Electronic circuits Patent Leaders 2017

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Se-ho Myung	32	Samsung
2	Hong-sil Jeong	31	Samsung
3	Kyung-joong Kim	30	Samsung
#4	Heung-Mook Kim	29	KAIST
#5	Nam-Ho HUR	29	KAIST
#6	Sung-Ik Park	29	KAIST
#7	Sun-Hyoung KWON	27	KAIST
#8	Jae-Young Lee	21	KAIST
#9	Alan J. Seefeldt	18	Dolby Laboratories Licensing
#10	Baker Scott	14	Qorvo Us
#11	Daniel Ansorregui Lobete	14	Samsung
#12	George Maxim	14	Qorvo Us
#13	John L. Melanson	14	Cirrus Logic
#14	Belkacem Mouhouche	13	Samsung
#15	Dirk Robert Walter Leipold	13	Qorvo Us
#16	Nadim Khlat	11	Qorvo Us
#17	Brett G. Crockett	10	Dolby Laboratories Licensing
#18	Dariusz Burak	10	Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#19	Dan William Nobbe	10	Peregrine Semiconductor
#20	Philip John Lehtola	10	Skyworks Solutions
#21	Robert Bogdan Staszewski	10	Texas Instruments
#22	Christopher Pagnanelli	9	Syntropy Systems
#23	Joseph Staudinger	9	Freeescale Semiconductor
#24	Masanori Furuta	9	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#25	Chewn-Pu Jou	8	TSMC
#26	Chris Olson	8	Peregrine Semiconductor
#27	David Steven Ripley	8	Skyworks Solutions
#28	Hiroyuki Nakamura	8	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#29	James D. Guilford	8	Intel
#30	John Choy	8	Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#31	Robert Mark Englekirk	8	Psemi
#32	Vinodh Gopal	8	Intel
#33	Yoshiyuki Kurokawa	8	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#34	Bo-Mi Lim	7	KAIST
#35	Chul Soo Kim	7	Samsung
#36	Curtis Ling	7	Maxlinear
#37	Daniel J. Allen	7	Cirrus Logic
#38	Da In Im	7	Sk Hynix
#39	Heiko Schwarz	7	Fraunhofer
#40	James Gorecki	7	Inphi
#41	Jin Woo Kim	7	LG
#42	Kentaro YOSHIOKA	7	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#43	Mangal Prasad	7	IBM
#44	Parag Upadhyaya	7	AMD
#45	Pietro Buttolo	7	Ford
#46	Satoshi Tanaka	7	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#47	Stuart C. Salter	7	Ford
#48	Tetsuro Itakura	7	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#49	Xiaobin Yuan	7	IBM
#50	Xuefeng Chen	7	Maxlinear
#51	Young Suk Seo	7	Sk Hynix
#52	Alireza Khalili	6	Qualcomm
#53	Aniruddha Satoskar	6	Cirrus Logic
#54	Brian S. Leibowitz	6	Rambus
#55	Byoung Gill Kim	6	LG
#56	Duck Hwan Kim	6	Samsung
#57	Dung Viet Nguyen	6	Micron
#58	Gerard Wimpenny	6	Snaptrack
#59	Hajime Shibata	6	—
#60	Hyoung Gon Lee	6	LG
#61	In Hwan Choi	6	LG
#62	In-sang Song	6	Samsung
#63	James S. Cable	6	Peregrine Semiconductor
#64	Jared L. Zerbe	6	Rambus
#65	Jeffrey K. Jones	6	Nxp Usa
#66	Martin Paul Wilson	6	Nujira Limited
#67	Ofer Naaman	6	—
#68	Phil Nikkel	6	Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.
#69	Ramanujam Srinidhi Embar	6	—
#70	Shashi Kiran Chilappagari	6	Disney
#71	Sheng Ye	6	Maxlinear
#72	Sudipto Chakraborty	6	Texas Instruments
#73	Sungryong Hong	6	LG
#74	Tero Tapio Ranta	6	Psemi
#75	Thomas Wiegand	6	GE
#76	Woosuk KO	6	LG
#77	Won Gyu Song	6	LG
#78	Yantao Ma	6	Micron
#79	Aaron J. Caffee	5	Silicon Laboratories
#80	Alberto Valdes Garcia	5	IBM
#81	A. Martin Mallinson	5	Siliconintervention
#82	Anuj Madan	5	Skyworks Solutions
#83	Baleegh Abdo	5	IBM
#84	Bipul Agarwal	5	Skyworks Solutions
#85	Birama Goumballa	5	Nxp Usa
#86	Bodhisatwa Sadhu	5	IBM
#87	Cheon-Soo Kim	5	KAIST
#88	Cheng C. Wang	5	Flex Logix Technologies
#89	Daniel F. Cutter	5	Intel
#90	Dana How	5	Intel
#91	Eric J. King	5	Cirrus Logic
#92	Feng-Wei Kuo	5	TSMC
#93	Fikret Altunkilic	5	Skyworks Solutions
#94	Florinel G. Balteanu	5	Skyworks Solutions
#95	Gireesh Rajendran	5	Texas Instruments
#96	Go Yamashita	5	Seiko Epson
#97	Guojun Ren	5	Inphi
#98	Herman Schmit	5	Tabula
#99	Hormoz Djahanshahi	5	Maxlinear Asia Singapore Pte
#100	Huan-Neng Chen	5	TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	170
2	Intel	160
3	Qualcomm	134
#4	Texas Instruments	119
#5	IBM	100
#6	Sk Hynix	98
#7	Skyworks Solutions	87
#8	Nxp Usa	73
#9	Murata Manufacturing Co.	70
#10	Seiko Epson	62
#11	Analog Devices	60
#12	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	59
#13	Infineon Technologies Ag	57
#14	Mediatek	55
#15	KAIST	54
#16	TSMC	54
#17	Fujitsu Limited	53
#18	AMD	49
#19	Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.	49
#20	Peregrine Semiconductor	46
#21	Qorvo Us	44
#22	Disney	43
#23	Renesas Electronics	40
#24	Stmicroelectronics Sa	35
#25	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	33
#26	Panasonic	33
#27	Apple	32
#28	Analog Devices International Unlimited	32
#29	Silicon Laboratories	32
#30	Micron	32
#31	Nxp B.V.	30
#32	Ericsson	30
#33	Cirrus Logic	29
#34	Maxlinear	28
#35	Taiyo Yuden Co.	28
#36	Sony	25
#37	Huawei	24
#38	Mitsubishi Electric	23
#39	Rambus	23
#40	LG	22
#41	Denso	21
#42	Socionext	20
#43	Stmicroelectronics International N.V.	20
#44	Dolby Laboratories Licensing	19
#45	Inphi	19
#46	NVIDIA	19
#47	Fuji Electric Co.	18
#48	Nec	18
#49	Realtek Semiconductor	18
#50	Infineon Technologies Austria Ag	17
#51	Rohm Co.	17
#52	RTX (Raytheon)	17
#53	Canon	16
#54	Lapis Semiconductor Co.	15
#55	Snaptrack	15
#56	Cypress Semiconductor	14
#57	Sandisk Technologies	14
#58	Integrated Device Technology	13
#59	Microchip Technology Incorporated	13
#60	Robert Bosch Gmbh	13
#61	Toyota	13
#62	Blackberry Limited	12
#63	Globalfoundries	12
#64	Novatek Microelectronics	12
#65	onsemi	12
#66	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)	12
#67	Tdk	12
#68	Sii Semiconductor	11
#69	Skyworks Filter Solutions Japan Co.	11
#70	Via Alliance Semiconductor Co.	11
#71	GE	11
#72	Microsoft	11
#73	CEA	10
#74	Futurewei Technologies	10
#75	Northrop Grumman	10
#76	Rohde & Schwarz	10
#77	Freeescale Semiconductor	9
#78	Foxconn	9
#79	KFUPM	9
#80	Lattice Semiconductor	9
#81	Mediatek Singapore Pte.	9
#82	Syntropy Systems	9
#83	Tencent	9
#84	The Boeing	9
#85	Unknown	9
#86	Amazon	8
#87	Kyocera	8
#88	MIT	8
#89	Maxlinear Asia Singapore Pte	8
#90	Sumitomo Electric Industries	8
#91	Synaptics Incorporated	8
#92	Ford	8
#93	Oracle	8
#94	Atmel	7
#95	Lsis Co.	7
#96	Maxim Integrated Products	7
#97	Nokia Technologies Oy	7
#98	Yamaha	7
#99	BOE	7
#100	Entropic Communications	6

Electronic circuits Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies