Patent Theme
Advanced Transistor Device Architectures
Structural innovations in individual transistors, such as fin-based field-effect transistors (FinFETs), 3D gate structures, or multi-layer active regions, aimed at improving performance or density.
13,353 US filings from 720 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,252 · 2024: 5,285 · 2025: 3,184 · 2026 YTD: 632
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Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
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| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 2,589 | 681 | 1,027 | 763 | 118 | -25.7% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 1,682 | 607 | 615 | 422 | 38 | -31.4% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1,580 | 449 | 613 | 383 | 135 | -37.5% |
| 4 | INTEL CORPORATION | 743 | 263 | 287 | 147 | 46 | -48.8% |
| 5 | International Business Machines Corporation | 718 | 265 | 258 | 165 | 30 | -36.0% |
| 6 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. | 356 | 139 | 130 | 79 | 8 | -39.2% |
| 7 | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | 302 | 131 | 122 | 44 | 5 | -63.9% |
| 8 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 264 | 70 | 111 | 62 | 21 | -44.1% |
| 9 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 225 | 78 | 78 | 58 | 11 | -25.6% |
| 10 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 144 | 35 | 52 | 40 | 17 | -23.1% |
| 11 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 144 | 44 | 52 | 31 | 17 | -40.4% |
| 12 | Infineon Technologies Austria AG | 141 | 51 | 63 | 23 | 4 | -63.5% |
| 13 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 128 | 37 | 51 | 30 | 10 | -41.2% |
| 14 | Wolfspeed, Inc. | 126 | 63 | 40 | 20 | 3 | -50.0% |
| 15 | ROHM CO., LTD. | 120 | 23 | 74 | 21 | 2 | -71.6% |
| 16 | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA | 114 | 41 | 46 | 23 | 4 | -50.0% |
| 17 | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 112 | 56 | 30 | 22 | 4 | -26.7% |
| 18 | CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 109 | 42 | 22 | 39 | 6 | +77.3% |
| 19 | NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 108 | 24 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 20 | FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 105 | 40 | 46 | 16 | 3 | -65.2% |
| 21 | SK hynix Inc. | 84 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 12 | +26.9% |
| 22 | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | 84 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 4 | -44.1% |
| 23 | Monolithic 3D Inc. | 72 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | -38.1% |
| 24 | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 68 | 36 | 25 | 7 | · | -72.0% |
| 25 | Infineon Technologies AG | 67 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 1 | -34.6% |