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Image Sensor Pixel & Array Design
Layout, material composition, and structural arrangement of photoelectric conversion elements and associated circuitry within image sensor arrays, including infrared detectors and back-side illuminated structures.
7,316 US filings from 642 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,257 · 2024: 2,735 · 2025: 1,767 · 2026 YTD: 557
Integrated Circuit Layout & Arrangement
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
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| 1 | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | 1,172 | 317 | 487 | 281 | 87 | -42.3% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1,114 | 325 | 407 | 276 | 106 | -32.2% |
| 3 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 833 | 239 | 258 | 246 | 90 | -4.7% |
| 4 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 407 | 115 | 177 | 101 | 14 | -42.9% |
| 5 | SK hynix Inc. | 272 | 99 | 76 | 71 | 26 | -6.6% |
| 6 | OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 262 | 71 | 91 | 69 | 31 | -24.2% |
| 7 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 181 | 63 | 60 | 53 | 5 | -11.7% |
| 8 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 172 | 68 | 68 | 34 | 2 | -50.0% |
| 9 | NIKON CORPORATION | 153 | 49 | 47 | 48 | 9 | +2.1% |
| 10 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC | 135 | 39 | 46 | 32 | 18 | -30.4% |
| 11 | HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. | 72 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 6 | -50.0% |
| 12 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 71 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 1 | -16.0% |
| 13 | PixArt Imaging Inc. | 71 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 1 | -19.2% |
| 14 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 62 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 4 | -19.0% |
| 15 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 60 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 1 | -72.0% |
| 16 | Apple Inc. | 55 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Japan Display Inc. | 45 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 1 | +41.7% |
| 18 | STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS | 44 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 1 | -57.9% |
| 19 | VISERA TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LIMITED | 32 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | -86.7% |
| 20 | BRILLNICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. | 31 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | -62.5% |
| 21 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 31 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | -53.8% |
| 22 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | · | -70.6% |
| 23 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 29 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -44.4% |
| 24 | Hand Held Products, Inc. | 28 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 25 | SONY CORPORATION | 28 | 16 | 12 | · | · | — |