Lasers for Optical Communication

Design and integration of lasers and associated components specifically for transmitting data over optical fibers or through free space, including modulation schemes and efficient light coupling.

7,605 US filings from 1,527 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,178 · 2024: 2,330 · 2025: 2,109 · 2026 YTD: 988

Lasers

Top companies

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

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation	319	106	118	86	9	-27.1%
2	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	239	65	68	62	44	-8.8%
3	NEC CORPORATION	181	37	85	43	16	-49.4%
4	II-VI DELAWARE, INC.	175	47	55	42	31	-23.6%
5	Lumentum Operations LLC	137	37	36	51	13	+41.7%
6	Cisco Technology, Inc.	128	39	47	28	14	-40.4%
7	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.	120	21	43	41	15	-4.7%
8	SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.	95	24	34	23	14	-32.4%
9	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	93	22	31	20	20	-35.5%
10	HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.	88	18	30	28	12	-6.7%
11	INTEL CORPORATION	82	14	24	35	9	+45.8%
12	Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.	79	32	19	15	13	-21.1%
13	Ayar Labs, Inc.	74	31	10	24	9	+140.0%
14	Fujitsu Limited	71	29	17	18	7	+5.9%
15	FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED	71	14	28	23	6	-17.9%
16	Attochron, LLC	67	10	22	28	7	+27.3%
17	Ciena Corporation	67	20	12	20	15	+66.7%
18	Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.	65	23	20	16	6	-20.0%
19	COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	64	31	16	15	2	-6.2%
20	Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.	61	25	22	11	3	-50.0%
21	CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	60	18	18	13	11	-27.8%
22	ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE	60	13	23	17	7	-26.1%
23	Marvell Asia Pte Ltd	60	21	17	17	5	0.0%
24	Apple Inc.	57	14	20	17	6	-15.0%
25	Infinera Corporation	56	21	19	14	2	-26.3%