Capacitive Fingerprint Sensors Technology and Patent Infringement Risk Analysis - TMDR92, FPC1020, VAL004A8-T and B1202A0-01

Dublin, April 05, 2016 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Capacitive Fingerprint Sensors Technology and Patent Infringement Risk Analysis" report to their offering.

In a patent infringement action, the potential sales volume plays a major role for assessing the damage award. Thereby, this study is naturally focused on the fingerprint sensor components designed by 3 leaders of fingerprint sensing solutions and integrated in the devices of 3 major smartphone vendors: TMDR92 (AuthenTec, Apple iPhone 5S), FPC1020 (Fingerprint Cards, Huawei Ascend Mate 7), VAL004A8-T (Synaptics-Validity, Samsung Galaxy S5) and B1202A0-01 (Synaptics-Validity, Samsung Galaxy S6).

Those 4 fingerprint sensors represent different technological choices but sharing common characteristics. Thus, combining the data obtained by the tear down of each sensor performed by System Plus Consulting with the IP analysis of Knowmade, this report highlights the IP behind each fingerprint sensor and analyzes the risk of patent infringement between AuthenTec-Apple, Fingerprint Cards and Synaptics-Validity. It appears that main risks concern the packaging and the integration of the fingerprint sensor in the device.

System Plus Consulting performed a tear down of 4 devices including a fingerprint sensor : Apple iPhone 5S (TMDR92, AuthenTec-Apple), Huawei Ascend Mate 7 (FPC1020, Fingerprint Cards), Samsung Galaxy S5 (VAL004A8-T, Synaptics-Validity) and Samsung Galaxy S6 (B1202A0-01, Synaptics-Validity). The report then compares the features of each fingerprint sensor revealed by the teardown to the IP portfolio of the technology owner. The selected features are mainly related to the fingerprint sensor die, its packaging and the assembly of the fingerprint sensor in the mobile phone. Key patents held by AuthenTec-Apple, Fingerprint Cards, and Synaptics-Validity related to these technology features have been identified. For each product feature, the links between the patented technologies and the target product have been established.

The potential infringing parties of the target product have been identified. The contents of patents have been compared with actual technological solutions used in the marketed target products TMDR92 (AuthenTec-Apple), FPC1020 (Fingerprint Cards), VAL004A8-T (Synaptics-Validity) and B1202A0-01 (Synaptics-Validity), in order to highlight, for each fingerprint sensor component, the potential risks of patent infringement and related patents requiring more in-depth legal assessments.

This report provides discussions on the potential risks of patent infringement by comparing relevant patent claim elements to the target product features. We have identified several potential risks of patent infringements in some technology features from target products TMDR92, FPC1020, VAL004A8-T and B1202A0-01. Key patents requiring more in-depth legal assessment have been identified.

The report also includes an Excel database with all patents analyzed in this study (26 patent families composed of 100+ patents)

This database allows multi-criteria searches and includes:

- Patent publication number
- Hyperlinks to the original documents
- Priority date
- Title
- Abstract
- Applicants
- Legal status for each patent

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction
- Scope of the Study
- Rationales for Choice
- Key Features of the Report
- Objectives of the Report
- Terminology for Patent Analysis
- Methodology
- Patent Search Strategy

2. Companies Presentation
- AuthenTec
- Apple
- Fingerprints Card
- Validity & Synaptics

3. Products Presentation
- Fingerprint Sensor Supply Chain
- TMDR92 - iPhone 5S
- FPC1020 - Ascend Mate 7
- VAL004A8-T - Galaxy S5
- B1202A0-01 - Galaxy S6

4. Executive Summary

5. Tear Down
- Physical Analysis Methodology
- Fingerprint Sensor Characteristics
- Packaging
- Sensing Area
- Technology Comparison

6. Patent Analysis
- Patent Infringement Risk Potential
- IP Portfolio
- TMDR92 - Apple iPhone 5S
- Patent Identification
- Patent Infringement Risk
- Conclusions
- FPC1020 - Huawei Ascend Mate 7
- Patent Identification
- Patent Infringement Risk
- Conclusions
- VAL004A8-T - Samsung Galaxy S5
- Patent Identification
- Patent Infringement Risk
- Conclusions
- B1202A0-01 - Samsung Galaxy S6
- Patent Identification
- Patent Infringement Risk
- Conclusions

7. Conclusions

Companies Mentioned

- AuthenTec
- Apple
- Samsung

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