Advanced Optical Imaging & Lens Design

Development of sophisticated optical lens assemblies and computational methods to achieve high-resolution, precise, or specialized imaging, often for medical or scientific applications.

16,954 US filings from 2,718 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,928 · 2024: 5,059 · 2025: 4,976 · 2026 YTD: 1,991

Optical Elements & Systems

Top companies

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

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	774	209	191	253	121	+32.5%
2	Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.	719	160	236	229	94	-3.0%
3	LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.	712	221	217	199	75	-8.3%
4	FUJIFILM CORPORATION	388	104	92	134	58	+45.7%
5	TDK TAIWAN CORP.	359	105	116	117	21	+0.9%
6	NIKON CORPORATION	358	86	102	122	48	+19.6%
7	Alcon Inc.	329	85	81	114	49	+40.7%
8	LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.	320	97	97	105	21	+8.2%
9	GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.	264	102	74	63	25	-14.9%
10	Corephotonics Ltd.	241	64	77	74	26	-3.9%
11	TOPCON CORPORATION	192	48	52	61	31	+17.3%
12	ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.	188	15	83	62	28	-25.3%
13	Apple Inc.	157	50	59	37	11	-37.3%
14	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	157	44	44	49	20	+11.4%
15	Essilor International	153	42	45	43	23	-4.4%
16	Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC	144	58	44	34	8	-22.7%
17	Carl Zeiss Meditec AG	134	29	47	47	11	0.0%
18	OLYMPUS CORPORATION	127	41	53	27	6	-49.1%
19	Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.	118	22	35	46	15	+31.4%
20	SONY GROUP CORPORATION	117	31	43	35	8	-18.6%
21	Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH	115	24	32	32	27	0.0%
22	AAC Optics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.	104	26	43	30	5	-30.2%
23	TOKYO VISIONARY OPTICS Co., Ltd.	100	53	34	12	1	-64.7%
24	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	98	31	22	31	14	+40.9%
25	Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.	97	21	34	34	8	0.0%