Photonics Patent Application Trends 2024

Photonics patent applications in 2024

Top Technology Areas in Photonics

Top CPC Codes

• G02B2006/12061 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 8 patents
  • Example: 20240230994. OPTICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL MODULE simplified abstract (SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.)
• G02B6/1228 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240230994. OPTICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL MODULE simplified abstract (SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.)
• G02B6/12004 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 6 patents
  • Example: 20240184041. Laser Ultrastable Photonics with Integrated Nonlinearity for Extended Stability simplified abstract (The Regents of the University of California)
• G02B6/13 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 5 patents
  • Example: 20240118492. INTEGRATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES, DIRECT-BONDED WAVEGUIDE INTERFACE JOINTS, OPTICAL ROUTING AND INTERCONNECTS simplified abstract (ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.)
• G02B6/122 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240012199. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMATION simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)
• G02B6/136 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240012199. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMATION simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)
• G02B6/43 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240004151. EMBEDDED SILICON PHOTONICS CHIP IN A MULTI-DIE PACKAGE simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)
• G02B6/4245 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240004151. EMBEDDED SILICON PHOTONICS CHIP IN A MULTI-DIE PACKAGE simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)
• G02B6/30 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240134122. PHOTONICS GRATING COUPLER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE simplified abstract (Micron Technology, Inc.)
• G02B1/002 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240125974. HUMIDITY SENSITIVE NANO-PHOTONICS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF simplified abstract (POSTECH Academy-Industry Foundation)

Top Companies in Photonics

Intel Corporation

• Number of Photonics patents: 8
• Top CPC codes:
  • G02F1/025 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • G02B6/4226 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • G02B6/425 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240111098. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAST, PASSIVE ALIGNMENT IN PHOTONICS ASSEMBLY simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240404)
  • 20240027706. PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE PACKAGING simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240125)
  • 20240027710. EMBEDDED PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IN GLASS CORE OF SUBSTRATE simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240125)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

• Number of Photonics patents: 4
• Top CPC codes:
  • G02B2006/12061 (No explanation available): 3 patents
  • G02B6/12002 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • G02B6/122 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240004151. EMBEDDED SILICON PHOTONICS CHIP IN A MULTI-DIE PACKAGE simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.) (20240104)
  • 20240201435. COMPACT OPTICAL RESONATOR WITH ENHANCEMENT FEATURES simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.) (20240620)
  • 20240069275. WAVELENGTH TUNING IN SILICON PHOTONICS simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.) (20240229)

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04B7/0482 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • H04B7/0617 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • G06E1/02 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240235629. CODEBOOK-BASED BEAMFORMING WITH RANDOM FOREST ON CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY simplified abstract (HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.) (20240711)
  • 20240137083. CODEBOOK-BASED BEAMFORMING WITH RANDOM FOREST ON CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY simplified abstract (HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.) (20240425)
  • 20240111325. OPTICAL COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD simplified abstract (HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.) (20240404)

Fujikura Ltd.

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04N23/95 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • H04N23/815 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • H04N25/41 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240236513. IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE IMAGING DEVICE simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.) (20240711)
  • 20240118555. OPTICAL COMPUTATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPUTATION METHOD simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.) (20240411)
  • 20240078420. OPTICAL COMPUTATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPUTATION METHOD simplified abstract (Fujikura Ltd.) (20240307)

Anello Photonics, Inc.

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • G01C19/721 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • G01S19/13 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • G01C19/727 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240125600. PORTABLE OPTICAL GYROSCOPE AND COMPASS UNIT simplified abstract (Anello Photonics, Inc.) (20240418)
  • 20240210175. INTEGRATED PHOTONICS CHIP WITH ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIAL BASED WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS simplified abstract (Anello Photonics, Inc.) (20240627)
  • 20240068813. SILICON NITRIDE WAVEGUIDE BASED INTEGRATED PHOTONICS FRONT-END CHIP FOR OPTICAL GYROSCOPE simplified abstract (Anello Photonics, Inc.) (20240229)

FUJIKURA LTD.

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • G02B5/18 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • G02B5/005 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • G06E1/00 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240103207. OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMPUTING METHOD simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.) (20240328)
  • 20240118724. OPTICAL DIFFRACTION ELEMENT, OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING POSITION OF OPTICAL DIFFRACTION ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.) (20240411)
  • 20240019615. OPTICAL ARITHMETIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ARITHMETIC DEVICE simplified abstract (FUJIKURA LTD.) (20240118)

Ayar Labs, Inc.

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • G02B6/30 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • G02B6/428 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • H04B10/504 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240014904. Laser Module for Optical Data Communication System within Silicon Interposer simplified abstract (Ayar Labs, Inc.) (20240111)
  • 20240176081. Vertical Integrated Photonics Chiplet for In-Package Optical Interconnect simplified abstract (Ayar Labs, Inc.) (20240530)
  • 20240061181. Fiber Attach Enabled Wafer Level Fanout simplified abstract (Ayar Labs, Inc.) (20240222)

Marvell Asia Pte Ltd

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • H01S5/0264 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • H01S5/021 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • H01S5/3434 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240063602. POWER MONITOR FOR SILICON-PHOTONICS-BASED LASER simplified abstract (Marvell Asia Pte Ltd) (20240222)
  • 20240089002. INTEGRATED COHERENT OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER simplified abstract (Marvell Asia Pte Ltd) (20240314)
  • 20240149632. Integrated Optical Transceiver simplified abstract (Marvell Asia Pte Ltd) (20240509)

Apple Inc.

• Number of Photonics patents: 3
• Top CPC codes:
  • G02F1/21 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • G02F1/212 (No explanation available): 1 patents
  • H05B47/105 (No explanation available): 1 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240094592. MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER DEVICE FOR WAVELENGTH LOCKING simplified abstract (Apple Inc.) (20240321)
  • 20240090102. Systems and Methods for Wavelength Locking in Optical Sensing Systems simplified abstract (Apple Inc.) (20240314)
  • 20240154697. Electronic Devices with High Frequency Reflective Antenna Arrays simplified abstract (Apple Inc.) (20240509)

SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.

• Number of Photonics patents: 2
• Top CPC codes:
  • G02B6/1228 (No explanation available): 2 patents
  • G02B2006/12061 (No explanation available): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240230994. OPTICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL MODULE simplified abstract (SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.) (20240711)
  • 20240134118. OPTICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL MODULE simplified abstract (SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.) (20240425)

New Companies in Photonics (Last Month)

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Emerging Technology Areas in Photonics

• G06Q30/0629 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046342. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A PHOTONICS DATABASE simplified abstract (MeetOptics Labs S.L.)
• G06Q30/0627 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046342. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A PHOTONICS DATABASE simplified abstract (MeetOptics Labs S.L.)
• G06Q30/0643 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046342. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A PHOTONICS DATABASE simplified abstract (MeetOptics Labs S.L.)
• H04B10/501 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045139. SILICON PHOTONICS INTEGRATION CIRCUIT simplified abstract (MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD.)
• G02B6/4206 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240027710. EMBEDDED PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IN GLASS CORE OF SUBSTRATE simplified abstract (Intel Corporation)
• G02B6/4278 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240027710. EMBEDDED PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IN GLASS CORE OF SUBSTRATE simplified abstract (Intel Corporation)
• G02B6/4292 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240027706. PHOTONICS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE PACKAGING simplified abstract (Intel Corporation)
• H04W28/0215 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240154697. Electronic Devices with High Frequency Reflective Antenna Arrays simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)
• H04B10/116 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240154697. Electronic Devices with High Frequency Reflective Antenna Arrays simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)
• G02B6/4293 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240151921. Photonics Integration in Semiconductor Packages simplified abstract (Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited)

Top Companies in Emerging Photonics Technologies

• Intel Corporation: 3 patents
• MeetOptics Labs S.L.: 3 patents
• Apple Inc.: 2 patents
• Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited: 1 patents
• MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD.: 1 patents