Patent Theme

Advanced Security & Inspection Systems

Systems employing various sensing modalities, including X-ray, fiber optics, ground-penetrating radar, and image analysis, for detecting threats, monitoring perimeters, and inspecting objects in security or transportation contexts.

6,467 US filings from 1,977 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,667 · 2024: 1,990 · 2025: 1,961 · 2026 YTD: 849

Geophysics & Gravity Measurement

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	NEC CORPORATION	152	35	55	45	17	-18.2%
2	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	137	40	36	38	23	+5.6%
3	NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED	103	16	43	24	20	-44.2%
4	KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA	86	19	29	28	10	-3.4%
5	The Boeing Company	76	17	28	22	9	-21.4%
6	Tsinghua University	72	13	27	15	17	-44.4%
7	Infineon Technologies AG	65	24	20	20	1	0.0%
8	GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC	61	16	15	18	12	+20.0%
9	Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.	57	21	21	14	1	-33.3%
10	DENSO CORPORATION	56	14	14	20	8	+42.9%
11	FUJIFILM CORPORATION	56	14	10	24	8	+140.0%
12	SHIMADZU CORPORATION	56	17	14	12	13	-14.3%
13	CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION	47	16	15	12	4	-20.0%
14	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	44	15	11	15	3	+36.4%
15	Konica Minolta, Inc.	43	14	12	9	8	-25.0%
16	Robert Bosch GmbH	43	7	8	16	12	+100.0%
17	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	42	15	13	10	4	-23.1%
18	Honeywell International Inc.	37	7	13	12	5	-7.7%
19	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	37	12	13	7	5	-46.2%
20	ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG	37	3	13	10	11	-23.1%
21	Battelle Memorial Institute	36	5	17	12	2	-29.4%
22	ISHIDA CO., LTD.	36	6	8	14	8	+75.0%
23	SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY	36	6	14	12	4	-14.3%
24	NXP B.V.	35	6	10	13	6	+30.0%
25	Gecko Robotics, Inc.	33	3	10	14	6	+40.0%