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Education cryptography and display Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

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 Jun Koyama 27 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
2 Gholamreza Chaji 24 Vuereal
3 Katsuhide Uchino 24 Sony
#4 Shunpei Yamazaki 24 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#5 Hajime Kimura 18 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#6 Chao Dai 16 Tencent
#7 Xiaojing Qi 16 BOE
#8 Juncheng Xiao 15 Tencent
#9 Hiroyuki Miyake 14 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#10 Arokia Nathan 12 Ignis Innovation
#11 Joon-Chul Goh 11 Samsung
#12 Mitsuru Asano 11 Sony
#13 Toshihiro Yanagi 11 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#14 Atsushi Umezaki 10 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#15 Naoaki Komiya 10 Samsung
#16 Bo-Yong Chung 9 Samsung
#17 Chong-Chul Chai 9 Samsung
#18 Hai-Jung In 9 Samsung
#19 Jae-Hoon Lee 9 Samsung
#20 Joo-Hyung Lee 9 Samsung
#21 Junichi Yamashita 9 Sony
#22 Kohji Saitoh 9 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#23 Sang-Myeon Han 9 Samsung
#24 Takao Tanikame 9 Sony
#25 Wen Tan 9 BOE
#26 Yoshiharu Hirakata 9 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#27 Yong Jae Kim 9 Samsung
#28 Yong-Sung Park 9 Samsung
#29 Baek-Woon Lee 8 Samsung
#30 Liang Zhang 8 BOE
#31 Masaaki Kabe 8 Japan Display
#32 Matthew Wayne Wallace 8 Lincoln Global
#33 Noritaka Kishi 8 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#34 Ryo Ishii 8 Samsung
#35 Seung-Kyu Lee 8 Samsung
#36 Taketoshi Nakano 8 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#37 Takeshi Okuno 8 Samsung
#38 Tetsuro Yamamoto 8 Sony
#39 Yaser Azizi 8 Ignis Innovation
#40 Yizhen Xu 8 BOE
#41 Yukihito Iida 8 Sony
#42 Zhanjie Ma 8 BOE
#43 Akizumi Fujioka 7 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#44 Akira Sakaigawa 7 Japan Display
#45 Alberto Rodriguez 7 Xerox
#46 Dong-Gyu Kim 7 Samsung
#47 Fei Li 7 BOE
#48 Henricus Petronella Maria Derckx 7 Amazon
#49 Hua Zhang 7 Tencent
#50 Jozef Elisabeth Aubert 7 Amazon
#51 Jong-Woong Park 7 Samsung
#52 Keum-Nam Kim 7 Samsung
#53 Kouhei Toyotaka 7 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#54 Lixuan Chen 7 Tencent
#55 Masami Ozaki 7 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#56 Nam-Gon Choi 7 Samsung
#57 Naobumi Toyomura 7 Sony
#58 Noboru Noguchi 7 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#59 Se Hyoung Cho 7 Samsung
#60 Seiichiro Jinta 7 Sony
#61 Xue Dong 7 BOE
#62 Yang Wan Kim 7 Samsung
#63 Zhongyuan Wu 7 BOE
#64 Corey S. O'Brien 6 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
#65 Craig Lin 6 E Ink California
#66 Eiji Kanda 6 Seiko Epson
#67 Gabriel Marcu 6 Apple
#68 Hitoshi Tsuge 6 Joled
#69 Jae Keun Lim 6 Samsung
#70 Ji-Sun Kim 6 Samsung
#71 John Bosko 6 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
#72 Jong Hee Kim 6 Samsung
#73 Liye Duan 6 BOE
#74 Marc Albrecht 6 Apple
#75 Masayuki Kumeta 6 Samsung
#76 Noriyuki Tanaka 6 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#77 Po-Yun Park 6 Samsung
#78 Raghubir S. Mutum 6 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
#79 Robin Atkins 6 Dolby Laboratories Licensing
#80 Sandro H. Pintz 6 Apple
#81 Seung Tae Kim 6 LG
#82 Shih Chang Chang 6 Apple
#83 Shinya Ono 6 Apple
#84 Shengji Yang 6 BOE
#85 Timothy A. Rogers 6 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
#86 Toshiyuki Nagatsuma 6 Japan Display
#87 Ulrich T. Barnhoefer 6 Apple
#88 Xingji Wu 6 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co.
#89 Xiang Yang 6 Sandisk Technologies
#90 Young-In Hwang 6 Samsung
#91 Akihisa Iwamoto 5 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#92 Amane Higashi 5 Japan Display
#93 Asahi Yamato 5 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#94 Bong-Hyun You 5 Samsung
#95 Brian Mark Fields 5 State Farm
#96 Bum Sik Kim 5 LG
#97 Chih-tsung Kang 5 Tencent
#98 Cheol-Woo Park 5 Samsung
#99 Chia-Wei Su 5 Novatek Microelectronics
#100 Christopher P. Tann 5 Apple

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 505
2 LG 168
3 BOE 132
#4 Tencent 105
#5 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 89
#6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 81
#7 Sony 74
#8 Au Optronics 62
#9 Japan Display 60
#10 Apple 58
#11 Seiko Epson 55
#12 Canon 39
#13 Joled 38
#14 Amazon 33
#15 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 30
#16 Novatek Microelectronics 30
#17 IBM 30
#18 Ignis Innovation 26
#19 Microsoft 26
#20 Panasonic 22
#21 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 21
#22 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 20
#23 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 20
#24 Google 19
#25 Intel 17
#26 Qualcomm 17
#27 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 14
#28 Unknown 14
#29 NVIDIA 13
#30 Mitsubishi Electric 12
#31 Innolux 11
#32 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 11
#33 Global Oled Technology 10
#34 Nlt Technologies 10
#35 Silicon Works Co. 10
#36 Gaumard Scientific Company 9
#37 Lenovo (Beijing) Limited 9
#38 Pearson Education 9
#39 Raydium Semiconductor 9
#40 Chunghwa Picture Tubes 8
#41 Himax Technologies Limited 8
#42 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 8
#43 Lincoln Global 8
#44 Ricoh Company 8
#45 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 8
#46 Beijing Lenovo Software 7
#47 E Ink California 7
#48 E Ink Holdings 7
#49 Fujifilm Business Innovation 7
#50 HP 7
#51 Foxconn 7
#52 Renesas Electronics 7
#53 The Boeing 7
#54 Wistron 7
#55 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing 6
#56 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6
#57 Mstar Semiconductor 6
#58 Nec Display Solutions 6
#59 Nokia Technologies Oy 6
#60 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 6
#61 Pixtronix 6
#62 State Farm 6
#63 Target Brands 6
#64 Thomson Licensing 6
#65 Adobe 5
#66 Blackberry Limited 5
#67 Casio Computer Co. 5
#68 Dell Products 5
#69 Htc 5
#70 Iconex 5
#71 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 5
#72 Sct Technology 5
#73 Synaptics Display Devices Gk 5
#74 Acer Incorporated 4
#75 Barco N.V. 4
#76 Denso 4
#77 Educational Testing Service 4
#78 Electronic Imaging Services 4
#79 Hitachi-Lg Data Storage 4
#80 KAIST 4
#81 Nanolumens Acquisition 4
#82 Raydon 4
#83 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 4
#84 Sitronix Technology 4
#85 Tait Towers Manufacturing 4
#86 Comcast 4
#87 Disney 4
#88 Meta 4
#89 Texas Instruments 4
#90 AT&T 3
#91 Biotras Holdings 3
#92 Bt 3
#93 Cae 3
#94 Dongbu Hitek Co. 3
#95 Eizo 3
#96 E.J. Brooks 3
#97 Empire Technology Development 3
#98 Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co. 3
#99 Fujitsu Limited 3
#100 Funai Electric Co. 3