Quantum Computing Patent Application Trends 2025

Quantum Computing Patent Application Filing Activity

Quantum Computing patent applications in 2025

Top Technology Areas in Quantum Computing

Top CPC Codes

G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control)
- Count: 140 patents
- Example: 20250117679. DEVICE AND METHOD (LG ELECTRONICS INC.)
G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers)
- Count: 102 patents
- Example: 20250117678. COMPACT QUANTUM CIRCUIT SCHEDULING (International Business Machines Corporation)
G06N10/70 (Quantum error correction, detection or prevention, e.g. surface codes or magic state distillation)
- Count: 68 patents
- Example: 20250117678. COMPACT QUANTUM CIRCUIT SCHEDULING (International Business Machines Corporation)
G06N10/60 (Quantum algorithms, e.g. based on quantum optimisation, quantum Fourier or Hadamard transforms)
- Count: 54 patents
- Example: 20250115270. FUSION OF CLASSICAL COMPUTING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR QUANTUM COMPUTING FOR VEHICLE OPERATION (Volvo Car Corporation)
G06N10/80 (Quantum programming, e.g. interfaces, languages or software-development kits for creating or handling programs capable of running on quantum computers; Platforms for simulating or accessing quantum computers, e.g. cloud-based quantum computing)
- Count: 24 patents
- Example: 20250036988. OPTIMAL QUANTUM FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS BASED ON FUNCTION INPUTS (Classiq Technologies LTD.)
G06N10/00 (Quantum computing, i.e. information processing based on quantum-mechanical phenomena)
- Count: 15 patents
- Example: 20250045357. OPERATOR AVERAGING WITHIN QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS (Google LLC)
H04L9/0852 ({Quantum cryptography (transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infrared)
- Count: 12 patents
- Example: 20250119277. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY REPORTING AND STORING COMPUTER SECURITY PROFILES (Mastercard International Incorporated)
H10N60/12 (No explanation available)
- Count: 11 patents
- Example: 20250040454. KINETIC INDUCTANCE FOR COUPLERS AND COMPACT QUBITS (D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.)
H10N69/00 (No explanation available)
- Count: 9 patents
- Example: 20250118675. Modular Package of Quantum Hardware (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION)
H04B10/70 (Photonic quantum communication)
- Count: 9 patents
- Example: 20250038846. DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING QUANTUM SECURE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH REDUCED COMPLEXITY IN QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (LG ELECTRONICS INC.)

Top Companies in Quantum Computing 2025

International Business Machines Corporation

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 36
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 13 patents
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 13 patents
- G06N10/60 (Quantum algorithms, e.g. based on quantum optimisation, quantum Fourier or Hadamard transforms): 11 patents
Recent patents:

Google LLC

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 25
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 15 patents
- G06N10/70 (Quantum error correction, detection or prevention, e.g. surface codes or magic state distillation): 12 patents
- G06N10/00 (Quantum computing, i.e. information processing based on quantum-mechanical phenomena): 6 patents
Recent patents:

Classiq Technologies LTD.

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 12
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 11 patents
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 5 patents
- G06N10/80 (Quantum programming, e.g. interfaces, languages or software-development kits for creating or handling programs capable of running on quantum computers; Platforms for simulating or accessing quantum computers, e.g. cloud-based quantum computing): 4 patents
Recent patents:

Fujitsu Limited

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 10
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 6 patents
- G06N10/60 (Quantum algorithms, e.g. based on quantum optimisation, quantum Fourier or Hadamard transforms): 5 patents
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 2 patents
Recent patents:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 10
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/70 (Quantum error correction, detection or prevention, e.g. surface codes or magic state distillation): 8 patents
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 5 patents
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 3 patents
Recent patents:

IonQ, Inc.

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 9
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 7 patents
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 3 patents
- G21K1/003 ({Manipulation of charged particles by using radiation pressure, e.g. optical levitation (acceleration of charged particles): 2 patents
Recent patents:

IQM FINLAND OY

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 8
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 7 patents
- G06N10/60 (Quantum algorithms, e.g. based on quantum optimisation, quantum Fourier or Hadamard transforms): 2 patents
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 2 patents
Recent patents:

Bank of America Corporation

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 7
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/20 (Models of quantum computing, e.g. quantum circuits or universal quantum computers): 4 patents
- G06N10/60 (Quantum algorithms, e.g. based on quantum optimisation, quantum Fourier or Hadamard transforms): 4 patents
- G06Q50/205 ({Education administration or guidance}): 1 patents
Recent patents:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 6
Top CPC codes:
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 3 patents
- H01L24/16 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS): 2 patents
- H01L23/5385 (the interconnection structure between a plurality of semiconductor chips being formed on, or in, insulating substrates ({): 1 patents
Recent patents:

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Number of Quantum Computing patents: 5
Top CPC codes:
- H04B10/70 (Photonic quantum communication): 2 patents
- H04L9/0852 ({Quantum cryptography (transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infrared): 2 patents
- G06N10/40 (Physical realisations or architectures of quantum processors or components for manipulating qubits, e.g. qubit coupling or qubit control): 1 patents
Recent patents:

New Companies in Quantum Computing (Last Month)

No new companies detected in the last month.

Emerging Technology Areas in Quantum Computing

B23K2101/40 (SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
G02B27/1086 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
G02B19/0047 (Condensers, {e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics} (for microscopes)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
G02B19/0009 (Condensers, {e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics} (for microscopes)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
B23K26/351 (SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
B23K26/067 (SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
B23K26/0648 (SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM (making metal-coated products by extruding metal)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
H10N60/0884 (No explanation available)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: 20250107455. LASER ANNEALING OF QUBITS USING A DIFFRACTIVE BEAM SPLITTER (International Business Machines Corporation)
G04F5/145 (TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING (measuring pulse characteristics)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: [[20250106977. Atom Beam Generation Device, Physics Package, Physics Package for Optical Lattice Clock, Physics Package for Atomic Clock, Physics Package for Atomic Interferometer, Physics Package for Quantum Information Processing Device, and Physics Package System (RIKEN)]]
H05H3/02 (Molecular or atomic beam generation {(charge exchange devices)
- Count: 1 patents
- Example: [[20250106977. Atom Beam Generation Device, Physics Package, Physics Package for Optical Lattice Clock, Physics Package for Atomic Clock, Physics Package for Atomic Interferometer, Physics Package for Quantum Information Processing Device, and Physics Package System (RIKEN)]]