Patent Theme
Flexible and Printed Circuitry
Manufacturing processes and material compositions for creating electronic circuits on flexible or conformable substrates, enabling novel form factors, enhanced durability, and new applications beyond rigid PCBs.
7,184 US filings from 1,603 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,773 · 2024: 2,353 · 2025: 2,148 · 2026 YTD: 910
Printed Circuits & Electronic Assemblies
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 360 | 90 | 100 | 118 | 52 | +18.0% |
| 2 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | 289 | 53 | 86 | 100 | 50 | +16.3% |
| 3 | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 220 | 61 | 67 | 64 | 28 | -4.5% |
| 4 | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 204 | 46 | 60 | 70 | 28 | +16.7% |
| 5 | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. | 203 | 52 | 84 | 41 | 26 | -51.2% |
| 6 | IBIDEN CO., LTD. | 173 | 43 | 61 | 46 | 23 | -24.6% |
| 7 | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. | 157 | 38 | 51 | 54 | 14 | +5.9% |
| 8 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 119 | 27 | 38 | 35 | 19 | -7.9% |
| 9 | CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 116 | 27 | 49 | 26 | 14 | -46.9% |
| 10 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | 99 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 13 | -15.6% |
| 11 | InnoLux Corporation | 97 | 21 | 27 | 36 | 13 | +33.3% |
| 12 | WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 94 | 16 | 51 | 21 | 6 | -58.8% |
| 13 | Apple Inc. | 80 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 12 | -54.5% |
| 14 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 75 | 19 | 28 | 18 | 10 | -35.7% |
| 15 | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION | 71 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 11 | -51.9% |
| 16 | Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. | 69 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 3 | -75.0% |
| 17 | Garuda Technology Co., Ltd. | 67 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 16 | +83.3% |
| 18 | Resonac Corporation | 67 | 3 | 20 | 35 | 9 | +75.0% |
| 19 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 60 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | -44.0% |
| 20 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 59 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 11 | +46.2% |
| 21 | SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC. | 59 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 9 | -10.0% |
| 22 | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 58 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 23 | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 57 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 5 | +5.6% |
| 24 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 55 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 6 | -26.1% |
| 25 | International Business Machines Corporation | 52 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 10 | -26.7% |