IPR leadership
One of the broadest patent portfolios in the ICT industry
For more than 30 years, Nokia has defined many of the fundamental technologies used in virtually all mobile devices, including consumer products, IoT-connected industrial equipment and vehicles. We have played an instrumental role in enabling entire solutions and ecosystems through our GSM, 3G, LTE and 5G standards leadership.
Our patents by the numbers
invested in R&D over the last two decades, including 4.4 billion euros in 2019 alone
patent families
patents filed on new inventions in 2019
declared cellular standard essential patent (SEP) families
patent families declared essential to 5G, with more to follow
patent licensees across all programs, including most major smartphone vendors and many automotive brands