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Hardware-Assisted Cryptographic Operations
Utilizing dedicated hardware components, secure enclaves, or trusted execution environments to perform cryptographic operations, enhancing security, performance, or isolation from software vulnerabilities.
7,257 US filings from 1,120 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,732 · 2024: 2,237 · 2025: 2,232 · 2026 YTD: 1,056
Cryptographic Mechanisms
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | INTEL CORPORATION | 533 | 138 | 196 | 158 | 41 | -19.4% |
| 2 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 383 | 73 | 126 | 128 | 56 | +1.6% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 304 | 76 | 85 | 92 | 51 | +8.2% |
| 4 | International Business Machines Corporation | 269 | 83 | 76 | 73 | 37 | -3.9% |
| 5 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 193 | 33 | 62 | 65 | 33 | +4.8% |
| 6 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 147 | 44 | 42 | 52 | 9 | +23.8% |
| 7 | GOOGLE LLC | 140 | 32 | 46 | 46 | 16 | 0.0% |
| 8 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 92 | 24 | 34 | 17 | 17 | -50.0% |
| 9 | Red Hat, Inc. | 84 | 33 | 27 | 18 | 6 | -33.3% |
| 10 | NXP B.V. | 79 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 11 | -7.7% |
| 11 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 79 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 20 | +100.0% |
| 12 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 70 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 24 | -10.5% |
| 13 | Bank of America Corporation | 70 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 13 | -34.8% |
| 14 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 67 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 7 | +64.7% |
| 15 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 66 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 5 | +4.5% |
| 16 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 63 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 9 | +15.0% |
| 17 | Cryptography Research, Inc. | 62 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 8 | -9.5% |
| 18 | Apple Inc. | 61 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 19 | CRYPTO LAB INC. | 61 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 25 | +50.0% |
| 20 | Infineon Technologies AG | 61 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 11 | -28.6% |
| 21 | XILINX, INC. | 56 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | -14.3% |
| 22 | HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 55 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | -6.7% |
| 23 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 54 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 10 | -23.5% |
| 24 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 52 | 13 | 20 | 19 | · | -5.0% |
| 25 | Arm Limited | 50 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 11 | +66.7% |