Patent licensing

Build on our patents to make innovative products

For more than 30 years, we have been pushing the boundaries of what's possible in communications.

Through our continuous investment in research and development (R&D), we have created one of the broadest and strongest patent portfolios in the communications industry. We hold Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) for cellular communications, wireless LAN (WLAN) and multi-media technologies.

We contribute to standards to help the industry advance and grow together and our world-class patent portfolio is available to other companies through our patent licensing programs.

We have achieved the highly respected ISO 9001 certification for Nokia's high-quality patent portfolio management.

Patent licensing works

> €130bn

invested in R&D since 2000, including €4.1 billion in 2020 alone

~ 20,000

patent families, of which more than 4,300 declared essential for one or more cellular standards

1,500+

inventions on which patents were filed in 2020

To enable you to access the patented technology you need, we have dedicated teams and licensing programs for four industries: mobile devices, consumer electronics, automotive and Internet of Things. We currently have around 200 licensees, licensed through our patent licensing programs.

Our experts can help you to enter into license agreements for our SEP portfolio, so that you can add standards-compliant connectivity and video processing to your products.