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Education cryptography and display Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class G09 · Section G

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4,045 patents in 2019.peak 4,0451996: 885 patents19961997: 943 patents1998: 1,333 patents1999: 1,309 patents19992000: 1,481 patents2001: 1,462 patents2002: 1,450 patents20022003: 1,560 patents2004: 1,586 patents2005: 1,434 patents20052006: 1,961 patents2007: 1,716 patents2008: 1,672 patents20082009: 1,843 patents2010: 2,378 patents2011: 2,482 patents20112012: 3,058 patents2013: 3,135 patents2014: 3,150 patents20142015: 2,911 patents2016: 2,920 patents2017: 3,277 patents20172018: 3,364 patents2019: 4,045 patents2020: 3,902 patents20202021: 3,921 patents2022: 4,036 patents2023: 3,634 patents20232024: 3,841 patents2025: 3,862 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Shunpei Yamazaki 443 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
2 Jun Koyama 433 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Katsuhide Uchino 402 Sony
#4 Hajime Kimura 368 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#5 Gholamreza Chaji 239 Vuereal
#6 Yongqian Li 230 BOE
#7 Junichi Yamashita 223 Sony
#8 Xue Dong 188 BOE
#9 Minghua Xuan 177 BOE
#10 Tetsuro Yamamoto 170 Sony
#11 Atsushi Umezaki 162 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#12 Xiaochuan Chen 160 BOE
#13 Xuehuan Feng 156 BOE
#14 Yang Wan Kim 147 Samsung
#15 Won-Kyu Kwak 140 Samsung
#16 Yue Li 137 BOE
#17 Seung-Kyu Lee 133 Samsung
#18 Hiroyuki Miyake 126 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#19 Mitsuaki Osame 123 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#20 Shinya Ono 121 Apple
#21 Takashi Nose 121 Synaptics Incorporated
#22 Oh-Kyong Kwon 117 Samsung
#23 Shengji Yang 115 BOE
#24 Jae-Hoon Lee 113 Samsung
#25 Joon-Chul Goh 111 Samsung
#26 Hirobumi Furihata 109 Synaptics Incorporated
#27 Ronald S. Cok 107 Eastman Kodak
#28 Hajime Akimoto 106 Japan Display
#29 Bo-Yong Chung 105 Samsung
#30 Akira Morita 102 Seiko Epson
#31 Chong-Chul Chai 102 Samsung
#32 Seung-Hwan Moon 100 Samsung
#33 Jin-Wook Yang 99 Samsung
#34 Ki Hyun Pyun 99 Samsung
#35 Chin-Wei Lin 97 Apple
#36 Arokia Nathan 96 Ignis Innovation
#37 Ji-Hyun Ka 96 Samsung
#38 Can Yuan 94 BOE
#39 Xingyao Zhou 94 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co.
#40 Lingyun Shi 93 BOE
#41 Zhidong Yuan 93 BOE
#42 Dongni Liu 92 BOE
#43 Kihyun Pyun 91 Samsung
#44 Hiroshi Tsuchi 90 Nec
#45 Libin Liu 90 BOE
#46 Sang-Moo Choi 87 Samsung
#47 Chaohao Wang 85 Apple
#48 Meng Li 85 BOE
#49 Sehyuk Park 85 Samsung
#50 Gary B. Mandle 84 Baylor University
#51 Hai-Jung In 84 Samsung
#52 Hao Zhang 84 BOE
#53 Kazunari Tomizawa 84 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#54 Mitsuru Asano 84 Sony
#55 Guangliang Shang 83 BOE
#56 Haigang Qing 82 BOE
#57 Hopil Bae 82 Apple
#58 Ki Myeong Eom 81 Samsung
#59 Naobumi Toyomura 80 Sony
#60 Pengcheng Lu 80 BOE
#61 Tetsuo Minami 78 Sony
#62 Haoliang Zheng 77 BOE
#63 Mengmeng Zhang 77 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
#64 Toshihiro Yanagi 77 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#65 Li Xiao 76 BOE
#66 Wei H. Yao 76 Apple
#67 Yao HUANG 76 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#68 Zhongyuan Wu 76 BOE
#69 Yoshifumi Tanada 75 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#70 Weiyun Huang 74 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#71 Jin Jeon 73 —
#72 Aya Anzai 72 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#73 Jin-Tae Jeong 72 Samsung
#74 Naruhiko Kasai 72 Hitachi
#75 Shih Chang Chang 72 Apple
#76 Hae-Kwan Seo 71 Samsung
#77 Juncheng Xiao 71 Tencent
#78 Takao Tanikame 71 Sony
#79 Tsutomu Furuhashi 71 Hitachi
#80 Yana Gao 71 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co.
#81 Seiichiro Jinta 70 Sony
#82 Baek-Woon Lee 69 Samsung
#83 Paolo Sacchetto 69 Apple
#84 Toshio Miyazawa 69 Hitachi Displays
#85 Jun Hyun Park 68 Samsung
#86 Pan Xu 68 BOE
#87 Sangan Kwon 68 Samsung
#88 Tsung-Ting Tsai 68 Apple
#89 Soon-Dong Kim 67 Samsung
#90 Lei Wang 66 BOE
#91 Yaser Azizi 66 Ignis Innovation
#92 Dong-Gyu Kim 65 Samsung
#93 Hyo Jin Lee 65 Samsung
#94 Jin-Sung Kim 65 Samsung
#95 Kenneth R. Crounse 65 E Ink Holdings
#96 Kei Takahashi 65 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#97 Kouhei Toyotaka 65 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#98 Yasuyuki Kudo 65 Hitachi
#99 Han Yue 64 BOE
#100 Hiroshi Inoue 64 Canon

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 9,467
2 BOE 3,860
3 LG 3,801
#4 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 1,891
#5 Sony 1,831
#6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 1,668
#7 Seiko Epson 1,657
#8 Canon 1,149
#9 Apple 1,089
#10 IBM 1,075
#11 Au Optronics 964
#12 Tencent 857
#13 Japan Display 702
#14 Panasonic 701
#15 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 694
#16 Hitachi 677
#17 Unknown 624
#18 Hkc Corporation Limited 543
#19 Intel 533
#20 Novatek Microelectronics 502
#21 Microsoft 502
#22 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 461
#23 Texas Instruments 441
#24 Fujitsu Limited 436
#25 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 425
#26 Mitsubishi Electric 390
#27 Nec 389
#28 HP 367
#29 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 362
#30 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 358
#31 Sumitomo Electric Industries 337
#32 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 331
#33 Innolux 331
#34 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 311
#35 E Ink Holdings 307
#36 Google 300
#37 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 298
#38 NVIDIA 290
#39 Ignis Innovation 271
#40 Himax Technologies Limited 266
#41 Philips 266
#42 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 262
#43 Tcl China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 257
#44 Hitachi Displays 239
#45 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co. 227
#46 Lg Philips Lcd Co. 224
#47 Chunghwa Picture Tubes 219
#48 Joled 218
#49 Casio Computer Co. 210
#50 Sanyo Electric Co. 209
#51 Renesas Electronics 204
#52 Pioneer 201
#53 Qualcomm 197
#54 Chimei Innolux 190
#55 AMD 189
#56 Meta 187
#57 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co. 185
#58 Silicon Works Co. 183
#59 Amazon 169
#60 Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 169
#61 Thomson Licensing 168
#62 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 166
#63 Hefei Boe Joint Technology Co. 161
#64 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 157
#65 Ricoh Company 154
#66 Dell Products 150
#67 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 149
#68 U.S. Philips 146
#69 Honeywell 144
#70 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 141
#71 Eastman Kodak 137
#72 Xerox 132
#73 Oracle 130
#74 Fujifilm Business Innovation 128
#75 Rohm Co. 126
#76 Educational Testing Service 124
#77 3M 122
#78 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 121
#79 ITRI 120
#80 Synaptics Incorporated 120
#81 Motorola 119
#82 Foxconn 118
#83 Lx Semicon Co. 114
#84 Global Oled Technology 113
#85 The Boeing 109
#86 Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited 108
#87 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 108
#88 Avery Dennison 104
#89 Yamaha 104
#90 Ncr 103
#91 Micron 101
#92 Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co. 100
#93 Nec Electronics 99
#94 Sharp Laboratories Of America 98
#95 Disney 96
#96 Lapis Semiconductor Co. 95
#97 US Air Force 92
#98 GE 92
#99 Toyota 90
#100 Hannstar Display 87