Company patents
IonQ, Inc.
IonQ, Inc. demonstrates a clear, albeit somewhat narrowing, focus on Machine Learning & AI, which constitutes 83.1% of its patent portfolio, despite a -3.4% YoY decline in 2025 and a -29.8% decline so far in 2026. While core computing areas like Computer Hardware Architecture and System Reliability & Diagnostics have seen significant declines of -50.0% and -80.0% respectively in 2025, the company shows a shifting priority towards Optical Elements & Systems, which experienced a 50.0% growth so far in 2026, suggesting an emerging focus on optical hardware components.
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Yearly patent publications since 2023
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Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.
261 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 9 themes
Developing and applying machine learning algorithms that leverage quantum computing principles, such as quantum circuits or autoencoders, for tasks like simulation or data processing.
Techniques and devices for generating, shaping, focusing, and deflecting electron or ion beams, often involving multi-pole lenses, deflectors, and aberration correction for applications like microscopy or processing.
Methods and apparatus for precise wafer positioning, ion beam uniformity, and dose monitoring during ion implantation processes in semiconductor device manufacturing.
Development of sophisticated optical lens assemblies and computational methods to achieve high-resolution, precise, or specialized imaging, often for medical or scientific applications.
The design and manufacturing of integrated circuits that combine optical and electronic components, particularly for high-speed data communication between processors and memory.
Engineering of artificial subwavelength structures (meta-atoms) to create metasurfaces that manipulate light properties (phase, polarization, wavelength) for multi-functional optical devices.
Systems and methods for delivering radio frequency (RF) power to plasma processing chambers, including impedance matching, pulse shaping, and feedback control for stable and efficient plasma generation.
Specialized hardware, architectural designs, and computational methods to improve the speed, efficiency, and security of artificial intelligence and machine learning model execution, particularly for inference and data processing.
Using computational design and simulation to optimize the performance characteristics of specific components or materials within a larger engineering system.
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Metasurface & Diffractive Optics