Knowles MEMS Microphones in Apple iPhone 7 Plus: Patent-to-Product Mapping

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INTRODUCTION
- Company profile
- Scope of the report
- Key features of the report
- Related reports

METHODOLOGY
- Teardown analysis and patent mapping
- Patent database and tools
- Terminology for patent analysis

TEAR DOWN

PATENT LANDSCAPE OVERVIEW
- Knowles IP portfolio
- Time evolution of patent publications
- Patent distribution by legal status
- Mapping of granted patents and pending applications
- Patent list
- Inventors
- Patent citation analysis
- IP blocking potential of the patent families

PATENT-TO-PRODUCT MAPPING
- Packaging : Housing and RF shielding
- Embedded capacitance
- MEMS die
- Diaphragm
- Backplate: Perforation and support structure
- MEMS cavity and bottom acoustic port

PATENT LITIGATION
- Introduction
- Knowles vs Company A
- Knowles vs Company B
- Knowles vs Company C
- Knowles vs Akustica
- Knowles vs Company D
- Knowles vs Company E

CONCLUSION

KNOWMADE PRESENTATION

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