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Distributed Cloud/Edge Processing
Techniques for distributing computational tasks, data storage, and service logic across cloud data centers, edge devices, and user equipment to improve performance, resilience, or resource utilization. This includes architectures for split rendering, decentralized ledgers, and microservices.
20,492 US filings from 2,085 companies since 2023 · 2023: 5,618 · 2024: 6,385 · 2025: 6,012 · 2026 YTD: 2,477
Web & Cloud Service Protocols
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 1,072 | 181 | 312 | 396 | 183 | +26.9% |
| 2 | International Business Machines Corporation | 854 | 268 | 266 | 228 | 92 | -14.3% |
| 3 | INTEL CORPORATION | 799 | 225 | 258 | 252 | 64 | -2.3% |
| 4 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 703 | 219 | 222 | 195 | 67 | -12.2% |
| 5 | Oracle International Corporation | 664 | 154 | 206 | 211 | 93 | +2.4% |
| 6 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 632 | 198 | 194 | 179 | 61 | -7.7% |
| 7 | Pure Storage, Inc. | 542 | 186 | 171 | 142 | 43 | -17.0% |
| 8 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 385 | 94 | 117 | 117 | 57 | 0.0% |
| 9 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 384 | 105 | 114 | 113 | 52 | -0.9% |
| 10 | VMware, Inc. | 380 | 239 | 118 | 20 | 3 | -83.1% |
| 11 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 380 | 105 | 102 | 130 | 43 | +27.5% |
| 12 | GOOGLE LLC | 325 | 98 | 96 | 89 | 42 | -7.3% |
| 13 | SAP SE | 317 | 78 | 103 | 91 | 45 | -11.7% |
| 14 | Capital One Services, LLC | 294 | 75 | 96 | 86 | 37 | -10.4% |
| 15 | Red Hat, Inc. | 294 | 102 | 89 | 75 | 28 | -15.7% |
| 16 | NetApp, Inc. | 270 | 55 | 91 | 96 | 28 | +5.5% |
| 17 | Snowflake Inc. | 262 | 81 | 78 | 72 | 31 | -7.7% |
| 18 | Nvidia Corporation | 238 | 34 | 69 | 77 | 58 | +11.6% |
| 19 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 232 | 73 | 74 | 47 | 38 | -36.5% |
| 20 | Bank of America Corporation | 230 | 64 | 68 | 68 | 30 | 0.0% |
| 21 | VMware LLC | 223 | · | 101 | 102 | 20 | +1.0% |
| 22 | Salesforce, Inc. | 200 | 49 | 83 | 50 | 18 | -39.8% |
| 23 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 170 | 31 | 63 | 47 | 29 | -25.4% |
| 24 | EMC IP Holding Company LLC | 163 | 102 | 44 | 15 | 2 | -65.9% |
| 25 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 156 | 39 | 43 | 55 | 19 | +27.9% |