A Dolcera Report production about Near Field Communication (NFC), major players and technological developments. The report focuses on technology, industry and patent landscape of the concerned topic. The Dolcera center of excellence finds about growth of a technology; competition- key players, innovators; gaps and opportunities in the technology and industry with the analyses of patents and trends as the core. This presentation is a brief introduction to the detailed Dolcera Report on Near Field Communication (NFC). For more details and complete report contact info@dolcera.com

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3. Contents
Near field communication
Introduction
IP search and Analysis for US, IPC , ECLA , F-term Classes
Taxonomy - Standard and Technology based taxonomy
Key Findings
•Major Players
• IP Activity
• Geographical Activity
• Major Player Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
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4. Introduction
• Near field communication (NFC) is a technology which corresponds to the radio
frequency identification (RFID) communication in a short range.
• The Near Field Communication Forum (NFC Forum) formed in 2004 promotes
sharing, pairing, and transactions between NFC devices and develops and certifies
device compliance with NFC standards with respect to the physical,
electromagnetic and communication characteristics of the tags as well as the
interrogator.
• Key features of NFC:
• Frequency range of NFC: centered at 13.56 MHz ± 7 kHz..
• Distance range: up to 10cm.
• Bit rate upto 848 kbit/s
• Modulation schemes are amplitude on/off keying (OOK) with different
modulation depth (100 % or 10 %) and binary phase shift keying (BPSK).
• Communications between NFC-capable devices can be active-active (peer-to-
peer) as well as active-passive.
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5. NFC Standards
Standards for NFC Module
• ISO 14443 (Contactless Integrated circuit cards , proximity cards
• Standardizes physical characteristics, radio interface, initialization/anti-
collision & transmission protocols.
• The standard classifies the tags as Type A & B depending on radio interface .
• ISO/IEC 18092 or ECMA 340 (Near Field Communication interface and protocol,
NFCIP-1)
• Standardizes RF field/signal interface, initialization/anti-collision, transport
protocols.
• Active and passive RF modes, peer-to-peer mode.
• Several data rates
• ECMA 352 or ISO 21481 (NFCIP-2)
• Specifies operating mode selection (ISO 14443, 15693 or NFCIP-1)
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6. Applications
Applications of NFC
• Mobile payment
• Authentication, access control
• Data transfer between different
NFC-units
• ‘Unlock’ & ‘activate’ other service
• Access to digital information
• Item level tagging
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7. Taxonomy
• A detailed NFC taxonomy is also prepared and is furnished below.
• To see the detailed interactive taxonomy, mailto: info@dolcera.com
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8. Standard based taxonomy
• A detailed standard based NFC taxonomy is also prepared and is furnished
below.
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9. Classification
• Different classes related to near field communication are identified
• These Classes are used in the search strategy
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10. Search Concepts
• Concepts used to search patent literature
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11. Keyword Search
Database: MICROPATENT
Timeline: 1836-2011
Patent Coverage: USG USA EPA EPB WO JP DEG DEA DET DEU GBA FRA
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12. Insights: IP activity – Publication year
• The graph below shows the filing trend according to publication year.
• The graph has been plotted from last 31 years. More number of patents are published in the year 2011.
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13. Insights: IP activity – Priority year
• The graph below shows the filing trend according to priority year.
• The graph has been plotted from last 31 years. More number of patents are filed in the year 2001.
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14. Insights: Filling trend – Technology distribution
• The graph below shows the filing trend for broad categories like Probably essential, Standards based, Application
based and Hardware.
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15. Insights: Major players
• The graph below shows top 15 major players.
• Sony Corporation has more number of patents and next to it is Panasonic, Toshiba, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, etc.
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16. Insights: Top assignee – Technology distribution
• The graph below shows top 15 assignee for broad categories like Probably essential, Standards based, Application
based and Hardware.
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17. Insights: Filling trend - Standards based
• The graph below shows the filing trend for patents in Standards based category with technology distribution.
• Data labels on the top of each bar colored in red in below graph shows the total number of patents in that publication
year. This count may not be the sum off all the stacks within the bar but represents the total patent count in that
publication year.
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18. Insights: Top assignee – Standards based
• The graph below shows the top 15 assignees in the category of Standards based with technology distribution.
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19. Insights: Filing trend – Application based
• The graph below shows the filing trend for patents in Application based category.
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20. Insights: Top Assignee – Application based
• The graph below shows the top 15 assignees in the category of Application based.
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21. Insights: Top Assignee - Mobile based Data transfer
applications
• The graph below shows the top 15 assignees in the category of Mobile based Data transfer applications.
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22. Insights: Top Assignee – Application based - Data transfer
• The graph below shows the top 15 assignees in the category of Application based - Data transfer.
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23. Insights: Filing trend – Probably essential
• The graph below shows the filing trend for patents in Probably essential.
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24. Insights: Top assignee – Probably essential
• The graph below shows the top 15 assignees in the category of Probably essential.
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25. Insights: Filing trend - Hardware
• The graph below shows the filing trend for patents in Hardware.
• More number of patents are published in the year 2011.
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26. Insights: Top Assignee - Hardware
• The graph below shows the top 15 assignees in the category of Hardware.
• Sony Corp has more number of patents and next to it is Panasonic, Hitachi, etc.
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27. Insights: Top Assignee - Hardware
• The chart below shows the geographical distribution of patents.
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