Global 5G chipset patent applications filed 2010-2020
The number of 5G chipset patent applications filed worldwide has been on an upward trend from 2010 to 2018, with 1,494 filed patent applications worldwide in 2018. While the patent applications data for 2019 and 2020 appears to be less than the previous years, the figures do not fully reflect the yearly data as this data is still provisional and may not have been published yet.