Patent Theme
Under-Display Optical Sensing
Integration of optical sensors, particularly for biometrics or other surface interactions, beneath a display or protective cover, requiring specialized optical paths, illumination, and packaging.
4,616 US filings from 1,037 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,358 · 2024: 1,532 · 2025: 1,233 · 2026 YTD: 493
Measurement (Non-specific)
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 377 | 107 | 117 | 97 | 56 | -17.1% |
| 2 | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. | 207 | 77 | 78 | 41 | 11 | -47.4% |
| 3 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 187 | 52 | 65 | 50 | 20 | -23.1% |
| 4 | Japan Display Inc. | 182 | 66 | 61 | 43 | 12 | -29.5% |
| 5 | NEC CORPORATION | 160 | 46 | 54 | 43 | 17 | -20.4% |
| 6 | InnoLux Corporation | 113 | 41 | 31 | 34 | 7 | +9.7% |
| 7 | Apple Inc. | 107 | 30 | 40 | 22 | 15 | -45.0% |
| 8 | PixArt Imaging Inc. | 86 | 26 | 35 | 20 | 5 | -42.9% |
| 9 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 84 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 17 | +15.0% |
| 10 | VIAVI Solutions Inc. | 62 | 15 | 25 | 19 | 3 | -24.0% |
| 11 | Fingerprint Cards Anacatum IP AB | 60 | 29 | 22 | 9 | · | -59.1% |
| 12 | GOOGLE LLC | 53 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 5 | -31.6% |
| 13 | NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp. | 49 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | -75.0% |
| 14 | SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 43 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 41 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | 39 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | -26.7% |
| 17 | WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 38 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 18 | HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD. | 36 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 19 | HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. | 34 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | -10.0% |
| 20 | TRINAMIX GMBH | 34 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 32 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 2 | +20.0% |
| 22 | CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | · | +42.9% |
| 23 | 3M Innovative Properties Company | 28 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | -69.2% |
| 24 | Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd. | 28 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | -46.2% |
| 25 | Egis Technology Inc. | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +100.0% |