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Optical computing devices
Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within G06E · public-visibility date · generated 2026-07-19
top 25 per window · public-visibility date
Rising· last 2 yrs
Inventors whose newest G06E patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier
- 199Nicholas C. Harris26 patents · 224 citations
- 296Yichen Shen17 patents · 205 citations
- 392Darius Bunandar24 patents · 86 citations
- 488Cheng-Kuan Lu11 patents · 64 citations
- 583Huaiyu Meng13 patents · 64 citations
- 679Ronald Gagnon10 patents · 61 citations
- 775Arash Hosseinzadeh8 patents · 51 citations
- 871Li Jing8 patents · 51 citations
- 967Matthew Khoury8 patents · 51 citations
- 1063Rumen Dangovski8 patents · 51 citations
- 1158Michael Gould16 patents · 54 citations
- 1254Tomo Lazovich8 patents · 52 citations
- 1350Mitchell A. Nahmias6 patents · 27 citations
- 1446Joshua Norman Smith9 patents · 15 citations
- 1542Robert Chad Mccollum9 patents · 15 citations
- 1638Marcus A. Smith5 patents · 6 citations
- 1733Christopher Monroe6 patents · 11 citations
- 1829Gilbert Hendry3 patents · 13 citations
- 1925Benjamin Brown2 patents · 9 citations
- 2021Hector Bombin Palomo2 patents · 9 citations
- 2117Naomi Nickerson2 patents · 9 citations
- 2213Benjamin Jacob Bloom2 patents · 11 citations
- 238Brian Lester2 patents · 11 citations
- 244Jonathan King2 patents · 11 citations
- 251Jingdong Deng2 patents · 10 citations
Active· last 5 yrs
Sustained G06E output across the last 5 years
- 199Nicholas C. Harris26 patents · 224 citations
- 296Yichen Shen17 patents · 205 citations
- 392Darius Bunandar24 patents · 86 citations
- 488Cheng-Kuan Lu11 patents · 64 citations
- 583Huaiyu Meng13 patents · 64 citations
- 679Ronald Gagnon10 patents · 61 citations
- 775Arash Hosseinzadeh8 patents · 51 citations
- 871Li Jing8 patents · 51 citations
- 967Matthew Khoury8 patents · 51 citations
- 1063Rumen Dangovski8 patents · 51 citations
- 1158Michael Gould16 patents · 54 citations
- 1254Tomo Lazovich8 patents · 52 citations
- 1350Jacques Johannes Carolan4 patents · 141 citations
- 1446Mihika Prabhu4 patents · 141 citations
- 1542Scott A. Skirlo4 patents · 141 citations
- 1638Mitchell A. Nahmias6 patents · 27 citations
- 1733Joshua Norman Smith9 patents · 15 citations
- 1829Robert Chad Mccollum9 patents · 15 citations
- 1925Carlos Dorta-Quinones4 patents · 24 citations
- 2021Martin B. Z. Forsythe4 patents · 28 citations
- 2117Marcus A. Smith5 patents · 6 citations
- 2213Christopher Monroe6 patents · 11 citations
- 238Marko Cetina3 patents · 10 citations
- 244Norbert M. Linke3 patents · 10 citations
- 251Shantanu Debnath3 patents · 10 citations
All-time canon
Career PatentIndex Score in G06E
- 199Tadao Iwaki6 patents · 437 citations
- 296Nicholas C. Harris26 patents · 224 citations
- 392Yasuyuki Mitsuoka6 patents · 258 citations
- 488Yichen Shen17 patents · 205 citations
- 583Charles L. Woods7 patents · 227 citations
- 679John N. Lee5 patents · 216 citations
- 775Richard P. Bocker9 patents · 221 citations
- 871Joseph L. Horner7 patents · 206 citations
- 967Benjamin J. Pernick8 patents · 208 citations
- 1063R. Aaron Falk12 patents · 258 citations
- 1158Ravindra A. Athale5 patents · 220 citations
- 1254David P. Casasent9 patents · 204 citations
- 1350Kenneth G. Leib8 patents · 190 citations
- 1446Robert W. Brandstetter8 patents · 196 citations
- 1542Michael Simcock15 patents · 244 citations
- 1638William Soltmann14 patents · 244 citations
- 1733Peter S. Guilfoyle6 patents · 145 citations
- 1829Emanuel Marom7 patents · 161 citations
- 1925Jan Grinberg5 patents · 154 citations
- 2021William B. Dress5 patents · 152 citations
- 2117Izhak M. Livny4 patents · 225 citations
- 2213Roeland M. T. Hekker4 patents · 225 citations
- 238Tien-Hsin Chao5 patents · 178 citations
- 244Falvey L. Malarcher4 patents · 517 citations
- 251Tsen-Hwang Lin4 patents · 517 citations
Rising· last 2 yrs
The top-scoring G06E patents made public in the last 2 years
- 199US12073315B2✦ AIOptoelectronic computing systems3 cites · 202455% earned
- 296US12174655B1✦ AIMethod for optical computation of sums and differences2 cites · 202458% earned
- 392US12244354B2✦ AISystems and methods for analog computing using a linear photonic processor1 cites · 202446% earned
- 488US11940834B1Methods and devices for fault tolerant quantum gates2 cites · 202467% earned
- 583US12443356B2Optical computing with disaggregated memory1 cites · 202567% earned
- 679US11874501B1Systems and methods to maintain phase relations of an optical signal in a photonic dot pro2 cites · 202476% earned
- 775US12061408B1Apparatus with light-based control of light-based computation2 cites · 202455% earned
- 871US12106183B2Scalable neutral atom based quantum computing1 cites · 202456% earned
- 967US12045080B1Optical computing system and method of use1 cites · 202467% earned
- 1063US12499452B2Systems and methods for generating personalized landing pages for users0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1158US12314076B2Fast prediction processor0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1254US12174656B2Matrix multiplication using optical processing0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1350US12481306B2Adaptive and optimal imaging of quantum optical systems for quantum computing0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1446US11938408B1Systems and methods for in-person live action gaming0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1542US12425119B2Systems and methods for utilizing photonic degrees of freedom in a photonic processor0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1638US12210964B2Optoelectronic computing systems0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1733US12306434B2Photonic wafer communication systems and related packages0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1829US12405508B2Beam delivery system0 cites · 20240% earned
- 1925US12307219B2Residue number system in a photonic matrix accelerator0 cites · 20240% earned
- 2021US12346001B2Quantum wavelength converter between a microwave signal and an optical signal0 cites · 20250% earned
- 2117US12254913B2Non-volatile electro-optical high-bandwidth ultra-fast large-scale memory architecture0 cites · 20240% earned
- 2213US12578516B2Light diffraction element unit and optical computation device0 cites · 20240% earned
- 238US12094564B2Memory device and computing method thereof0 cites · 20240% earned
- 244US12591082B2Optical computing device and method for producing same0 cites · 20240% earned
- 251US12353340B2Systems for high-speed computing using an optical interchange0 cites · 20250% earned
Active· last 5 yrs
The top-scoring G06E patents of the last 5 years
- 199US11398871B2✦ AISystems and methods for analog computing using a linear photonic processor22 cites · 202180% earned
- 296US11501198B1✦ AIGeneration of an entangled photonic state from primitive resources21 cites · 202290% earned
- 392US11016567B1✦ AILetter and number recognition system using EEG-fNIRS for speech impaired people15 cites · 202189% earned
- 488US11093215B2Linear photonic processors and related methods14 cites · 202177% earned
- 583US10908634B1Systems and methods for parallel photonic computing14 cites · 202189% earned
- 679US11734556B2Optoelectronic computing systems10 cites · 202181% earned
- 775US11797873B2Scalable neutral atom based quantum computing10 cites · 202181% earned
- 871US11341428B2Scalable photonic quantum computing with hybrid resource states6 cites · 202278% earned
- 967US11305179B1Systems and methods for in-person live action gaming7 cites · 202275% earned
- 1063US12073315B2Optoelectronic computing systems3 cites · 202455% earned
- 1158US11460876B1Methods and devices for fault tolerant quantum gates7 cites · 202279% earned
- 1254US11700078B2Systems and methods for utilizing photonic degrees of freedom in a photonic processor4 cites · 202275% earned
- 1350US11710061B2Optical control of atomic quantum bits for phase control of operation3 cites · 202367% earned
- 1446US11836466B2Residue number system in a photonic matrix accelerator3 cites · 202272% earned
- 1542US11892744B2Beam delivery system3 cites · 202172% earned
- 1638US11719963B2Optical modulation for optoelectronic processing3 cites · 202180% earned
- 1733US12165004B2Quantum computing for combinatorial optimization problems using programmable atom arrays4 cites · 202175% earned
- 1829US11119527B1Light-based, non-binary computation device3 cites · 202163% earned
- 1925US12219050B2Photonic implementation of keys update and hash generation for digital currency transactio2 cites · 202367% earned
- 2021US12443356B2Optical computing with disaggregated memory1 cites · 202567% earned
- 2117US11575860B2Optical control of qubits with spatial light modulators for quantum computing and quantum 3 cites · 202180% earned
- 2213US11874501B1Systems and methods to maintain phase relations of an optical signal in a photonic dot pro2 cites · 202476% earned
- 238US12061408B1Apparatus with light-based control of light-based computation2 cites · 202455% earned
- 244US11460877B2Hybrid photonics-solid state quantum computer2 cites · 202261% earned
- 251US11562788B2Memory processing unit2 cites · 202167% earned
All-time canon
The defining G06E patents of the whole record
- 199US5296950A✦ AIOptical signal free-space conversion board401 cites · 199495% earned
- 296US5327286A✦ AIReal time optical correlation system320 cites · 199494% earned
- 392US6239909B1✦ AIImage-forming method and image-forming apparatus262 cites · 200194% earned
- 488US5905571AOptical apparatus for forming correlation spectrometers and optical processors235 cites · 199994% earned
- 583US4811210AA plurality of optical crossbar switches and exchange switches for parallel processor comp208 cites · 198994% earned
- 679US5646432ASemiconductor thin film formed on a supporting substrate205 cites · 199794% earned
- 775US5136669AVariable ratio fiber optic coupler optical signal processing element180 cites · 199294% earned
- 871US5339090ASpatial light modulators174 cites · 199494% earned
- 967US6166853AMethod and apparatus for three-dimensional deconvolution of optical microscope images170 cites · 200094% earned
- 1063US5404373AElectro-optical device129 cites · 199588% earned
- 1158US8027587B1Integrated optic vector-matrix multiplier126 cites · 201193% earned
- 1254US8781982B1System and method for estimating remaining useful life126 cites · 201493% earned
- 1350US4859012AOptical interconnection networks119 cites · 198993% earned
- 1446US5216541AOptical associative identifier with real time joint transform correlator115 cites · 199393% earned
- 1542US6529614B1Advanced miniature processing handware for ATR applications113 cites · 200393% earned
- 1638US10268232B2Apparatus and methods for optical neural network100 cites · 201785% earned
- 1733US7834999B2Optical analysis system and optical train97 cites · 200993% earned
- 1829US5323472AOptical image analyzer using optical correlation and opto-electronic feedback94 cites · 199493% earned
- 1925US4225938ATime-integrating acousto-optical processors93 cites · 198093% earned
- 2021US6178020B1Modules and methods for all photonic computing92 cites · 200193% earned
- 2117US5132811AHolographic operating optical apparatus87 cites · 199293% earned
- 2213US4588255AOptical guided wave signal processor for matrix-vector multiplication and filtering86 cites · 198693% earned
- 238US6744909B1Authentication system and method85 cites · 200489% earned
- 244US4862115AOptical beamformers82 cites · 198993% earned
- 251US5005946AMulti-channel filter system82 cites · 199193% earned
Rising· last 2 yrs
Assignees whose newest G06E patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier
- 199MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY8 patents · 179 citations
- 296LIGHTMATTER INC25 patents · 86 citations
- 392UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR5 patents · 112 citations
- 488LUMINOUS COMPUTING INC6 patents · 27 citations
- 583PSIQUANTUM CORP6 patents · 31 citations
- 679OPĒ LLC5 patents · 8 citations
- 775UNIV MARYLAND6 patents · 11 citations
- 871MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4 patents · 71 citations
- 967LIGHTELLIGENCE PTE LTD5 patents · 3 citations
- 1063ATOM COMPUTING INC2 patents · 11 citations
- 1158GOOGLE LLC3 patents · 5 citations
- 1254WADMAN MICHAEL2 patents · 7 citations
- 1350QUANTINUUM LLC2 patents · 3 citations
- 1446HUAWEI TECH CO LTD4 patents · 1 citations
- 1542OPe LLC1 patents · 2 citations
- 1638UNIV SHANGHAI JIAOTONG2 patents · 2 citations
- 1733FUJIKURA LTD5 patents · 0 citations
- 1829QUANATA LLC2 patents · 0 citations
- 1925HUAWEI TECH CANADA CO LTD1 patents · 2 citations
- 2021FUJITSU LTD4 patents · 0 citations
- 2117BEIJING QBOSON QUANTUM TECH CO LTD1 patents · 0 citations
- 2213CENTRE NAT RECH SCIENT1 patents · 0 citations
- 238MACRONIX INT CO LTD1 patents · 0 citations
- 244NAT TECH & ENG SOLUTIONS SANDIA LLC1 patents · 0 citations
- 251PESCIANSCHI DMITRI1 patents · 0 citations
Active· last 5 yrs
Sustained G06E output across the last 5 years
- 199MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY8 patents · 179 citations
- 296LIGHTMATTER INC25 patents · 86 citations
- 392IBM20 patents · 147 citations
- 488LIGHTELLIGENCE INC7 patents · 61 citations
- 583NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE10 patents · 119 citations
- 679UNIV LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR5 patents · 112 citations
- 775LUMINOUS COMPUTING INC6 patents · 27 citations
- 871PSIQUANTUM CORP6 patents · 31 citations
- 967OPĒ LLC5 patents · 8 citations
- 1063UNIV MARYLAND6 patents · 11 citations
- 1158OPTALYSYS LTD4 patents · 22 citations
- 1254MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4 patents · 71 citations
- 1350LIGHTELLIGENCE PTE LTD5 patents · 3 citations
- 1446HARVARD COLLEGE2 patents · 29 citations
- 1542XANADU QUANTUM TECH INC4 patents · 8 citations
- 1638UNIV MICHIGAN REGENTS2 patents · 11 citations
- 1733NXGEN PARTNERS IP LLC2 patents · 14 citations
- 1829ATOM COMPUTING INC2 patents · 11 citations
- 1925SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC3 patents · 5 citations
- 2021IONQ INC4 patents · 5 citations
- 2117GOOGLE LLC3 patents · 5 citations
- 2213WADMAN MICHAEL2 patents · 7 citations
- 238ANYON SYSTEMS INC3 patents · 2 citations
- 244UNIV KING ABDULAZIZ1 patents · 15 citations
- 251EAGLE TECH LLC3 patents · 4 citations
All-time canon
All-time PatentIndex Score in G06E
- 199TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC8 patents · 1,187 citations
- 296SEIKO INSTR INC7 patents · 463 citations
- 392GRUMMAN AEROSPACE CORP23 patents · 526 citations
- 488US NAVY33 patents · 745 citations
- 583US AIR FORCE14 patents · 345 citations
- 679US ARMY43 patents · 770 citations
- 775HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO22 patents · 465 citations
- 871CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN6 patents · 249 citations
- 967BOEING CO16 patents · 328 citations
- 1063NASA8 patents · 208 citations
- 1158LITTON SYSTEMS INC6 patents · 171 citations
- 1254FREESE ROBERT12 patents · 221 citations
- 1350MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY8 patents · 179 citations
- 1446OPTICOMP CORP5 patents · 110 citations
- 1542LENSLET LTD6 patents · 89 citations
- 1638ENVIRONMENTAL RES INST7 patents · 144 citations
- 1733HITACHI LTD6 patents · 118 citations
- 1829THOMSON CSF9 patents · 125 citations
- 1925INTERDIGITAL TECH CORP4 patents · 113 citations
- 2021LIGHTMATTER INC25 patents · 86 citations
- 2117ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP9 patents · 125 citations
- 2213NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP5 patents · 94 citations
- 238DU PONT4 patents · 172 citations
- 244IBM20 patents · 147 citations
- 251HONEYWELL INC6 patents · 110 citations
90–99 field-defining50–89 strong<50 emergingearned by citationsfrom family breadth