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Education cryptography and display Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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 Gholamreza Chaji 33 Vuereal
2 Xue Dong 28 BOE
3 Mang Zhao 23 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#4 Shunpei Yamazaki 21 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#5 Juncheng Xiao 20 Tencent
#6 Hajime Kimura 19 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#7 Zhanjie Ma 17 BOE
#8 Jun Koyama 15 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#9 Katsuhide Uchino 15 Sony
#10 Shangcao Cao 14 Tencent
#11 Renwei Guo 13 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#12 Atsushi Umezaki 12 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#13 Hiroyuki Miyake 12 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#14 Jai-Hyun Koh 12 Samsung
#15 Joon-Chul Goh 12 Samsung
#16 Junichi Yamashita 12 Sony
#17 Xiaochuan Chen 12 BOE
#18 Dong-Won Park 11 Samsung
#19 Tetsuro Yamamoto 11 Sony
#20 Yue Li 11 BOE
#21 Christopher P. Tann 10 Apple
#22 Dan Cao 10 Tencent
#23 Dong Qian 10 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co.
#24 Guosheng Li 10 Xiaomi
#25 Kuk-Hwan Ahn 10 Samsung
#26 Lixuan Chen 10 Tencent
#27 Paolo Sacchetto 10 Apple
#28 Peng Du 10 Tencent
#29 Peng Liu 10 BOE
#30 Yaser Azizi 10 Ignis Innovation
#31 Yu-Yeh Chen 10 Tencent
#32 Zhongyuan Wu 10 BOE
#33 Hiroshi Takahara 9 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#34 Sandro H. Pintz 9 Apple
#35 Su-Hyeong Park 9 Samsung
#36 Tatsuya Yata 9 Japan Display
#37 Yao Yan 9 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#38 Arokia Nathan 8 Ignis Innovation
#39 Bonghyun You 8 Samsung
#40 Chaohao Wang 8 Apple
#41 Dongsheng Guo 8 Tencent
#42 Gang Liu 8 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co.
#43 Hao Zhang 8 BOE
#44 Hoi-Sik Moon 8 Samsung
#45 Jae Keun Lim 8 Samsung
#46 Jin Woo Kim 8 LG
#47 Jong-Woong Park 8 Samsung
#48 Kai-Min Yang 8 Novatek Microelectronics
#49 Kyoung Won Lee 8 Samsung
#50 Lingyun Shi 8 BOE
#51 Marc Albrecht 8 Apple
#52 Myung Ho Lee 8 Samsung
#53 Shengji Yang 8 BOE
#54 Tsutomu Harada 8 Japan Display
#55 Yafeng Li 8 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#56 Akira Sakaigawa 7 Japan Display
#57 Anyu Liu 7 Xiaomi
#58 Bon-Seog Gu 7 Samsung
#59 Chong-Chul Chai 7 Samsung
#60 Chin-Wei Lin 7 Apple
#61 Danna Song 7 BOE
#62 Dongxu Xiang 7 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co.
#63 Hitoshi Tsuge 7 Joled
#64 Hyun Sik Hwang 7 Samsung
#65 Ik Hyun Ahn 7 Samsung
#66 Jung-Won Kim 7 Samsung
#67 Ki Hyun Pyun 7 Samsung
#68 Kyong-Tae Park 7 Samsung
#69 Masaaki Kabe 7 Japan Display
#70 Matthew Wayne Wallace 7 Lincoln Global
#71 Nam-Gon Choi 7 Samsung
#72 Naoyuki Takasaki 7 Japan Display
#73 Noriyuki Tanaka 7 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#74 Ronglei Dai 7 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#75 Seiichiro Jinta 7 Sony
#76 Seokyun Son 7 Samsung
#77 Song Song 7 BOE
#78 Sung Hwan Kim 7 Samsung
#79 Takayuki Nakanishi 7 Japan Display
#80 Toshihiro Sato 7 Japan Display
#81 Xiaojing Qi 7 BOE
#82 Xiaoping Tan 7 Tencent
#83 Baixiang Han 6 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co.
#84 Bong-Im Park 6 Samsung
#85 Chih-tsung Kang 6 Tencent
#86 Chunbing Zhang 6 BOE
#87 Cuili Gai 6 BOE
#88 David S. Zalatimo 6 Apple
#89 Guy Cote 6 Apple
#90 Haisheng Wang 6 BOE
#91 Hiroyuki Kimura 6 Japan Display
#92 Hyunwoo Nho 6 Apple
#93 Ji-Sun Kim 6 Samsung
#94 Jiehui Qin 6 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#95 Jiang Zhu 6 Tencent
#96 Jong Soo Kim 6 Hyundai Motor
#97 Jung Hwan Cho 6 Samsung
#98 Jun Hyun Park 6 Samsung
#99 Junwei Wang 6 BOE
#100 Kazuyoshi Nagayama 6 BOE

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 552
2 BOE 311
3 Tencent 181
#4 LG 165
#5 Japan Display 83
#6 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 79
#7 Apple 72
#8 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 70
#9 Sony 66
#10 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 63
#11 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 59
#12 Seiko Epson 51
#13 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 39
#14 Au Optronics 38
#15 Ignis Innovation 34
#16 Joled 34
#17 Panasonic 32
#18 Intel 31
#19 Microsoft 29
#20 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 28
#21 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 27
#22 Amazon 26
#23 IBM 25
#24 Unknown 24
#25 Novatek Microelectronics 22
#26 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 21
#27 Canon 21
#28 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 20
#29 E Ink Holdings 19
#30 Google 17
#31 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 16
#32 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 15
#33 Mitsubishi Electric 13
#34 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 12
#35 Innolux 12
#36 Sitronix Technology 12
#37 NVIDIA 12
#38 Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co. 11
#39 Hisense Electric Co. 11
#40 Lenovo (Beijing) Limited 11
#41 Synaptics Japan Gk 11
#42 Xiaomi 11
#43 Chunghwa Picture Tubes 10
#44 Lincoln Global 10
#45 Nec Display Solutions 10
#46 Nlt Technologies 10
#47 Ricoh Company 10
#48 Meta 10
#49 Fujitsu Limited 9
#50 Hisense Usa 9
#51 Pearson Education 9
#52 Toyota 9
#53 Dell Products 8
#54 Mediatek 8
#55 Raydium Semiconductor 8
#56 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 8
#57 Disney 8
#58 AMD 7
#59 Applied Medical Resources 7
#60 Silicon Works Co. 7
#61 X-Celeprint Limited 7
#62 Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 7
#63 Qualcomm 7
#64 Barco N.V. 6
#65 E Ink California 6
#66 Eizo 6
#67 Foxconn 6
#68 Jvckenwood 6
#69 KAIST 6
#70 Mstar Semiconductor 6
#71 Nanolumens Acquisition 6
#72 Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co. 6
#73 Beijing Lenovo Software 5
#74 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 5
#75 Humanetics Innovative Solutions 5
#76 Lapis Semiconductor Co. 5
#77 Renesas Electronics 5
#78 Spy Eye 5
#79 Educational Testing Service 4
#80 Intellectual Ventures 4
#81 Gentex 4
#82 Himax Technologies Limited 4
#83 Illinois Tool Works 4
#84 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 4
#85 Maxell 4
#86 NTT 4
#87 Sakai Display Products 4
#88 Saturn Licensing 4
#89 Synaptics Incorporated 4
#90 The Boeing 4
#91 University Of Central Florida 4
#92 Xerox 4
#93 Amtran Technology Co. 3
#94 Avery Dennison 3
#95 Beijing Pico Technology Co. 3
#96 Bose 3
#97 Cae Healthcare Canada 3
#98 Casio Computer Co. 3
#99 Century Technology (Shenzhen) Corporation Limited 3
#100 Chromera 3