Patent Theme
Advanced Deposition Chamber Hardware
Design and engineering of specialized components within deposition systems, such as heaters, targets, susceptors, and chamber walls, to achieve precise control over process parameters like temperature, material flux, and plasma characteristics.
4,586 US filings from 995 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,080 · 2024: 1,394 · 2025: 1,404 · 2026 YTD: 708
Coating & Surface Treatment
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 917 | 233 | 275 | 266 | 143 | -3.3% |
| 2 | ASM IP Holding B.V. | 262 | 53 | 70 | 76 | 63 | +8.6% |
| 3 | Lam Research Corporation | 235 | 68 | 51 | 72 | 44 | +41.2% |
| 4 | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 232 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 46 | +4.7% |
| 5 | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 108 | 16 | 43 | 32 | 17 | -25.6% |
| 6 | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. | 103 | 15 | 35 | 33 | 20 | -5.7% |
| 7 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 102 | 18 | 33 | 38 | 13 | +15.2% |
| 8 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 86 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 26 | +20.8% |
| 9 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 63 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 3 | -15.0% |
| 10 | SEMES CO., LTD. | 49 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | +271.4% |
| 11 | MiCo Ceramics Ltd. | 43 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 4 | +25.0% |
| 12 | Philip Morris Products S.A. | 36 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | -14.3% |
| 13 | AIXTRON SE | 34 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | -16.7% |
| 14 | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 33 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | -61.5% |
| 15 | Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. | 31 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 16 | SKY TECH INC. | 29 | 8 | 14 | 7 | · | -50.0% |
| 17 | Mattson Technology, Inc. | 28 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | +100.0% |
| 18 | TOTO LTD. | 27 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | +150.0% |
| 19 | BEIJING NAURA MICROELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. | 26 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | +28.6% |
| 20 | ENTEGRIS, INC. | 26 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Picosun Oy | 26 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | -30.0% |
| 22 | BENEQ OY | 24 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | -80.0% |
| 23 | WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | -66.7% |
| 24 | Altria Client Services LLC | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | · | -20.0% |
| 25 | RTX Corporation | 22 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | +50.0% |