Precise Positioning & Localization

Methods and systems for accurately determining the absolute or relative position of an object or device, often integrating satellite navigation (GNSS), inertial measurement units (IMU), and local ranging or wireless communication technologies.

11,031 US filings from 2,057 companies since 2023 · 2023: 3,171 · 2024: 3,278 · 2025: 3,185 · 2026 YTD: 1,397

Radar / Sonar / Lidar

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	QUALCOMM Incorporated	1,148	298	366	339	145	-7.4%
2	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	407	72	118	151	66	+28.0%
3	Nokia Technologies Oy	327	55	106	117	49	+10.4%
4	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	314	90	94	84	46	-10.6%
5	Apple Inc.	199	50	57	53	39	-7.0%
6	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	194	67	49	52	26	+6.1%
7	BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.	187	36	43	65	43	+51.2%
8	ZTE Corporation	139	24	48	52	15	+8.3%
9	SONY GROUP CORPORATION	133	42	40	38	13	-5.0%
10	DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.	124	29	41	35	19	-14.6%
11	VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.	116	27	43	34	12	-20.9%
12	Robert Bosch GmbH	104	30	36	27	11	-25.0%
13	HERE GLOBAL B.V.	94	49	27	13	5	-51.9%
14	Honeywell International Inc.	90	28	25	24	13	-4.0%
15	u-blox AG	89	27	21	27	14	+28.6%
16	GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.	87	11	20	39	17	+95.0%
17	NEC CORPORATION	87	23	22	34	8	+54.5%
18	DENSO CORPORATION	75	18	18	31	8	+72.2%
19	GOOGLE LLC	73	13	25	23	12	-8.0%
20	Trimble Inc.	72	20	25	17	10	-32.0%
21	BLACKPIN INC.	69	19	31	18	1	-41.9%
22	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	65	22	22	13	8	-40.9%
23	TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA	65	12	16	28	9	+75.0%
24	LG ELECTRONICS INC.	63	20	22	19	2	-13.6%
25	Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation	57	17	13	18	9	+38.5%