Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Taipei, TW ranks #1,834 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,796 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Taipei, TW include IBM, TSMC, United Microelectronics.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Louis L. Hsu IBM 471
2 Ming-Ching Chang TSMC 146
3 Chih-Chien Liu United Microelectronics 119
#4 Xin Chen Corning Incorporated 111
#5 Chung-Yuan Chen Primax Electronics 87
#6 Wei Min Chan TSMC 82
#7 Chun-Chieh Chang Changs Ascending Enterprise Co. 80
#8 Peter Hsu Dong Guan Bright Yinhuey Lighting Co., Ltd. China 59
#9 Mu-Kai Shen Zebra Technologies 36
#10 Susan Y. Tseng Isp Investments 30
#10 Nicky C. Lu IBM 30
#12 Chin-Chung Wu Dell Products 29
#13 Shih-Wei Li United Microelectronics 22
#14 Sheng-Wei Chen ITRI 21
#14 Wei Chen IBM 21
#16 Ching-Hua Chen Powerchip Semiconductor 20
#17 Joe Chih-Chung Yuan Rosy Blue, N.V. 19
#17 Zachary Joseph Zeliff Adonit Co. 19
#19 Hung-Chang Chen Taiwan Textile Research Institute 18
#20 James Li China Steel 17
#21 Man-Kit Leung Yuan Ze University 16
#22 Arthur Wang Freerider 15
#22 Feng-Jung Lo Ten Square 15
#22 Michael C. Huang Bandwidth 10 15
#25 Alranzo Boh Ruffin Corning Incorporated 14
#26 Tsung-Lin Yang ITRI 13
#26 Wendy Ping Wen Wang IBM 13
#28 Wen-Yuan Wang IBM 12
#29 Chien-Yi Yu T-Conn Precision 11
#29 Tao Chu Globalfoundries U.S. 11
#31 Angela Han Groupon 10
#31 Yu-Hsuan Lee Apacer Technology 10
#33 Chun-Ming Hsu Primax Electronics 9
#33 Hsin-Jung Lin Lifetime Brands 9
#33 Li-Chyong Chen Academia Sinica 9
#36 Yi-Guang Chen Primax Electronics 8
#36 Cheng-Kai Wang Automotive Research & Testing Center 8
#36 Lin-Chi Chen Hoffmann-La Roche 8
#39 Cheng-Tung Hsu TSMC 7
#39 Yu-Wei Lu TSMC 7
#39 Chen-Yang Wu Wistron 7
#39 Jonathan Chou TSMC 7
#43 Erik Demelo Agamatrix 6
#44 Li-Te Liu Gorbel 5
#44 Chao Liang Praxair Technology 5
#44 Jia-Wei Chen National Central University 5
#44 Fu-Kuan Hsu Compal Communications 5
#44 Eliza Lee 5
#44 Yu-Jen Hsu Chunghwa Telecom Co. 5
#44 Su Liu GE 5

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