Patent Theme
Electronic System Layout & Integration
Automated methods and tools for generating, optimizing, and verifying the physical layout and interconnections of electronic components, including integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, and system-level interface protection.
5,553 US filings from 1,128 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,430 · 2024: 1,647 · 2025: 1,664 · 2026 YTD: 812
Electronic Design Automation (CAD/EDA)
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 635 | 168 | 160 | 243 | 64 | +51.9% |
| 2 | International Business Machines Corporation | 234 | 75 | 53 | 60 | 46 | +13.2% |
| 3 | Synopsys, Inc. | 221 | 64 | 60 | 69 | 28 | +15.0% |
| 4 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 168 | 34 | 50 | 55 | 29 | +10.0% |
| 5 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 149 | 32 | 50 | 41 | 26 | -18.0% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 117 | 29 | 28 | 35 | 25 | +25.0% |
| 7 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 111 | 44 | 36 | 26 | 5 | -27.8% |
| 8 | INTEL CORPORATION | 99 | 22 | 50 | 22 | 5 | -56.0% |
| 9 | Siemens Industry Software Inc. | 79 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 15 | -48.3% |
| 10 | XILINX, INC. | 75 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 7 | -34.6% |
| 11 | AUTODESK, INC. | 53 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 10 | -36.4% |
| 12 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 52 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 7 | -20.0% |
| 13 | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. | 51 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 1 | +57.1% |
| 14 | ARTERIS, INC. | 45 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 11 | +100.0% |
| 15 | TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED | 45 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 3 | +155.6% |
| 16 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 44 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 7 | +66.7% |
| 17 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 43 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 4 | +128.6% |
| 18 | D2S, INC. | 41 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 14 | +1100.0% |
| 19 | CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | -44.4% |
| 20 | Nvidia Corporation | 38 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 6 | +62.5% |
| 21 | Canva Pty Ltd | 36 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 6 | +90.0% |
| 22 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 35 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 | -9.1% |
| 23 | GOOGLE LLC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 3 | +9.1% |
| 24 | MBTE Holdings Sweden AB | 32 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | -50.0% |
| 25 | dSPACE GmbH | 31 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | -11.1% |