Top 50 Key Players companies in Feature phone by Most Patent Filings in the world in 2021 – Discovery

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The Feature phone top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Filings Feature phone 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.

Feature phone (known in popular culture as a dumbphone) is a term typically used to describe a class of mobile phones that are still technically otherwise smartphones, besides their lack of highly advanced hardware and capabilities of modern ones. Feature phones tend to use an embedded operating system with a small and simple graphical user interface. Unlike large and complex general-purpose mobile operating systems like Android or iOS, feature phones typically provide voice calling and text messaging functionality as well as basic multimedia and Internet capabilities and other services offered by the user's wireless service provider. Feature phones have a backlit LCD screen and micro USB port and have a physical keyboard, a microphone, SD card slot, a rear-facing camera to record video and capture pictures; and GPS. Some feature phones include a rudimentary app store that include basic software such as mobile games, calendar and calculator programs.

1	Google LLC	California, United States	Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
2	Kyocera Corp.	Kyoto, Japan	Semiconductor,Electronics,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
3	PayPal, Inc.	California, United States	Mobile payment,E-commerce,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 6
4	Infraware Technology, Inc.	Seoul, South Korea	Software,Middleware,Enterprise software	Patent: 5
5	Octel Communications Corp.	California, United States	Telecommunications	Patent: 4
6	Ericsson, Inc.	Texas, United States	Wireless,Telecommunications,Transmitter, ...[+2]	Patent: 4
7	Lerong Zhixin Electronic Technology (Tianjin) Co. Ltd.	Tianjin Shi, China	Computer hardware,Electronics	Patent: 4
8	LG Electronics, Inc.	South Korea	Computer hardware,Electronics,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	Patent: 3
9	JRD Communication, Inc.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Telecommunications,Mobile device,GSM, ...[+2]	Patent: 3
10	VMX, Inc.	California, United States	Social network,sports equipment,Semiconductor, ...[+1]	Patent: 3
11	Le Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China		Patent: 3
12	Intellectual Ventures I LLC	Delaware, United States	Asset management	Patent: 3
13	Siemens AG	Bayern, Germany	Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
14	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Computer hardware,Semiconductor,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
15	ZTE Corp.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Telecommunications,Computer hardware,Wireless, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
16	State Grid Corp. of China	Beijing Shi, China	Electric vehicle,Power grid,Total asset, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
17	MERCURY Corp.	South Korea	Telecommunications equipment,Fiber,Computer animation, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
18	SK Planet Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Software,Enterprise software,Mobile banking, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
19	Siemens SA	Madrid, Spain	Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine, ...[+1]	Patent: 2
20	STARTUP Keukey, Inc.	South Korea	Software,Language model,Mobile device, ...[+1]	Patent: 2
21	Avata Technologies Corp.	California, United States	Project management,New product development,Collaborative product development, ...[+1]	Patent: 2
22	Nuevo Power, Inc.	United States		Patent: 2
23	Flyfot Technologies Beijing Co. Ltd.	China		Patent: 2
24	AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Texas)	Texas, United States	Alternative investment,Asset management	Patent: 2
25	Tianjin Electric Power Corp.	Tianjin Shi, China	Electromagnetic clutch,Pulley,Machine element, ...[+2]	Patent: 2
26	Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Telecommunications,Mobile phone	Patent: 2
27	Canon, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Computer hardware,Software,Computer vision, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
28	Meta Platforms, Inc.	California, United States	Broadcasting,Publishing,Pre-money valuation, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
29	Konica Minolta, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Medical imaging,Attractiveness,Product group, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
30	eBay, Inc.	California, United States	E-commerce,Search engine,Common value auction, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
31	SoftBank Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
32	KT Corp.	South Korea	Telecommunications,Internet of Things,Broadband, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
33	Xiaomi Corp.	Beijing Shi, China	Mobile device,Wearable technology,Network router, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
34	Konka Group Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Electronics,Vacuum cleaner,Environmental protection, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
35	NAVER Corp.	Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	Search engine,Internet of Things,Mobile content, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
36	LG Uplus Corp.	South Korea	Telecommunications,Mobile device,Electronics, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
37	BOKU, Inc.	California, United States	Mobile payment,E-commerce,Mobile device, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
38	NTT DoCoMo, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Telecommunications,Wireless,Mobile device, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
39	Avaya, Inc.	North Carolina, United States	Call centre,Unified communications,Systems design, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
40	Sybase, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Morus nigra,Information technology management, ...[+1]	Patent: 1
41	Pantech & Curitel Communications, Inc.	South Korea	Handset,Electronics,Telecommunications, ...[+1]	Patent: 1
42	TracFone Wireless, Inc.	United States	Wireless,Telecommunications,Virtual network, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
43	China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Telecommunications,Telecommunications service,Telephony, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
44	Avaya LLC	North Carolina, United States	Software,Telecommunications,Wireless, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
45	Sega Group Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Software,Enterprise software	Patent: 1
46	Shanghai Feixun Communication Co., Ltd	Henan Sheng, China	Cloud computing,Electronics,Customer relationship management	Patent: 1
47	Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Co., Ltd.	Fujian Sheng, China	Mobile phone,Mobile device	Patent: 1
48	Xiamen Yaxon Network Co., Ltd.	Fujian Sheng, China	Telematics,FlexRay,Electronics, ...[+2]	Patent: 1
49	Daehan Solution Co. Ltd.	Incheon, South Korea	Noise	Patent: 1
50	Xiaomi, Inc.	Beijing Shi, China	Internet television,Telecommunications,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 1