Patent Theme
FinFET & Multigate Device Fabrication
Manufacturing processes and structural designs for transistors utilizing fin-shaped channels or multiple gates (e.g., FinFETs, Gate-All-Around FETs) to enhance gate control and reduce short-channel effects.
9,621 US filings from 507 companies since 2023 · 2023: 3,133 · 2024: 3,798 · 2025: 2,283 · 2026 YTD: 407
Transistor & Device Structure
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. | 2,570 | 693 | 1,040 | 721 | 116 | -30.7% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 1,731 | 650 | 622 | 424 | 35 | -31.8% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1,015 | 320 | 431 | 205 | 59 | -52.4% |
| 4 | International Business Machines Corporation | 607 | 264 | 207 | 115 | 21 | -44.4% |
| 5 | INTEL CORPORATION | 515 | 164 | 210 | 115 | 26 | -45.2% |
| 6 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. | 335 | 124 | 125 | 76 | 10 | -39.2% |
| 7 | GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. | 114 | 43 | 49 | 19 | 3 | -61.2% |
| 8 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 108 | 26 | 44 | 29 | 9 | -34.1% |
| 9 | NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 107 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 14 | +17.2% |
| 10 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 105 | 44 | 35 | 25 | 1 | -28.6% |
| 11 | CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 83 | 32 | 23 | 25 | 3 | +8.7% |
| 12 | Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation | 81 | 49 | 24 | 8 | · | -66.7% |
| 13 | SK hynix Inc. | 79 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 19 | +18.2% |
| 14 | Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation | 71 | 42 | 21 | 8 | · | -61.9% |
| 15 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 58 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 7 | -33.3% |
| 16 | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 58 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | -22.2% |
| 17 | Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 55 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | -6.2% |
| 18 | NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY | 54 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 1 | +6.2% |
| 19 | RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 54 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 4 | -60.0% |
| 20 | Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Corporation | 51 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 6 | -55.6% |
| 21 | ROHM CO., LTD. | 47 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 1 | -57.1% |
| 22 | IMEC VZW | 43 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | -42.9% |
| 23 | STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. | 39 | 13 | 16 | 10 | · | -37.5% |
| 24 | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA | 37 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | -37.5% |
| 25 | FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 36 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 2 | -81.0% |