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Education cryptography and display Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

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 Yongqian Li 33 BOE
2 Gary B. Mandle 26 Baylor University
3 Minghua Xuan 25 BOE
#4 Xiaochuan Chen 23 BOE
#5 Yue Li 22 BOE
#6 Lingyun Shi 21 BOE
#7 Xuehuan Feng 20 BOE
#8 Yu-Jen Chen 20 Hkc Corporation Limited
#9 Seung-Kyu Lee 18 Samsung
#10 Shengji Yang 18 BOE
#11 Chaohao Wang 16 Apple
#12 Gholamreza Chaji 16 Vuereal
#13 Ming Chen 16 BOE
#14 Sehyuk Park 16 Samsung
#15 Xue Dong 16 BOE
#16 Can Yuan 15 BOE
#17 James M. DeFilippis 15 Baylor University
#18 Shunpei Yamazaki 15 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#19 Wei Sun 15 BOE
#20 Xingyao Zhou 15 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co.
#21 Yang Wan Kim 15 Samsung
#22 Zhidong Yuan 15 BOE
#23 Chong-Chul Chai 14 Samsung
#24 Hajime Kimura 14 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#25 Hao Zhang 14 BOE
#26 Hirobumi Furihata 14 Synaptics Incorporated
#27 Hyo Jin Lee 14 Samsung
#28 Takashi Nose 14 Synaptics Incorporated
#29 Chin-Wei Lin 13 Apple
#30 Hopil Bae 13 Apple
#31 Ji-Hyun Ka 13 Samsung
#32 Jian Sun 13 BOE
#33 Kuanjun Peng 13 BOE
#34 Meng Li 13 BOE
#35 Mingliang Wang 13 Hkc Corporation Limited
#36 Atsushi Umezaki 12 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#37 Guangliang Shang 12 BOE
#38 Han Yue 12 BOE
#39 Hongmin Li 12 BOE
#40 Hyunwoo Nho 12 Apple
#41 Jinyoung Roh 12 Samsung
#42 Ki Hyun Pyun 12 Samsung
#43 Lili Chen 12 BOE
#44 Sangan Kwon 12 Samsung
#45 Sun-Il Chang 12 Apple
#46 Tong Lu 12 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#47 Xiaomang Zhang 12 BOE
#48 Ziqiang Guo 12 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#49 Jae-Hoon Lee 11 Samsung
#50 Jun Hyun Park 11 Samsung
#51 Kei Takahashi 11 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#52 Liugang Zhou 11 BOE
#53 Seung Ji Cha 11 Samsung
#54 Shinya Ono 11 Apple
#55 Xin Duan 11 BOE
#56 Can Zhang 10 BOE
#57 Derek K. Shaeffer 10 Apple
#58 Fei Yang 10 BOE
#59 Hyunsoo Kim 10 Samsung
#60 Jie Won Ryu 10 Apple
#61 Jianfeng Shan 10 Hkc Corporation Limited
#62 Junhua Tan 10 Apple
#63 Ke Dai 10 BOE
#64 Lei Wang 10 BOE
#65 Libin Liu 10 BOE
#66 Li Xiao 10 BOE
#67 Mengmeng Zhang 10 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
#68 Pengcheng Lu 10 BOE
#69 Tae Hoon Kwon 10 Samsung
#70 Tiankuo Shi 10 BOE
#71 Wontae Kim 10 Samsung
#72 Xiaoyu Huang 10 Hkc Corporation Limited
#73 Yi-Cheng Lin 10 National Taiwan University
#74 Beizhou Huang 9 Hkc Corporation Limited
#75 Byung Sun Kim 9 Samsung
#76 Cuili Gai 9 BOE
#77 Dae-Sik Lee 9 Samsung
#78 Haoliang Zheng 9 BOE
#79 Hui Nam 9 Samsung
#80 Hui Wang 9 BOE
#81 Hui Zhu 9 Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co.
#82 Injae Hwang 9 Apple
#83 Jae Yong Lee 9 Samsung
#84 Jin Jeon 9 —
#85 Jieqiong Wang 9 BOE
#86 Jun Fan 9 BOE
#87 Junichi Yamashita 9 Sony
#88 Kenneth R. Crounse 9 E Ink Holdings
#89 Kihyun Pyun 9 Samsung
#90 Mingi Chu 9 BOE
#91 Paolo Sacchetto 9 Apple
#92 Pan Xu 9 BOE
#93 Shengkui Gao 9 Apple
#94 Song Meng 9 BOE
#95 Sun Ja Kwon 9 Samsung
#96 Su Jin Lee 9 Samsung
#97 Tao Li 9 BOE
#98 Wei Qin 9 BOE
#99 Xueling Gao 9 BOE
#100 Zhihua Ji 9 BOE

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 625
2 BOE 539
3 LG 192
#4 Hkc Corporation Limited 117
#5 Apple 96
#6 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 78
#7 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 75
#8 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 70
#9 Novatek Microelectronics 67
#10 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 66
#11 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 61
#12 Sony 61
#13 Au Optronics 57
#14 Seiko Epson 53
#15 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 52
#16 IBM 49
#17 Japan Display 43
#18 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 39
#19 Meta 37
#20 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 36
#21 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 36
#22 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 34
#23 Innolux 33
#24 Intel 32
#25 Xiaomi 29
#26 Silicon Works Co. 29
#27 Canon 27
#28 Baylor University 26
#29 Synaptics Incorporated 25
#30 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 23
#31 Panasonic 23
#32 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co. 22
#33 E Ink Holdings 21
#34 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 21
#35 Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co. 21
#36 Ignis Innovation 20
#37 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 20
#38 Tcl China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 19
#39 Himax Technologies Limited 17
#40 Sakai Display Products 16
#41 Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 16
#42 Hefei Boe Joint Technology Co. 15
#43 Joled 15
#44 Tencent 15
#45 Microsoft 15
#46 Unknown 14
#47 Google 13
#48 Hefei Boe Display Technology Co. 12
#49 OPPO 10
#50 Pasona Knowledge Partner 10
#51 Realtek Semiconductor 10
#52 The Boeing 10
#53 AMD 9
#54 Dell Products 9
#55 Fuzhou Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 9
#56 Huawei 9
#57 Amazon 8
#58 Pearson Education 8
#59 Seeya Optronics Co. 8
#60 Sitronix Technology 8
#61 Xianyang Caihong Optoelectronics Technology Co. 8
#62 NVIDIA 8
#63 Casio Computer Co. 7
#64 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 7
#65 Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co. 7
#66 HP 7
#67 Lapis Semiconductor Co. 7
#68 Magnachip Semiconductor 7
#69 Mitsubishi Electric 7
#70 Applied Medical Resources 6
#71 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co. 6
#72 E Ink California 6
#73 Gaumard Scientific Company 6
#74 Lincoln Global 6
#75 Ricoh Company 6
#76 Rockwell Collins 6
#77 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 6
#78 Wistron 6
#79 Avery Dennison 5
#80 Benq 5
#81 Denso 5
#82 Educational Testing Service 5
#83 Honda Motor Co. 5
#84 Jvckenwood 5
#85 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 5
#86 Manufacturing Resources International 5
#87 Noble International 5
#88 Qisda 5
#89 Sharp Nec Display Solutions 5
#90 Tianma Japan 5
#91 Yungu (Gu'An) Technology Co. 5
#92 Acer Incorporated 4
#93 Advanced New Technologies Co. 4
#94 Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co. 4
#95 Benq Intelligent Technology (Shanghai) Co. 4
#96 Cae 4
#97 Capital One Services 4
#98 Chongqing Hkc Optoelectronics 4
#99 D2L 4
#100 Displaylink (Uk) Limited 4