Latest hardware patents, Page 200
Chips, displays, cameras, phones, batteries and robots. These filings show what devices Big Tech is building, often long before they ship. The hardware patent applications we have broken down from the companies we track, from semiconductors to foldable screens, newest first.
- in the Nov 12 release
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- in November so far
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- filings tracked
- 2,316
- sub-topics
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Recent filings
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IBM · Published May 14
IBM Patents a Resilient Network Cache System for Virtual Machine Environments
When a virtual I/O server crashes in a busy data center, every virtual machine depending on it can grind to a halt. IBM's new patent describes a system that keeps the cache humming even when parts of the infrastructure fail.
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IBM · Published May 14
IBM Patents a Vertically Stacked P-N Diode Built Into FET Gate Structures
IBM has filed a patent for a P-N diode that lives inside the same physical space as a transistor's source and drain regions — stacking two oppositely doped semiconductor layers vertically rather than side by side. It's a geometry trick that could matter a lot as chip features keep shrinking.
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IBM · Published May 14
IBM Patents a Vector Table System for Smarter Processor Register Access
Accessing registers in a processor sounds like plumbing — until you realize that how efficiently a chip can juggle its internal scratch space has a direct impact on how fast it runs complex workloads. IBM is filing a patent for a more flexible way to do exactly that.
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IBM · Published May 14
IBM Patents a Snake Robot That Drills Curved Holes With Electrochemistry
Drilling a curved hole through metal sounds like something out of a spy gadget catalog — but IBM has filed a patent for exactly that, using a snake-like robot and chemistry instead of brute mechanical force.
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IBM · Published May 14
IBM Patents a Shared-Register System for Diagnosing Failing On-Chip Memory
When memory cells on a chip start failing, knowing exactly which ones and how many are broken is half the battle. IBM's new patent describes a tidy three-register bookkeeping system that keeps track of those failures — and flags when the damage is too widespread to repair.
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IBM · Published May 14
IBM Patents a LiDAR Marker System That Gives Robots Invisible Safety Fences
What if a warehouse robot could instantly know it should never cross a certain zone — not because a human programmed a GPS boundary, but because it literally spotted a physical marker and generated its own invisible fence? That's what IBM is patenting here.
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Sony · Published May 14
Sony Patents Angle-Aware Pixel Design to Fix CMOS Sensor Sensitivity Drift
Light doesn't always hit a camera sensor straight on — and that angle matters more than most people realize. Sony is patenting a way to physically tune each pixel's internal structure based on the angle light is expected to arrive, potentially smoothing out the sensitivity differences that plague wide-angle and large-aperture lenses.
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Sony · Published May 14
Sony Patents a Lattice-Matched Substrate Design for Cleaner micro-LED Displays
Most micro-LED displays are plagued by tiny crystal defects introduced when the semiconductor is moved off its original growth substrate. Sony's patent describes keeping that substrate in place — and making sure it matches the crystal structure perfectly.
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Sony · Published May 14
Sony Patents a Metamaterial Optical Layer That Boosts Display Brightness
Sony's semiconductor division has filed a patent for a display architecture that sandwiches a metamaterial layer above light-emitting pixels to redirect scattered light straight at your eyes — potentially making screens look dramatically brighter without using more power.
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Apple · Published May 14
Apple Patents Antenna Array Design That Fixes Short-Range Wireless Misalignment
Imagine snapping two Apple devices together to share data at blazing speeds — but a tiny physical misalignment quietly kills the connection. This patent is Apple's engineered answer to that problem.
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Apple · Published May 14
Apple Patents a Flexible Display That Wraps Around Your iPhone's Edges
Apple is filing patents for iPhones — or other devices — where the display doesn't stop at the front glass. A flexible screen bends around the sides, turning the edges into interactive surfaces.
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Apple · Published May 14
Apple Patents a Linked Display System That Senses How Two Devices Overlap
Apple is exploring a system where two devices — think an iPad laid on top of a MacBook — can detect exactly how they're overlapping and then share their screens and inputs as one unified experience.
