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Electronic circuits Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Primary CPC class H03 · Section H

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 5,072 patents in 2013.peak 5,0721996: 2,043 patents19961997: 1,939 patents1998: 2,651 patents1999: 2,774 patents19992000: 3,076 patents2001: 3,274 patents2002: 3,435 patents20022003: 3,512 patents2004: 3,598 patents2005: 3,258 patents20052006: 4,300 patents2007: 4,126 patents2008: 4,041 patents20082009: 4,269 patents2010: 4,895 patents2011: 4,649 patents20112012: 4,590 patents2013: 5,072 patents2014: 5,069 patents20142015: 4,555 patents2016: 4,553 patents2017: 4,205 patents20172018: 3,493 patents2019: 4,584 patents2020: 4,558 patents20202021: 3,633 patents2022: 3,328 patents2023: 3,076 patents20232024: 3,117 patents2025: 3,326 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Yoshiyuki Kurokawa 21 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
2 Akinori Yamada 15 Seiko Epson
3 Robert Bogdan Staszewski 15 Texas Instruments
#4 John Choy 14 Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#5 Baker Scott 13 Qorvo Us
#6 Chia-Liang Lin 13 Realtek Semiconductor
#7 Phil Nikkel 13 Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#8 Chewn-Pu Jou 11 TSMC
#9 Dariusz Burak 11 Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#10 George Maxim 11 Qorvo Us
#11 Gerard Wimpenny 11 Snaptrack
#12 Chan-Hong Chern 10 TSMC
#13 Chih-Chang Lin 10 TSMC
#14 Masahiro Kataoka 10 Fujitsu Limited
#15 Ming-Chieh Huang 10 TSMC
#16 Dan William Nobbe 9 Peregrine Semiconductor
#17 Heung-Mook Kim 9 KAIST
#18 Hiroyuki Nakamura 9 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#19 Joseph Staudinger 9 Freeescale Semiconductor
#20 Kensaku Isohata 9 Seiko Epson
#21 Nam-Ho HUR 9 KAIST
#22 Nadim Khlat 9 Qorvo Us
#23 Sun-Hyoung KWON 9 KAIST
#24 Sung-Ik Park 9 KAIST
#25 Alberto Valdes Garcia 8 IBM
#26 Bodhisatwa Sadhu 8 IBM
#27 Changhan Hobie Yun 8 Qualcomm
#28 Hormoz Djahanshahi 8 Maxlinear Asia Singapore Pte
#29 Jui Hui Hung 8 Storart Technology Co.
#30 Nedeljko Varnica 8 Disney
#31 Tokihiro Nishihara 8 Taiyo Yuden Co.
#32 Alexander Nikolaevich Lozhkin 7 Fujitsu Limited
#33 Chris Feng 7 Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#34 Chih Nan Yen 7 Storart Technology Co.
#35 Chengjie Zuo 7 Qualcomm
#36 Curtis Ling 7 Maxlinear
#37 Daniel J. Friedman 7 IBM
#38 Dirk Robert Walter Leipold 7 Qorvo Us
#39 Erich F. Haratsch 7 Seagate Technology
#40 Ian Shaeffer 7 Rambus
#41 Joji Fujiwara 7 Panasonic
#42 Jonghae Kim 7 Qualcomm
#43 John L. Melanson 7 Cirrus Logic
#44 Kyung Suk Oh 7 Rambus
#45 Michael R. Kay 7 Qorvo Us
#46 Pui-In Mak 7 University Of Macau
#47 Takashi Oshima 7 Hitachi
#48 Takehiro Yamamoto 7 Seiko Epson
#49 Thomas Wiegand 7 GE
#50 Yantao Ma 7 Micron
#51 Yosuke Itasaka 7 Seiko Epson
#52 Yutaka Murakami 7 Panasonic
#53 Yuichi Okuda 7 Renesas Electronics
#54 Alireza Khalili 6 Qualcomm
#55 Andreas Langer 6 Intel
#56 Anuj Madan 6 Skyworks Solutions
#57 Bipul Agarwal 6 Skyworks Solutions
#58 Chris Olson 6 Peregrine Semiconductor
#59 Chi-Yun Wang 6 Mediatek
#60 Cristian Pavao-Moreira 6 Freeescale Semiconductor
#61 David Lewis 6 Intel
#62 Fu-Lung Hsueh 6 TSMC
#63 Gaurav Goyal 6 Freeescale Semiconductor
#64 Gregory Burd 6 Disney
#65 Heiko Schwarz 6 Fraunhofer
#66 Hideo Nakane 6 Renesas Electronics
#67 Jason Bellorado 6 Seagate Technology
#68 Jeongsik Yang 6 Qualcomm
#69 Jin Woo Kim 6 LG
#70 John Paul Lesso 6 Cirrus Logic
#71 Jun Koyama 6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#72 Kevin J. Grannen 6 Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#73 Keisuke Kimura 6 Renesas Electronics
#74 Mark A. Ferriss 6 IBM
#75 Mario Francisco Velez 6 Qualcomm
#76 Michael H. Perrott 6 Silicon Laboratories
#77 Mohammad B. Vahid Far 6 Qualcomm
#78 Ofer Naaman 6 —
#79 Panu Chaichanavong 6 Disney
#80 Saihua Lin 6 Qualcomm
#81 Sean Steedman 6 Microchip Technology Incorporated
#82 Takayuki Ikeda 6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#83 Takashi Miyake 6 Kyocera
#84 Takeshi Sakashita 6 GE
#85 Takaya Yamamoto 6 Renesas Electronics
#86 Tetsuya Tsurunari 6 Panasonic
#87 Thomas Kuenemund 6 Infineon Technologies Ag
#88 Tsung-Ching Huang 6 TSMC
#89 Yuki OKAMOTO 6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#90 Aaron J. Caffee 5 Silicon Laboratories
#91 Alexander V. Rylyakov 5 IBM
#92 Anthony Bongiovi 5 Bongiovi Acoustic
#93 Arvindh Krishnaswamy 5 Apple
#94 Ara Patapoutian 5 Seagate Technology
#95 Birama Goumballa 5 Nxp Usa
#96 Chih-Hong Lou 5 Mediatek
#97 Christos Tsironis 5 Unknown
#98 David Kovac 5 Psemi
#99 Dev V. Gupta 5 Integrated Network
#100 Deependra Kumar Jain 5 Freeescale Semiconductor

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Qualcomm 182
2 Intel 163
3 Samsung 151
#4 Texas Instruments 130
#5 Freeescale Semiconductor 116
#6 Sk Hynix 103
#7 IBM 100
#8 Seiko Epson 94
#9 TSMC 76
#10 Fujitsu Limited 72
#11 Murata Manufacturing Co. 68
#12 Infineon Technologies Ag 63
#13 Disney 62
#14 Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. 58
#15 Panasonic 56
#16 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 55
#17 Renesas Electronics 55
#18 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 54
#19 Broadcom 52
#20 Mediatek 50
#21 Nxp B.V. 49
#22 Analog Devices 46
#23 Ericsson 46
#24 Sony 45
#25 AMD 44
#26 Skyworks Solutions 44
#27 Apple 42
#28 Stmicroelectronics Sa 37
#29 Analog Devices International Unlimited 36
#30 Realtek Semiconductor 35
#31 Micron 35
#32 Stmicroelectronics International N.V. 33
#33 Peregrine Semiconductor 32
#34 Taiyo Yuden Co. 29
#35 KAIST 26
#36 Rf Micro Devices 26
#37 Silicon Laboratories 26
#38 Rambus 25
#39 Integrated Device Technology 24
#40 Canon 24
#41 Nec 23
#42 Huawei 23
#43 Globalfoundries 20
#44 NVIDIA 20
#45 Maxim Integrated Products 19
#46 Microchip Technology Incorporated 19
#47 Sandisk Technologies 19
#48 CEA 18
#49 Mitsubishi Electric 18
#50 Cirrus Logic 16
#51 Maxlinear 16
#52 Snaptrack 16
#53 Fuji Electric Co. 15
#54 Lattice Semiconductor 15
#55 Qorvo Us 15
#56 Google 15
#57 LG 15
#58 Linear Technology Holding 14
#59 Stmicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. 14
#60 Sumitomo Electric Industries 14
#61 Via Alliance Semiconductor Co. 14
#62 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 13
#63 Seagate Technology 13
#64 Socionext 13
#65 St-Ericsson Sa 13
#66 Tencent 13
#67 Atmel 12
#68 Hitachi 12
#69 Microsemi Storage Solutions (U.S.) 12
#70 Nokia Technologies Oy 12
#71 Microsoft 12
#72 RTX (Raytheon) 12
#73 Denso 11
#74 Epcos Ag 11
#75 Mstar Semiconductor 11
#76 Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co. 11
#77 Robert Bosch Gmbh 11
#78 University of California 11
#79 GE 11
#80 Honeywell 11
#81 Blackberry Limited 10
#82 Cypress Semiconductor 10
#83 Foxconn 10
#84 Inphi 10
#85 Skyworks Panasonic Filter Solutions Japan Co. 10
#86 Kyocera 9
#87 Rohm Co. 9
#88 Thales 9
#89 Yamaha 9
#90 Fairchild Semiconductor 8
#91 Fraunhofer 8
#92 Northrop Grumman 8
#93 Rockwell Collins 8
#94 Storart Technology Co. 8
#95 Tdk 8
#96 Unknown 8
#97 BOE 8
#98 CNRS 7
#99 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor 7
#100 Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited 7