Patent Theme
Wearable Physiological Sensing
Development of devices and methods for non-invasive or minimally invasive collection and analysis of physiological data, often from wearable sensors, to monitor health, activity, or specific conditions.
8,864 US filings from 2,526 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,367 · 2024: 2,765 · 2025: 2,578 · 2026 YTD: 1,154
Medical Diagnostics & Surgery
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 351 | 114 | 97 | 104 | 36 | +7.2% |
| 2 | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. | 216 | 61 | 81 | 54 | 20 | -33.3% |
| 3 | Apple Inc. | 191 | 50 | 69 | 47 | 25 | -31.9% |
| 4 | MASIMO CORPORATION | 186 | 44 | 67 | 54 | 21 | -19.4% |
| 5 | Oura Health Oy | 149 | 25 | 38 | 58 | 28 | +52.6% |
| 6 | NEC CORPORATION | 126 | 18 | 66 | 27 | 15 | -59.1% |
| 7 | ZOLL Medical Corporation | 106 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 9 | -13.9% |
| 8 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC | 105 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 28 | +12.5% |
| 9 | Ouraring Inc. | 91 | · | 13 | 77 | 1 | +492.3% |
| 10 | Medtronic, Inc. | 88 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 23 | -9.1% |
| 11 | WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC | 88 | 20 | 27 | 31 | 10 | +14.8% |
| 12 | OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD. | 77 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 9 | -48.5% |
| 13 | GOOGLE LLC | 71 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 10 | +23.5% |
| 14 | Covidien LP | 57 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 4 | +5.9% |
| 15 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 57 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 1 | -84.0% |
| 16 | NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION | 56 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 9 | +20.0% |
| 17 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 55 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | +6.7% |
| 18 | GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC | 52 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | -26.7% |
| 19 | NIKE, Inc. | 52 | 18 | 16 | 18 | · | +12.5% |
| 20 | Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 48 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | -9.1% |
| 21 | The Regents of the University of California | 47 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Whoop, Inc. | 45 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 6 | +6.7% |
| 23 | FITBIT, INC. | 44 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | -80.0% |
| 24 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 44 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 6 | -61.1% |
| 25 | iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | 43 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | +62.5% |