Electronic circuits Patent Leaders

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Nadim Khlat	270	Qorvo Us
2	John L. Melanson	237	Cirrus Logic
3	Hong-sil Jeong	227	Samsung
#4	Se-ho Myung	197	Samsung
#5	Heung-Mook Kim	194	KAIST
#6	Sung-Ik Park	193	KAIST
#7	Sun-Hyoung KWON	185	KAIST
#8	Kyung-joong Kim	179	Samsung
#9	Robert Bogdan Staszewski	173	Texas Instruments
#10	Nam-Ho HUR	166	KAIST
#11	Chia-Liang Lin	158	Realtek Semiconductor
#12	Hiroyuki Nakamura	157	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#13	Richard G. Cliff	154	Intel
#14	Jae-Young Lee	149	KAIST
#15	Michio Kadota	145	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#16	Gregory Burd	138	Disney
#17	Satoshi Tanaka	138	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#18	Steven P. Young	138	AMD
#19	Sehat Sutardja	136	Disney
#20	Chiakang Sung	133	Intel
#21	Om P. Agrawal	124	Lattice Semiconductor
#22	Joseph Huang	122	Intel
#23	Ventsislav Yantchev	116	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#24	Arya Behzad	115	Broadcom
#25	Masanori Ueda	115	Fujitsu Limited
#26	Bruce B. Pedersen	113	Intel
#27	David Lewis	113	Intel
#28	Zining Wu	112	Disney
#29	Shaohua Yang	111	Lsi
#30	Baker Scott	110	Qorvo Us
#31	Rei Goto	110	Skyworks Solutions
#32	Takashi Matsuda	109	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#33	Fan Zhang	108	Sk Hynix
#34	Patrick Turner	108	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#35	Yuichi Takamine	106	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#36	Sergey Shumarayev	105	Intel
#37	David F. Sorrells	104	Parkervision
#38	Andy L. Lee	102	Intel
#39	Tokihiro Nishihara	101	Taiyo Yuden Co.
#40	Bryant Garcia	100	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#41	Makiko Yamamoto	100	Sony
#42	Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran	99	Broadcom
#43	Ba-Zhong Shen	99	Broadcom
#44	George Maxim	97	Qorvo Us
#45	Bonnie I. Wang	95	Intel
#46	Serge Francois Drogi	93	Skyworks Solutions
#47	David Steven Ripley	92	Skyworks Solutions
#48	Stephen M. Trimberger	92	AMD
#49	David William Boerstler	90	IBM
#50	Rakesh Patel	90	Quickturn Design Systems
#51	Robert P. Masleid	90	Oracle
#52	Yuji Shinohara	90	Sony
#53	Shih-Hsiung Huang	87	Realtek Semiconductor
#54	Tetsuro Itakura	87	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#55	Visvesvaraya Pentakota	87	Texas Instruments
#56	Tero Tapio Ranta	86	Psemi
#57	In Hwan Choi	85	LG
#58	Shogo Inoue	84	Fujitsu Limited
#59	Srinivas T. Reddy	83	Intel
#60	Viktor Plesski	82	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#61	Hooman Darabi	81	Broadcom
#62	Richard C. Ruby	81	Agilent Technologies
#63	Nedeljko Varnica	80	Disney
#64	Khai Nguyen	79	Intel
#65	Sasikanth Manipatruni	79	Kepler Computing
#66	Steven Teig	79	Cadence Design Systems
#67	Herman Schmit	78	Tabula
#68	Jeffrey B. Shealy	78	Akoustis
#69	John Paul Lesso	78	Cirrus Logic
#70	Yoshiyuki Kurokawa	78	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#71	Florinel G. Balteanu	77	Skyworks Solutions
#72	Gregory S. Rawlins	77	Parkervision
#73	Andreas Wiesbauer	76	Infineon Technologies Ag
#74	Hiroaki Kaida	76	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#75	Kelly Brian Cameron	76	Broadcom
#76	Yutaka Murakami	76	Panasonic
#77	Mustafa Eroz	75	Hughes Network Systems
#78	Alan J. Seefeldt	73	Dolby Laboratories Licensing
#79	Rong Li	73	Huawei
#80	Byoung Gill Kim	72	LG
#81	In-sang Song	72	Samsung
#82	Jun Tsutsumi	72	Taiyo Yuden Co.
#83	Jun Xu	72	Zte
#84	Martin Clara	72	Intel
#85	Wilson Wong	72	Intel
#86	Baher Haroun	71	Texas Instruments
#87	Cameron McClintock	71	Intel
#88	Keiji Onishi	71	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#89	Philip John Lehtola	71	Skyworks Solutions
#90	Hyoung Gon Lee	70	LG
#91	Joseph Staudinger	70	Freeescale Semiconductor
#92	Kevin Wesley Kobayashi	70	Qorvo Us
#93	Masafumi Iwaki	70	Taiyo Yuden Co.
#94	Michael W. Rawlins	70	Parkervision
#95	Tyler Gomm	70	Micron
#96	Chan-Hong Chern	69	TSMC
#97	Dirk Robert Walter Leipold	69	Qorvo Us
#98	Eran Sharon	69	Sandisk Technologies
#99	Min Su Kim	69	Samsung
#100	Amrita Mathuriya	67	Kepler Computing

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	4,065
2	Texas Instruments	3,960
3	Intel	3,843
#4	IBM	3,120
#5	Murata Manufacturing Co.	2,898
#6	Motorola	2,561
#7	AMD	2,105
#8	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	2,076
#9	Nec	2,070
#10	Fujitsu Limited	2,041
#11	Qualcomm	2,022
#12	Sony	1,808
#13	Broadcom	1,697
#14	Infineon Technologies Ag	1,646
#15	Mitsubishi Electric	1,520
#16	Sumitomo Electric Industries	1,507
#17	Sk Hynix	1,501
#18	Stmicroelectronics Sa	1,479
#19	Analog Devices	1,398
#20	Disney	1,284
#21	U.S. Philips	1,187
#22	Micron	1,181
#23	Seiko Epson	1,143
#24	Skyworks Solutions	1,119
#25	National Semiconductor	1,117
#26	Ericsson	1,104
#27	Panasonic	1,042
#28	TSMC	984
#29	Hitachi	945
#30	AT&T	935
#31	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	918
#32	Nxp B.V.	850
#33	Freeescale Semiconductor	827
#34	Realtek Semiconductor	790
#35	Renesas Electronics	777
#36	Mediatek	765
#37	KAIST	760
#38	Cirrus Logic	701
#39	HP	688
#40	Cypress Semiconductor	656
#41	Apple	637
#42	Huawei	618
#43	Lsi	596
#44	Silicon Laboratories	548
#45	Nokia	522
#46	RTX (Raytheon)	515
#47	Rca	508
#48	GE	496
#49	Qorvo Us	478
#50	Canon	461
#51	Oracle	448
#52	Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co.	439
#53	Philips	431
#54	Honeywell	427
#55	Oki Electric Industry Co.	424
#56	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	421
#57	Rohm Co.	415
#58	Nxp Usa	409
#59	Denso	392
#60	US Air Force	390
#61	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	387
#62	Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.	381
#63	Harris	376
#64	Nec Electronics	375
#65	Sanyo Electric Co.	360
#66	Agere Systems	359
#67	Rambus	356
#68	LG	356
#69	Analog Devices International Unlimited	354
#70	NVIDIA	352
#71	ITRI	344
#72	Psemi	339
#73	Renesas Technology	336
#74	Tektronix	335
#75	Taiyo Yuden Co.	328
#76	Lattice Semiconductor	322
#77	Rockwell Automation	321
#78	Unknown	316
#79	Nortel Networks Limited	311
#80	Microsoft	309
#81	Robert Bosch Gmbh	293
#82	Integrated Device Technology	291
#83	Maxim Integrated Products	288
#84	onsemi	288
#85	Agilent Technologies	285
#86	Rf Micro Devices	284
#87	Pioneer Electronic	278
#88	Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.	271
#89	Northrop Grumman	267
#90	Microchip Technology Incorporated	266
#91	Stmicroelectronics International N.V.	265
#92	Tdk	261
#93	Alps Electric Co.	254
#94	Fuji Electric Co.	251
#95	Yamaha	248
#96	Thomson-Csf	234
#97	Toshiba	234
#98	Hughes Aircraft	228
#99	CEA	223
#100	United Microelectronics	215

Electronic circuits Patent Leaders All Time

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