CPC technology class · H01

H01Q - Antennas

Antennas, i.e. radio aerials. 29,793 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

29,793
US patents granted: #4/14
in H01: 7.3%
H01 class share: +28%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Antennas ranks #65 of 670 CPC technology areas - 29,793 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 28% over five years.

#65
of 670 CPC technology areas: 29,793
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Samsung
leading assignee (1,717): +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How H01Q's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, H01Q recorded 14,829 grants versus 11,573 in 2015–2019 (+28% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2021 at 3,111 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1,829 (+70% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. holds 2.3% of the class ; the top three share 6.2%.

Leaderboard read

H01Q concentration, lead at 2.3%

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. leads this historical grant record at 2.3% of H01Q - foreign corporation assignees hold 52% of class grants (9,132 of 17,564). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 2.3%
Top three share: 6.2%
Lead over #2: 86

Where H01Q sits inside H01

Among 14 subclasses in H01 (Electric Elements), H01Q ranks #4 and holds 7.3% of the parent class's 406,481 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

H01L 165,178 H01M 63,620 H01R 35,523 H01J 24,482 H01F 21,711 H01H 14,753 H01B 14,745 H01S 12,879

Rising assignees active in H01Q

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Meta Platforms, Inc. 376x 2 → 751 company-wide · 10 in H01Q
#2 Block, Inc. 345x 1 → 345 company-wide · 6 in H01Q
#3 HL Klemove Corp. 109x 0 → 109 company-wide · 10 in H01Q
#4 Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. 89x 0 → 89 company-wide · 10 in H01Q
#5 TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH 68x 4 → 271 company-wide · 7 in H01Q

H01Q grants by year, peak 2021 (3,111)

US utility-patent grants per year in H01Q, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 28% versus 2015–2019.

Murata Manufacturing

680
Apple

594
Huawei

570
Commscope

457
At&T Intellectual…

359
Telefonaktiebolaget…

294
Raytheon

291
Wistron Neweb

260
Viasat

235
Chiun Mai Communicatio…

172
United States of…

170
Skyworks Solutions

154

What this shows Samsung is the most active filer in H01Q, holding 1,717 of the 29,793 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass H01Q
Rank	Company	Patents in H01Q
#1	Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	680
#2	Apple Inc.	594
#3	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	570
#4	Commscope Technologies LLC	457
#5	AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.	359
#6	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)	294
#7	Raytheon Company	291
#8	Wistron Neweb Corp.	260
#9	Viasat, Inc.	235
#10	Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.	172
#11	United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force	170
#12	Skyworks Solutions, Inc.	154
#13	Rockwell Collins, Inc.	153
#14	AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.	134
#15	Thales	132
#16	NXP B.V.	128
#17	Ethertronics, Inc	117
#18	Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.	113
#19	BlackBerry Limited	112
#20	Dongwoo Fine-chem Co., Ltd.	109

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading H01Q assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 H01Q assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H01Q. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near H01Q's 29,793-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for H01Q (#65 of 670 by volume ; lead share 5.8%) - not the H01 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B60L 29,944 C23C 29,488 B62D 29,451 B65D 29,449

Nearest by lead-assignee share

H05K 5.8% H01M 5.7% H03F 5.7% C23G 5.8%

Questions about H01Q

Which company holds the most patents in H01Q?

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. leads H01Q with 1,717 patents (2.3% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 52% of class grants.

Which H01Q assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in H01Q, Meta Platforms, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (376x: 2 grants in 2019–2021 → 751 in 2022–2024) while holding 10 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does H01Q compare inside parent class H01?

Inside H01 (Electric Elements), H01Q ranks #4 of 14 subclasses by grant volume and holds 7.3% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is H01L (165,178 grants).

What to do with this data

H01Q in context - here's where to go next.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. leads H01Q with 680 grants in this class. See full portfolio
H01Q ranks #65 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class H01, the largest sibling subclass is H01L with 165,178 grants. Explore H01L

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - H01Q figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (29,793 grants in the tracked window).

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