRONIC(56) SONY(32)

SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY(11)

UNANIMOUS A I INC(9)

9 NOKIA(309) CISCO(136)


QUALCOMM(87)AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC(71)

INTEL(51)


GOOGLE(10) STIMLINE AS(8)

10KOREA ELECTRONICS TELECOMM(291)

SONY(124) ZTE(67) GE(81) HUAWEI(70) MICROSOFT(38)SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY(30)

IROBOT(9)XIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(8)


IoT patents – Publishing trends (Applications)

May 2017

Key findings:• Patent filings in applications related to utilities

increased significantly beginning 2010.• Automotive and factory automation

applications have seen significantly greater patent filings starting 2011.

• The wearables application segment has seen rapid growth after 2013.



IoT patents – Applications by assignees


Normalized count comparison: The size of each bubble represents the percentage of total patents for each technology across portfolios, and the colored sectors represent the relative percentages in the respective portfolios.

Comparative Topic Map of the top four application areas addressed by the company portfolio.


References

Market and business scenario

• Winning in IoT: It’s All About the Business Processes

• Roundup Of Internet Of Things Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2016

• Popular Internet of Things Forecast of 50 Billion Devices by 2020 Is Outdated

• Gartner Says 8.4 Billion Connected "Things" Will Be in Use in 2017, Up 31 Percent From 2016

• Zinnov Zones for IoT Services

• 5 startups dominating IoT security

• IoT market segments - Biggest opportunities in industrial manufacturing

Acquisitions

• IoT Sector Consolidation Heats Up With SAP's Plat.One Acquisition

• 10 Internet Of Things Acquisitions So Far In 2016

• 6 Noteworthy IoT Acquisitions That Happened in 2016

Patents

• The IP of IoT - Top 5 Companies and How Their IP Pans Out

• New IoT platform off to a good start but deals will ultimately determine success

• Ericsson’s patent pool is far from the new start the IoT needs

Background

• Internet of Things (IoT) and related terms - the big IoT definitions overview

• Mapping the Internet of Things

• The Ultimate Guide to Internet of Things (IoT) Technology



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