Patent Theme
Memory System Performance & Reliability
Hardware and control techniques for optimizing memory access latency, ensuring data integrity, and managing storage resources efficiently. This includes error correction, read/write voltage control, and intelligent data placement or in-memory computation.
40,478 US filings from 1,667 companies since 2023 · 2023: 10,102 · 2024: 12,670 · 2025: 12,155 · 2026 YTD: 5,551
Computer Hardware ArchitectureMemory & Storage (Static)
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 7,618 | 2,081 | 2,459 | 1,958 | 1,120 | -20.4% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 4,012 | 958 | 1,118 | 1,316 | 620 | +17.7% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 2,554 | 623 | 816 | 758 | 357 | -7.1% |
| 4 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 1,591 | 306 | 530 | 557 | 198 | +5.1% |
| 5 | Kioxia Corporation | 1,333 | 403 | 449 | 346 | 135 | -22.9% |
| 6 | INTEL CORPORATION | 1,316 | 346 | 413 | 396 | 161 | -4.1% |
| 7 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 1,016 | 431 | 380 | 194 | 11 | -48.9% |
| 8 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 887 | 220 | 289 | 264 | 114 | -8.7% |
| 9 | YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 850 | 63 | 188 | 409 | 190 | +117.6% |
| 10 | International Business Machines Corporation | 678 | 260 | 195 | 135 | 88 | -30.8% |
| 11 | Pure Storage, Inc. | 653 | 181 | 208 | 208 | 56 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Rambus Inc. | 601 | 140 | 219 | 176 | 66 | -19.6% |
| 13 | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | 592 | · | 64 | 333 | 195 | +420.3% |
| 14 | Lodestar Licensing Group LLC | 508 | 12 | 246 | 187 | 63 | -24.0% |
| 15 | Arm Limited | 502 | 115 | 155 | 154 | 78 | -0.6% |
| 16 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 490 | 99 | 168 | 168 | 55 | 0.0% |
| 17 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 475 | 59 | 120 | 169 | 127 | +40.8% |
| 18 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 469 | 125 | 156 | 130 | 58 | -16.7% |
| 19 | Silicon Motion, Inc. | 465 | 108 | 188 | 133 | 36 | -29.3% |
| 20 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 455 | 108 | 145 | 137 | 65 | -5.5% |
| 21 | Apple Inc. | 371 | 83 | 108 | 127 | 53 | +17.6% |
| 22 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 369 | 73 | 109 | 132 | 55 | +21.1% |
| 23 | CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 328 | 124 | 140 | 57 | 7 | -59.3% |
| 24 | EMC IP Holding Company LLC | 317 | 232 | 69 | 15 | 1 | -78.3% |
| 25 | Nvidia Corporation | 316 | 70 | 89 | 86 | 71 | -3.4% |