{"id":102182,"date":"2025-09-30T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greyb.com\/?post_type=newsletter&#038;p=102182"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:23:58","slug":"wifi7-essential-patents-analysis","status":"publish","type":"newsletter","link":"https:\/\/greyb.com\/newsletters\/wifi7-essential-patents-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"4,000 Wi-Fi 7 patents walk into a bar&#8230; only 47% were essential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 4,000 patents found relevant to Wi-Fi 7. Yet only an average of 47% are truly SEPs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means some licensing demands include patents that aren&#8217;t truly essential to the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This creates a nightmare for licensing negotiations &#8211; how do you assess fair FRAND rates when you can&#8217;t tell which patents actually control the technology? Without clear essentiality guidance, every licensing discussion becomes a guessing game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My teammates hosted a webinar to tackle exactly this challenge on\u00a0<strong>September 30th, 12 PM ET<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/info.greyb.com\/wi-fi-7-sep-licensing-webinar?utm_campaign=4641932-Telecom%20and%20Standards&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9omoSWvLeUzgl1Dlvq6ypy_jyaT49hDHvssuL2NYA7iRB9jHRhb96k1gchS9x19I0kH2NZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/info.greyb.com\/wi-fi-7-sep-licensing-webinar<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It covered:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Untapped opportunities for strategic filing or smart acquisitions, based on analysis of 4,000+ patents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where you stand in Wi-Fi 7 patents space and how to turn that knowledge into licensing leverage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which high-value patents can be acquired, or at least should be on your licensing radar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core technologies in Wi-Fi 7 where most SEPs are and how to find similar patents in your portfolio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to watch the recording and access the resources, you can register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/info.greyb.com\/wi-fi-7-sep-licensing-webinar?utm_campaign=4641932-Telecom%20and%20Standards&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9omoSWvLeUzgl1Dlvq6ypy_jyaT49hDHvssuL2NYA7iRB9jHRhb96k1gchS9x19I0kH2NZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/info.greyb.com\/wi-fi-7-sep-licensing-webinar<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55484,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"content-type":"","service_relation":["88552","21426"],"industry_relation":["61081","81464"]},"newsletter_category":[1820],"class_list":["post-102182","newsletter","type-newsletter","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newsletter_category-patent-strategies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4,000 Wi-Fi 7 patents walk into a bar... only 47% were essential - GreyB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greyb.com\/newsletters\/wifi7-essential-patents-analysis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4,000 Wi-Fi 7 patents walk into a bar... only 47% were essential - GreyB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over 4,000 patents found relevant to Wi-Fi 7. 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