MANUAL ASSESSMENT OF HP'S PATENT PORTFOLIO
IN RELATION TO WI-FI 6 STANDARD
This analysis provides insight into HP’s contributions to Wi-Fi 6, highlighting its participation in the development of key enabling technologies through patents aligned with core aspects of the IEEE 802.11ax standard.
A total of 31 unique and active patent families were identified for HP.
This analysis focuses on understanding the scope, relevance, and potential essentiality of HP’s patent portfolio in relation to key Wi-Fi 6 technologies such as OFDMA, MU-MIMO, beamforming, BSS color, and spatial stream.
What you’ll get:
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+1. Introduction
- 1.1 Wi-Fi 6
- 1.2 Overview of Key Wi-Fi 6 Technologies
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+2. IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) Patent Analysis
- 2.1 Methodology for finding HP’s Wi-Fi 6 related patents
- 2.2 Methodology for Essentiality Evaluation
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+3. Analysis of HP’s Contribution to Wi-Fi 6
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+3.1 BSS color
- 3.1.1 Essential Patents Related to BSS color
- 3.1.2 Non-Essential Patents Related to BSS color
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+3.2 OFDMA
- 3.2.1 Essential Patents Related to OFDMA
- 3.2.2 Non-Essential Patents Related to OFDMA
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+3.3 MU-MIMO
- 3.3.1 Essential Patents Related to MU-MIMO
- 3.3.2 Non-Essential Patents Related to MU-MIMO
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+3.4 Spatial Stream
- 3.4.1 Non-Essential Patents Related to Spatial Stream
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+3.5 Target Wake Time
- 3.5.1 Non-Essential Patents Related to TWT
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+3.6 Beamforming
- 3.6.1 Non-Essential Patents Related to Beamforming
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+3.1 BSS color
- +4. Conclusion
To assess a patent’s essentiality, our technical expert team manually analyses each claim with respect to the Wi-Fi 6 standard to verify that all claim elements are present. We have classified a patent as potentially essential, potentially non-essential, or medium based on the following criteria:
- A patent is classified as potentially essential if the claim elements align with the Wi-Fi 6 specifications.
- The patent is classified as potentially non-essential if any element is missing or conflicts with the standard, such as contradictory requirements or descriptions.
- A patent is marked as medium if the main technical aspects are present in the Wi-Fi 6 standard, but some elements are not explicitly defined and can only be reasonably inferred from the identified sections.
Our team has not taken into account the validity aspect of patent claims during our evaluation process.
Below is an example of the analysis of one of HP's patents:

