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Top 20 Key Players companies in Microphone
by Most Sep Patents in the world in 2021

The Microphone top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Most Sep Patents Microphone Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2021, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.
A microphone, colloquially named mic or mike (/maɪk/), is a device – a transducer – that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and public events, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, sound recording, two-way radios, megaphones, radio and television broadcasting, and in computers for recording voice, speech recognition, VoIP, and for non-acoustic purposes such as ultrasonic sensors or knock sensors.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Sony Group Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Computer hardware,Software,Music,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 10
2
QUALCOMM, Inc.
Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 9
3
Siemens AG
Bayern, Germany
Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 5
4
Motorola, Inc.
Telecommunications,Mobile phone,Broadband,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 5
5
Siemens SA
Madrid, Spain
Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine,
...[+1]
SEP patent: 5
6
Hewlett-Packard Development Co.
Beijing Shi, China
Personal computer,Computer hardware,Graphics processing unit,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 4
7
BAE Systems Information & Electronic Sys Integration, Inc.
Computer hardware,Electronics,Electronic systems,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 4
8
Infineon Technologies AG
Bayern, Germany
Semiconductor,Electronics,Efficient energy use,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 3
9
Intel Corp.
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 2
10
Etymotic Research, Inc.
Hearing aid,Medical equipment,High fidelity,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 2
11
Gemalto, Inc.
Software,Enterprise software,Computer security
SEP patent: 2
12
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
Semiconductor,Electronic component
SEP patent: 2
13
Fujitsu Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
14
Nokia Oyj
Southern Finland, Finland
Mobile device,Internet of Things,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
15
Apple, Inc.
Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
16
NEC Corp.
Tokyo, Japan
Virtualization,Big data,Network security,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
17
Sharp Corp.
Osaka, Japan
Computer hardware,Electronics,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
18
ZTE Corp.
Guangdong Sheng, China
Telecommunications,Computer hardware,Wireless,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
19
Behavior Tech Computer Corp.
Taiwan Province, China
Peripheral,Electronics,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
20
Lantiq Deutschland GmbH
Germany
Semiconductor,Software,Software suite,
...[+2]
SEP patent: 1
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