Novel Logic & Memory Circuit Elements

Design and implementation of non-traditional logic gates or memory elements, often leveraging new materials or device physics to achieve multi-functionality, adaptive thresholds, or higher density.

8,744 US filings from 878 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,311 · 2024: 2,751 · 2025: 2,537 · 2026 YTD: 1,145

Integrated Circuit Layout & Arrangement

Top companies

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

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Micron Technology, Inc.	1,062	333	329	269	131	-18.2%
2	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.	864	194	253	320	97	+26.5%
3	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	559	142	166	167	84	+0.6%
4	CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	274	120	93	53	8	-43.0%
5	SK hynix Inc.	227	69	71	49	38	-31.0%
6	International Business Machines Corporation	186	78	48	44	16	-8.3%
7	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.	182	43	50	69	20	+38.0%
8	TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED	180	43	63	50	24	-20.6%
9	INTEL CORPORATION	164	58	52	40	14	-23.1%
10	Kepler Computing Inc.	158	54	49	43	12	-12.2%
11	Kioxia Corporation	155	41	57	25	32	-56.1%
12	STMicroelectronics International N.V.	127	18	36	38	35	+5.6%
13	SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC	124	47	66	11	·	-83.3%
14	YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.	122	14	27	50	31	+85.2%
15	MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.	110	24	32	36	18	+12.5%
16	QUALCOMM Incorporated	101	18	25	35	23	+40.0%
17	Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.	100	27	35	24	14	-31.4%
18	Sandisk Technologies, Inc.	92	·	2	51	39	+2450.0%
19	GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.	91	11	32	29	19	-9.4%
20	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	84	28	29	23	4	-20.7%
21	Lodestar Licensing Group LLC	84	3	41	33	7	-19.5%
22	NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION	78	27	21	22	8	+4.8%
23	TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED	64	13	17	27	7	+58.8%
24	Arm Limited	63	13	15	18	17	+20.0%
25	STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS	61	27	21	12	1	-42.9%