The patent owners are Apator Miitors ApS, Diehl Metering Systems GmbH, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. and Koninklijke KPN N.V. The foundational patents derive from research at Fraunhofer IIS, with a German application filed in 2013 and a United States application in 2014. Licensing is administered by Sisvel International SA.