Nanostructured Sensors

Employs materials engineered at the nanoscale to create highly sensitive and selective sensors for detecting chemical, biological, or physical analytes, often leveraging plasmonic, photonic, or surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effects.

4,439 US filings from 1,555 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,346 · 2024: 1,349 · 2025: 1,155 · 2026 YTD: 589

Nanotechnology

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS	72	18	24	25	5	+4.2%
2	KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA	71	18	21	17	15	-19.0%
3	Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC	61	17	16	19	9	+18.8%
4	NGK INSULATORS, LTD.	60	18	22	18	2	-18.2%
5	The Regents of the University of California	60	17	23	13	7	-43.5%
6	Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.	59	15	14	25	5	+78.6%
7	Illumina, Inc.	48	14	15	12	7	-20.0%
8	ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY	40	11	12	10	7	-16.7%
9	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE	38	16	8	10	4	+25.0%
10	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	33	11	10	8	4	-20.0%
11	Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG	30	7	8	8	7	0.0%
12	Infineon Technologies AG	29	13	7	8	1	+14.3%
13	President and Fellows of Harvard College	29	9	13	5	2	-61.5%
14	Analog Devices International Unlimited Company	28	7	6	6	9	0.0%
15	Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.	28	7	12	8	1	-33.3%
16	University of Cincinnati	27	9	8	6	4	-25.0%
17	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.	26	7	7	7	5	0.0%
18	International Business Machines Corporation	25	9	5	7	4	+40.0%
19	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	24	6	9	6	3	-33.3%
20	Board of Regents, The University of Texas System	23	9	4	7	3	+75.0%
21	KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	23	8	5	6	4	+20.0%
22	PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION	23	8	9	4	2	-55.6%
23	KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY	22	1	16	5	·	-68.8%
24	COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES	21	8	6	6	1	0.0%
25	TDK CORPORATION	21	8	3	7	3	+133.3%