How much is the patent fee for a smart phone?

A 66-page report written by two lawyers involved in smartphone litigation and an Intel executive shows that for a smartphone with a price of $400, all kinds of patent fees add up to $ 120, even exceeding the cost of equipment parts. In the figure below, Gartner's data is quoted to show the estimated cost of each component in a smartphone with a price of $400. According to these estimates, the total cost of smartphone parts is about 120 to 150. So, how much do you need to pay for the patent part? As can be seen from the above table, the patent fee of smart phones may equal or even exceed the cost of equipment parts. Of course, the calculation result of this table is calculated according to the charging standard published by the patent holder, and it is not excluded that the actual rate will be lowered after several rounds of negotiations between the patent user and the holder. However, if we add parts or technologies that we don't have, the total amount of potential patent fees for a smart phone will rise. The cost of baseband processor is between 10 and 13, but the patent fee is as high as $54. No wonder so many companies specialize in patent business! Wi-Fi/802. 1 1 patent fees are even more severe. Regarding Wi-Fi patents, the published patent license fees are relatively small, but the Rand patent license fees set in the last three judicial decisions provide reference information. Between the public rate and the judicial decision, we can infer the general situation of Wi-Fi patent royalties. Combined with the claim rate and court ruling rate advocated in patent litigation cases, we calculated the highest patent licensing fee for a smartphone with a price of $400: the total patent fee of Wi-Fi reaches $50, while the cost of a Combo chip integrating various communication functions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC is only $ 3-4, which is worse than LTE! The above is provided by Bajie Intellectual Property Bian Xiao Co., Ltd..