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Nokia Corporation

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Finland · group structure from the OneTwelve entity map

Thirty years of Nokia patent ownership, fully traced.

OneTwelve’s Multi-Factor Intelligence Tools untangle decades of assignments, mergers, spin-offs and renames into one crystal-clear picture — and every step links back to the recorded USPTO document behind it.

21,192
plus 34,906 pending applications
U.S. patents held today by the Nokia group
1,571
the rest sit with subsidiaries such as Nokia Technologies and Nokia Solutions and Networks
In Nokia’s own name
10,888
all recorded assignments
Patents & applications acquired from outside the group
14,324
all recorded assignments
Patents & applications transferred out of the group

Recorded USPTO assignments since 1990. 39,154 inventor-to-employer assignments are counted separately and not shown as moves.

2026ACQUIREDWITHIN GROUPTRANSFERRED1995200020052010201520202025Nokia TechnologiesAlcatel LucentLucent TechnologiesNokia SolutionsNokia SiemensAlcatel
AS OF 2026
106
Moves
9,078
In
13,406
Out
27,202
In group

Drag across the chart to zoom into any period · click a move for its recorded evidence · ← → to step through moves

Where the patents went

Band width = patents in the recorded move. Press play to scan through the years. Click a band.

The biggest recorded moves · 14 of 103

ACQUIREDTRANSFERRED OUTWITHIN THE NOKIA GROUPNo acquisitions recorded in these yearsNo transfers out in these yearsLucent Technologies2,570 patents · 2008Nokia Solutions1,813 patents · 2014Nokia Denmark1,164 patents · 2020Alcatel-Lucent Canada380 patents · 2008Nokia Uk352 patents · 2020LG Electronics309 patents · 2025WSOU Investments4,619 patents · 2017Provenance Asset3,911 patents · 2017Microsoft Mobile1,212 patents · 2014Sound View571 patents · 2014Nokia 2011480 patents · 2011Nokia Technologies9,445 patents · 2015Alcatel Lucent2,801 patents · 2011Nokia Technologies2,192 patents · 2017NokiagroupAS OF2026
Transferred out

2017-09-13 → 2022-06-07

3,911 patents transferred to Provenance Asset Group LLC

27 recorded documents · via Nokia Technologies Oy

The path, as recorded

Steps after Provenance Asset Group LLC are its own later recorded transfers, which can include patents it already held.

  1. 1Nokia Technologies OyNokia group
  2. 2Provenance Asset Group LLC3,911 patents · 2017
  3. 3Facebook, Inc.later transfer recorded by the recipient · 109 patents · 2018
  4. 4Lyten, Inc.later transfer recorded by the recipient · 45 patents · 2019
  5. 5RPX Corporationlater transfer recorded by the recipient · 3,694 patents · 2021

Recorded assignments · USPTO reel/frame

  • 43877/12017-09-13
    ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST3,885 patents
  • 44043/4132017-11-06
    ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST1 patents
  • 46146/12018-05-11
    ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST1 patents

Patents moved per year · click a year to zoom

Bar height on a square-root scale. Exact recorded totals per year, all assignments (not only the moves shown).

Group membership today · entity map

  • Nokia TechnologiesUltimate owner: Nokia Corporation
  • Nokia Solutions and NetworksUltimate owner: Nokia Corporation
  • Alcatel-LucentUltimate owner: Nokia Corporation

Where this comes from

OneTwelve ownership graph, as of 2026-09-28. Recorded USPTO assignments (ownership transfers, mergers and name changes; security interests, releases and inventor assignments excluded). Patent counts sum the properties on the recorded documents. Group membership per the OneTwelve entity map; joined-the-group dates come from corporate registry records and reviewed disclosures. Moves of 40+ patents are shown; inventor-to-employer assignments are excluded. Recorded assignments show where patents moved; on their own they do not prove the business reason for a move. Story captions are generated from the recorded moves.

Nokia patent ownership history: the recorded moves

Between 2002 and 2025, recorded USPTO assignments show the Nokia group acquiring 10,888 patents and applications from outside the group and transferring 14,324 out of it. 103 moves of 40 or more patents are traced here, each tied to the recorded document behind it. Today the group holds 21,192 U.S. patents and 34,906 pending applications.

Largest transfers out: WSOU Investments, LLC (4,619 patents, 2017); Provenance Asset Group LLC (3,911 patents, 2017); Microsoft Mobile Oy (1,212 patents, 2014).

Largest acquisitions: Lucent Technologies Inc (2,570 patents, 2008); Nokia Solutions And Networks GmbH & Co. Kg (1,813 patents, 2014); Nokia Denmark A/s (1,164 patents, 2020).

All 106 recorded moves, by year

2025

  • 67 patents acquired from Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 71711/153, recorded 2025-06-24
  • 309 patents acquired from LG Electronics Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 72859/365, recorded 2025-09-09
  • 49 patents acquired from Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 73133/98, recorded 2025-10-30

2024

  • 57 patents acquired from AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · USPTO reel/frame 66482/116, recorded 2024-02-16
  • 40 patents transferred to Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 67669/385, recorded 2024-06-10

2023

  • 81 patents transferred to Rfs Technologies, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 64659/956, recorded 2023-08-22

2022

  • 267 patents acquired from Elenion Technologies LLC · USPTO reel/frame 58708/603, recorded 2022-01-06
  • 169 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 58750/557, recorded 2022-01-14
  • 41 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 59269/734, recorded 2022-03-15
  • Lucent Technologies Grl LLC joined the Nokia group
  • 376 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 60987/501, recorded 2022-09-05
  • 40 patents acquired from Nokia Shanghai Bell Software Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 61390/857, recorded 2022-10-12
  • 459 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 61522/413, recorded 2022-10-25
  • 120 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 62165/459, recorded 2022-12-20

2021

  • 175 patents moved to Nokia Bell Nv · USPTO reel/frame 54807/758, recorded 2021-01-05
  • 83 patents acquired from Cricrì, Francesco · USPTO reel/frame 55164/953, recorded 2021-02-05
  • 68 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 55216/493, recorded 2021-02-10
  • 74 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 55743/649, recorded 2021-03-27
  • 93 patents acquired from Nokia Solutions And Networks Korea Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 56122/806, recorded 2021-05-04
  • 47 patents acquired from Nokia Solutions And Networks Hellas Single Member S.a · USPTO reel/frame 56171/142, recorded 2021-05-07
  • 107 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 58269/986, recorded 2021-12-02

2020

  • 91 patents transferred to Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 51594/900, recorded 2020-01-23
  • 45 patents acquired from Cellular Communications Equipment LLC · USPTO reel/frame 51728/349, recorded 2020-02-05
  • 131 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 51908/237, recorded 2020-02-24
  • 58 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 52888/487, recorded 2020-06-09
  • 54 patents transferred to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 53130/763, recorded 2020-07-06
  • 1,164 patents acquired from Nokia Denmark A/s · USPTO reel/frame 53555/738, recorded 2020-08-20
  • 432 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 53644/7, recorded 2020-08-31
  • 352 patents acquired from Nokia Uk Limited · USPTO reel/frame 53721/574, recorded 2020-09-09
  • 260 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 54143/349, recorded 2020-10-22
  • 75 patents acquired from Nokia Solutions And Networks Kft · USPTO reel/frame 54217/797, recorded 2020-10-29
  • 607 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 54685/596, recorded 2020-12-17
  • 113 patents moved to Nokia Solutions And Networks Japan G.k · USPTO reel/frame 54725/49, recorded 2020-12-22

2019

  • 58 patents moved to Alcatel Lucent · USPTO reel/frame 47965/184, recorded 2019-01-11
  • 245 patents acquired from Nokia Solutions And Networks Sp. Z.O.O · USPTO reel/frame 48121/522, recorded 2019-01-24
  • 188 patents transferred to Piece Future Pte Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 52033/873, recorded 2020-03-06
  • Radio Frequency Systems Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung joined the Nokia group
  • 66 patents acquired from Navrátil, David · USPTO reel/frame 50050/458, recorded 2019-08-14
  • 56 patents acquired from Säily, Mikko · USPTO reel/frame 50402/436, recorded 2019-09-17

2018

  • 137 patents acquired from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 44693/582, recorded 2018-01-22
  • 254 patents acquired from Nokia Bell Labs France Sasu · USPTO reel/frame 44761/506, recorded 2018-01-30
  • 110 patents transferred to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co.,ltd · USPTO reel/frame 45380/709, recorded 2018-02-20
  • 645 patents re-recorded as Nokia Of America Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 50476/85, recorded 2019-09-24
  • 100 patents acquired from Form Holdings Corp · USPTO reel/frame 45921/512, recorded 2018-04-12
  • 928 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 47232/381, recorded 2018-10-19

2017

  • 159 patents transferred to Hmd Global Oy · USPTO reel/frame 43871/865, recorded 2017-09-18
  • 2,192 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 47271/806, recorded 2018-10-19
  • 3,911 patents transferred to Provenance Asset Group LLC · USPTO reel/frame 43877/1, recorded 2017-09-13
  • 4,619 patents transferred to WSOU Investments, LLC · USPTO reel/frame 44000/53, recorded 2017-09-25

2016

  • Alcatel Submarine Networks joined the Nokia group
  • 209 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 38956/730, recorded 2016-06-10
  • 94 patents acquired from Nokia Networks US Son LLC · USPTO reel/frame 37856/920, recorded 2016-02-18
  • 42 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 38230/144, recorded 2016-04-08
  • 46 patents transferred to Gemalto Sa · USPTO reel/frame 38841/529, recorded 2016-06-08
  • 168 patents re-recorded as Alcatel-Lucent Usa Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 50460/510, recorded 2019-09-23

2015

  • 9,445 patents moved to Nokia Technologies Oy · USPTO reel/frame 34781/200, recorded 2015-01-19
  • 79 patents transferred to III Holdings 3, LLC · USPTO reel/frame 34974/644, recorded 2015-02-17
  • 45 patents transferred to Gematlo Sa · USPTO reel/frame 36930/727, recorded 2015-11-02

2014

  • 571 patents transferred to Sound View Innovations, LLC · USPTO reel/frame 32086/16, recorded 2014-01-17
  • 190 patents transferred to Lgs Innovations LLC · USPTO reel/frame 32743/584, recorded 2014-04-23
  • 1,577 patents re-recorded as Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 33332/684, recorded 2014-07-16
  • 1,813 patents acquired from Nokia Solutions And Networks GmbH & Co. Kg · USPTO reel/frame 33143/980, recorded 2014-06-19
  • 65 patents transferred to Cellular Communications Equipment LLC · USPTO reel/frame 33144/1, recorded 2014-06-19
  • 60 patents transferred to Wireless Future Technologies Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 33325/189, recorded 2014-07-16
  • 270 patents re-recorded as Alcatel Usa Sourcing, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 35928/922, recorded 2015-06-29
  • 268 patents re-recorded as Alcatel Usa Marketing, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 35928/922, recorded 2015-06-29
  • 1,212 patents transferred to Microsoft Mobile Oy · USPTO reel/frame 34471/75, recorded 2014-11-26

2013

  • 98 patents transferred to Vertu Corporation Limited · USPTO reel/frame 29779/191, recorded 2013-02-08
  • 69 patents transferred to Memory Technologies LLC · USPTO reel/frame 30190/43, recorded 2013-04-10
  • 59 patents transferred to 8631654 Canada Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 31396/262, recorded 2013-10-11
  • 65 patents transferred to Xieon Networks S.A.R.L · USPTO reel/frame 31657/283, recorded 2013-11-22

2012

  • 45 patents transferred to Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 27687/686, recorded 2012-02-10
  • 67 patents acquired from Alcatel-Lucent India Limited · USPTO reel/frame 28097/607, recorded 2012-04-24
  • 108 patents transferred to RPX Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 28323/196, recorded 2012-06-05
  • 133 patents transferred to Vringo Infrastructure Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 28948/500, recorded 2012-09-12
  • 88 patents transferred to Navteq B.V. · USPTO reel/frame 29101/516, recorded 2012-10-05

2011

  • 160 patents acquired from Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 40061/804, recorded 2016-09-16
  • 2,801 patents moved to Alcatel Lucent · USPTO reel/frame 27003/423, recorded 2011-10-03
  • 61 patents acquired from Radio Frequency Systems, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 26264/205, recorded 2011-05-11
  • 771 patents re-recorded as Lucent Technologies Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 37280/772, recorded 2015-12-14
  • 70 patents acquired from Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 26887/371, recorded 2011-09-12
  • 480 patents transferred to Nokia 2011 Patent Trust · USPTO reel/frame 27120/608, recorded 2011-10-26
  • 57 patents transferred to Locution Pitch LLC · USPTO reel/frame 27437/922, recorded 2011-12-22

2010

  • 53 patents transferred to Nokia Capital, Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 23821/468, recorded 2010-01-21
  • 53 patents acquired from Alcatel-Lucent Telecom Ltd. · USPTO reel/frame 25096/719, recorded 2010-10-06

2009

  • 88 patents acquired from Symbian Limited · USPTO reel/frame 22240/266, recorded 2009-02-11
  • 88 patents acquired from Symbian Software Limited · USPTO reel/frame 22240/266, recorded 2009-02-11
  • 47 patents transferred to Amosmet Investments LLC · USPTO reel/frame 23510/826, recorded 2009-11-13

2008

  • 380 patents acquired from Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 29389/829, recorded 2012-12-03
  • Lucent Technologies Inc. merged into Alcatel-Lucent Usa Inc.: 2,570 patents · USPTO reel/frame 32874/823, recorded 2014-05-12
  • 162 patents transferred to Qualcomm Incorporated · USPTO reel/frame 21998/842, recorded 2008-12-19
  • Alcatel Usa Sourcing, Inc. merged into Alcatel-Lucent Usa Inc.: 44 patents · USPTO reel/frame 22020/461, recorded 2008-12-23

2007

  • 1,265 patents re-recorded as Alcatel · USPTO reel/frame 46304/657, recorded 2018-06-06
  • Nokia Telecommunications Oy merged into Nokia Corporation: 67 patents · USPTO reel/frame 19134/58, recorded 2007-04-09
  • 84 patents acquired from Nortel Networks Limited · USPTO reel/frame 19546/290, recorded 2007-07-12
  • 1,307 patents moved to Nokia Siemens Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 20550/1, recorded 2008-02-21
  • 41 patents transferred to Schofield Technologies LLC · USPTO reel/frame 19628/770, recorded 2007-08-02
  • 331 patents transferred to Spyder Navigations L.L.C · USPTO reel/frame 19659/74, recorded 2007-08-07
  • 80 patents moved to Nokia Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 21888/738, recorded 2008-11-25

2005

  • 49 patents re-recorded as Nokia Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 16353/357, recorded 2005-08-04
  • 49 patents transferred to Spv Falcon Oy · USPTO reel/frame 16902/107, recorded 2005-12-16

2004

  • 299 patents re-recorded as Nokia Networks Oy · USPTO reel/frame 16824/665, recorded 2005-11-30
  • 45 patents re-recorded as Nokia Corporation · USPTO reel/frame 15219/900, recorded 2004-10-05

2003

  • 211 patents moved to Nokia Inc. · USPTO reel/frame 20540/61, recorded 2008-02-21
  • Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. merged into Nokia Corporation: 679 patents · USPTO reel/frame 14332/791, recorded 2004-02-12

2002

  • Nokia Networks Oy merged into Nokia Corporation: 636 patents · USPTO reel/frame 35828/27, recorded 2015-06-04