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Smart Footwear Sensors

Integration of electronic sensors and feedback mechanisms into footwear for monitoring physiological parameters, providing navigation assistance, or detecting health conditions.

4,662 US filings from 1,587 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,216 · 2024: 1,523 · 2025: 1,341 · 2026 YTD: 582

Footwear

Top companies

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

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	NIKE, Inc.	233	50	101	58	24	-42.6%
2	Apple Inc.	150	41	46	42	21	-8.7%
3	NEC CORPORATION	110	15	60	22	13	-63.3%
4	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	109	27	33	32	17	-3.0%
5	MASIMO CORPORATION	82	21	33	19	9	-42.4%
6	MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.	57	19	16	15	7	-6.2%
7	adidas AG	50	13	12	22	3	+83.3%
8	Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC	40	9	9	13	9	+44.4%
9	PixArt Imaging Inc.	38	11	12	12	3	0.0%
10	GOOGLE LLC	35	12	4	12	7	+200.0%
11	International Business Machines Corporation	31	15	6	8	2	+33.3%
12	Covidien LP	29	8	5	12	4	+140.0%
13	ASICS CORPORATION	26	6	14	4	2	-71.4%
14	The Regents of the University of California	26	6	10	10	·	0.0%
15	SIGMASENSE, LLC.	24	6	9	8	1	-11.1%
16	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	23	9	7	5	2	-28.6%
17	ORPYX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.	23	7	6	7	3	+16.7%
18	Deckers Outdoor Corporation	20	8	9	1	2	-88.9%
19	KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.	20	5	8	6	1	-25.0%
20	SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.	18	2	5	9	2	+80.0%
21	Smith & Nephew PLC	18	5	6	3	4	-50.0%
22	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	17	4	5	7	1	+40.0%
23	City University of Hong Kong	16	6	5	1	4	-80.0%
24	FAST IP, LLC	16	6	8	2	·	-75.0%
25	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University	16	3	5	3	5	-40.0%