Patent Theme
Remote Tracking and Ranging
Technologies for non-contact measurement of distance, position, or 3D properties of a target object, often involving active emission and detection of light or radio frequency waves, including target tracking.
9,110 US filings from 2,063 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,486 · 2024: 2,893 · 2025: 2,628 · 2026 YTD: 1,103
Length / Distance Measurement
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | 257 | 60 | 84 | 81 | 32 | -3.6% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 171 | 60 | 43 | 49 | 19 | +14.0% |
| 3 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 166 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 32 | +25.6% |
| 4 | NEC CORPORATION | 154 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 5 | SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 141 | 36 | 47 | 36 | 22 | -23.4% |
| 6 | DENSO CORPORATION | 140 | 33 | 45 | 48 | 14 | +6.7% |
| 7 | Waymo LLC | 140 | 35 | 54 | 41 | 10 | -24.1% |
| 8 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 130 | 33 | 52 | 32 | 13 | -38.5% |
| 9 | Apple Inc. | 129 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 17 | +18.9% |
| 10 | Aeva, Inc. | 112 | 27 | 51 | 27 | 7 | -47.1% |
| 11 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 106 | 14 | 40 | 42 | 10 | +5.0% |
| 12 | FARO Technologies, Inc. | 99 | 28 | 36 | 27 | 8 | -25.0% |
| 13 | HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 93 | 19 | 43 | 23 | 8 | -46.5% |
| 14 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 93 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 12 | -16.7% |
| 15 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 93 | 35 | 22 | 19 | 17 | -13.6% |
| 16 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 92 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 7 | +10.7% |
| 17 | Aurora Operations, Inc. | 80 | 3 | 35 | 33 | 9 | -5.7% |
| 18 | TOPCON CORPORATION | 74 | 32 | 13 | 22 | 7 | +69.2% |
| 19 | LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG | 67 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 7 | +9.5% |
| 20 | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 64 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 11 | -19.0% |
| 21 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 63 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 9 | -4.8% |
| 22 | Infineon Technologies AG | 56 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 5 | -14.3% |
| 23 | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. | 56 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 10 | -10.5% |
| 24 | Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. | 55 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | -44.4% |
| 25 | HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH | 54 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 4 | -22.2% |