Patent Theme
Video Quality & Encoding Optimization
Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.
54,026 US filings from 4,100 companies since 2023 · 2023: 12,564 · 2024: 17,146 · 2025: 16,731 · 2026 YTD: 7,585
Computer VisionPictorial / Video Communications
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 2,296 | 573 | 792 | 710 | 221 | -10.4% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 2,139 | 524 | 662 | 638 | 315 | -3.6% |
| 3 | TENCENT AMERICA LLC | 2,129 | 520 | 634 | 702 | 273 | +10.7% |
| 4 | Bytedance Inc. | 1,795 | 467 | 632 | 474 | 222 | -25.0% |
| 5 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 1,644 | 348 | 507 | 544 | 245 | +7.3% |
| 6 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 1,570 | 296 | 527 | 512 | 235 | -2.8% |
| 7 | BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 1,495 | 447 | 622 | 311 | 115 | -50.0% |
| 8 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 1,180 | 245 | 370 | 377 | 188 | +1.9% |
| 9 | GOOGLE LLC | 1,148 | 265 | 349 | 360 | 174 | +3.2% |
| 10 | Adobe Inc. | 898 | 179 | 291 | 281 | 147 | -3.4% |
| 11 | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 860 | 29 | 281 | 339 | 211 | +20.6% |
| 12 | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. | 848 | 117 | 201 | 301 | 229 | +49.8% |
| 13 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 844 | 214 | 282 | 259 | 89 | -8.2% |
| 14 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | 837 | 191 | 291 | 264 | 91 | -9.3% |
| 15 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 767 | 213 | 230 | 257 | 67 | +11.7% |
| 16 | Apple Inc. | 765 | 174 | 275 | 226 | 90 | -17.8% |
| 17 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 741 | 189 | 228 | 222 | 102 | -2.6% |
| 18 | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 738 | 162 | 252 | 221 | 103 | -12.3% |
| 19 | INTEL CORPORATION | 692 | 186 | 246 | 186 | 74 | -24.4% |
| 20 | B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 593 | 67 | 198 | 191 | 137 | -3.5% |
| 21 | Nvidia Corporation | 587 | 103 | 137 | 182 | 165 | +32.8% |
| 22 | BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 573 | 76 | 201 | 201 | 95 | 0.0% |
| 23 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 570 | 103 | 179 | 191 | 97 | +6.7% |
| 24 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 509 | 97 | 174 | 169 | 69 | -2.9% |
| 25 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 458 | 122 | 162 | 117 | 57 | -27.8% |