Patent Theme
Advanced Material Integration
Incorporation of novel semiconductor, dielectric, or metallic materials into transistor structures to achieve enhanced performance, new functionalities, or specific device characteristics.
5,379 US filings from 638 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,553 · 2024: 1,955 · 2025: 1,489 · 2026 YTD: 382
Transistor & Device Structure
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 550 | 130 | 173 | 165 | 82 | -4.6% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 491 | 129 | 178 | 159 | 25 | -10.7% |
| 3 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 409 | 116 | 144 | 113 | 36 | -21.5% |
| 4 | ROHM CO., LTD. | 225 | 66 | 95 | 55 | 9 | -42.1% |
| 5 | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA | 224 | 80 | 88 | 52 | 4 | -40.9% |
| 6 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 211 | 70 | 77 | 60 | 4 | -22.1% |
| 7 | NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 174 | 40 | 54 | 66 | 14 | +22.2% |
| 8 | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | 150 | 47 | 61 | 40 | 2 | -34.4% |
| 9 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. | 146 | 40 | 51 | 52 | 3 | +2.0% |
| 10 | INTEL CORPORATION | 117 | 42 | 50 | 20 | 5 | -60.0% |
| 11 | FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 100 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 8 | -12.1% |
| 12 | Kioxia Corporation | 96 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 20 | +8.0% |
| 13 | SK hynix Inc. | 88 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 18 | -29.0% |
| 14 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 77 | 24 | 29 | 19 | 5 | -34.5% |
| 15 | International Business Machines Corporation | 72 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 3 | -18.2% |
| 16 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 65 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 7 | -34.6% |
| 17 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 60 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 1 | -21.7% |
| 18 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 59 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 54 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | -42.9% |
| 20 | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | 51 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | -69.6% |
| 21 | Soitec | 49 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 3 | +6.7% |
| 22 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 48 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | -31.2% |
| 23 | DENSO CORPORATION | 45 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 1 | -18.8% |
| 24 | Infineon Technologies AG | 44 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 25 | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. | 39 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 4 | +25.0% |