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Advanced Optical Imaging & Lens Design
Development of sophisticated optical lens assemblies and computational methods to achieve high-resolution, precise, or specialized imaging, often for medical or scientific applications.
16,101 US filings from 2,643 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,075 · 2024: 5,059 · 2025: 4,976 · 2026 YTD: 1,991
Optical Elements & Systems
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 728 | 163 | 191 | 253 | 121 | +32.5% |
| 2 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | 690 | 131 | 236 | 229 | 94 | -3.0% |
| 3 | LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD. | 669 | 178 | 217 | 199 | 75 | -8.3% |
| 4 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 370 | 86 | 92 | 134 | 58 | +45.7% |
| 5 | TDK TAIWAN CORP. | 344 | 90 | 116 | 117 | 21 | +0.9% |
| 6 | NIKON CORPORATION | 339 | 67 | 102 | 122 | 48 | +19.6% |
| 7 | Alcon Inc. | 317 | 73 | 81 | 114 | 49 | +40.7% |
| 8 | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. | 298 | 75 | 97 | 105 | 21 | +8.2% |
| 9 | GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD. | 246 | 84 | 74 | 63 | 25 | -14.9% |
| 10 | Corephotonics Ltd. | 230 | 53 | 77 | 74 | 26 | -3.9% |
| 11 | ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD. | 186 | 13 | 83 | 62 | 28 | -25.3% |
| 12 | TOPCON CORPORATION | 182 | 38 | 52 | 61 | 31 | +17.3% |
| 13 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 150 | 37 | 44 | 49 | 20 | +11.4% |
| 14 | Apple Inc. | 147 | 40 | 59 | 37 | 11 | -37.3% |
| 15 | Essilor International | 145 | 34 | 45 | 43 | 23 | -4.4% |
| 16 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC | 131 | 45 | 44 | 34 | 8 | -22.7% |
| 17 | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG | 130 | 25 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 18 | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 121 | 35 | 53 | 27 | 6 | -49.1% |
| 19 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 115 | 19 | 35 | 46 | 15 | +31.4% |
| 20 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 112 | 26 | 43 | 35 | 8 | -18.6% |
| 21 | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | 111 | 20 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 96 | 29 | 22 | 31 | 14 | +40.9% |
| 23 | Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 95 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 24 | AAC Optics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. | 94 | 16 | 43 | 30 | 5 | -30.2% |
| 25 | AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC | 89 | 23 | 39 | 21 | 6 | -46.2% |