Electronic circuits Patent Leaders 2018

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	19	Qorvo Us
2	Yoshiyuki Kurokawa	14	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3	Baker Scott	13	Qorvo Us
#4	George Maxim	13	Qorvo Us
#5	John L. Melanson	13	Cirrus Logic
#6	Aman Bhatia	12	Sk Hynix
#7	Naveen Kumar	12	Sk Hynix
#8	Vinodh Gopal	12	Intel
#9	Dirk Robert Walter Leipold	11	Qorvo Us
#10	Se-ho Myung	11	Samsung
#11	Hong-sil Jeong	10	Samsung
#12	James D. Guilford	10	Intel
#13	Kyung-joong Kim	10	Samsung
#14	Baleegh Abdo	9	IBM
#15	Yi-Min Lin	9	Sk Hynix
#16	Alan J. Seefeldt	8	Dolby Laboratories Licensing
#17	Bryan Kris	8	Microchip Technology Incorporated
#18	David Steven Ripley	8	Skyworks Solutions
#19	John Birkner	8	Andapt
#20	Kapil Shankar	8	Andapt
#21	Marcus Granger-Jones	8	Qorvo Us
#22	Patrick J. Crotty	8	AMD
#23	Philip John Lehtola	8	Skyworks Solutions
#24	Sungryong Hong	8	LG
#25	Woosuk KO	8	LG
#26	Bodhisatwa Sadhu	7	IBM
#27	Curtis Ling	7	Maxlinear
#28	Dan William Nobbe	7	Peregrine Semiconductor
#29	Florinel G. Balteanu	7	Skyworks Solutions
#30	Hardik Bhupendra Modi	7	Skyworks Solutions
#31	Jingdong Deng	7	IBM
#32	Joseph Staudinger	7	Freeescale Semiconductor
#33	Morio TAKEUCHI	7	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#34	Sabah Khesbak	7	Skyworks Solutions
#35	Tero Tapio Ranta	7	Psemi
#36	Yuichi Takamine	7	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#37	Belkacem Mouhouche	6	Samsung
#38	Chris Olson	6	Peregrine Semiconductor
#39	David Flye	6	IBM
#40	Daniel Ansorregui Lobete	6	Samsung
#41	Duck Hwan Kim	6	Samsung
#42	Eric J. King	6	Cirrus Logic
#43	Fan Zhang	6	Sk Hynix
#44	Gavin Watkins	6	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#45	Guobiao ZHANG	6	Unknown
#46	Ian Juso Dedic	6	Socionext
#47	James S. Cable	6	Peregrine Semiconductor
#48	Jeffrey K. Jones	6	Nxp Usa
#49	Jeffrey B. Shealy	6	Akoustis
#50	Jea Shik Shin	6	Samsung
#51	Jongseob Baek	6	LG
#52	Jong Woo Lee	6	Samsung
#53	Johnson Yen	6	Lsi
#54	Lingqi Zeng	6	Sk Hynix Memory Solutions
#55	Martin Langhammer	6	Intel
#56	Michael R. Kay	6	Qorvo Us
#57	Min Su Kim	6	Samsung
#58	Moon-chul Lee	6	Samsung
#59	Munehiro Kozuma	6	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#60	Ramana Malladi	6	IBM
#61	Robert Bogdan Staszewski	6	Texas Instruments
#62	Takayuki Ikeda	6	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#63	Tejasvi Das	6	Cirrus Logic
#64	Won Chul Sim	6	Samsung
#65	Zhenrong Jin	6	IBM
#66	Alexander Braun	5	—
#67	Aleksey A. Lyalin	5	Skyworks Solutions
#68	Aleksandar Miodrag Tasic	5	Qualcomm
#69	Chan-Hong Chern	5	TSMC
#70	Chung S. Ho	5	IBM
#71	Chewn-Pu Jou	5	TSMC
#72	Changhan Hobie Yun	5	Qualcomm
#73	Chengjie Zuo	5	Qualcomm
#74	David Francis Berdy	5	Qualcomm
#75	David M. Friend	5	IBM
#76	David Lewis	5	Intel
#77	Dylan Charles Bartle	5	Skyworks Solutions
#78	Haedong Jang	5	Cree
#79	Heung-Mook Kim	5	KAIST
#80	Hideo Haneda	5	Seiko Epson
#81	James D. Strom	5	IBM
#82	Jonghae Kim	5	Qualcomm
#83	Junpei Yasuda	5	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#84	Mark A. Ferriss	5	IBM
#85	Martin Kinyua	5	TSMC
#86	Mario Francisco Velez	5	Qualcomm
#87	Nam-Ho HUR	5	KAIST
#88	Neil Deutscher	5	Microchip Technology Incorporated
#89	Niranjan Sunil Mudakatte	5	Qualcomm
#90	Nuttapong Srirattana	5	Skyworks Solutions
#91	Ofer Naaman	5	—
#92	Oleksiy Klimashov	5	Skyworks Solutions
#93	Paul T. DiCarlo	5	Skyworks Solutions
#94	Parmanand Mishra	5	Inphi
#95	Quentin P. Herr	5	—
#96	Rajasekhar Nagulapalli	5	Inphi
#97	Ramin Zanbaghi	5	Cirrus Logic
#98	Richard Hellberg	5	Ericsson
#99	Richard Wilson	5	Infineon Technologies Ag
#100	Sang Uk Son	5	Samsung

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	143
2	Murata Manufacturing Co.	128
3	Intel	108
#4	Texas Instruments	106
#5	Qualcomm	99
#6	IBM	92
#7	Skyworks Solutions	81
#8	Sk Hynix	76
#9	Nxp Usa	60
#10	Mediatek	53
#11	Infineon Technologies Ag	52
#12	Qorvo Us	52
#13	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	50
#14	TSMC	47
#15	Psemi	44
#16	Renesas Electronics	43
#17	Seiko Epson	42
#18	Huawei	42
#19	AMD	35
#20	Micron	34
#21	Analog Devices International Unlimited	29
#22	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	29
#23	Stmicroelectronics Sa	29
#24	Mitsubishi Electric	28
#25	Apple	26
#26	Nxp B.V.	26
#27	Disney	26
#28	Cirrus Logic	25
#29	Inphi	25
#30	Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.	24
#31	Silicon Laboratories	24
#32	Sony	24
#33	Fujitsu Limited	23
#34	NVIDIA	23
#35	Realtek Semiconductor	21
#36	Panasonic	21
#37	Analog Devices	20
#38	Maxlinear	20
#39	Ericsson	20
#40	Denso	18
#41	KAIST	18
#42	Taiyo Yuden Co.	18
#43	Northrop Grumman	15
#44	onsemi	15
#45	Stmicroelectronics International N.V.	15
#46	LG	15
#47	Dolby Laboratories Licensing	14
#48	Globalfoundries	14
#49	Microchip Technology Incorporated	14
#50	Snaptrack	14
#51	Socionext	14
#52	Unknown	14
#53	Fuji Electric Co.	13
#54	Hrl Laboratories	12
#55	Nec	12
#56	Toshiba Memory	12
#57	GE	12
#58	CEA	11
#59	Emc Ip Holding Company	11
#60	Infineon Technologies Austria Ag	11
#61	Seagate Technology	11
#62	Tdk	11
#63	RTX (Raytheon)	11
#64	Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration	10
#65	Macom Technology Solutions Holdings	10
#66	Canon	10
#67	Cypress Semiconductor	9
#68	Delta Electronics	9
#69	Integrated Device Technology	9
#70	Rambus	9
#71	Rohm Co.	9
#72	Andapt	8
#73	Cadence Design Systems	8
#74	Cavium, Llc.	8
#75	Sandisk Technologies	8
#76	University of California	8
#77	Western Digital Technologies	8
#78	Microsoft	8
#79	Toyota	8
#80	Bose	7
#81	Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited	7
#82	Futurewei Technologies	7
#83	Kyocera	7
#84	Peregrine Semiconductor	7
#85	Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.	7
#86	Synaptics Incorporated	7
#87	Thales	7
#88	Columbia University	7
#89	Ford	7
#90	Amazon	6
#91	Akoustis	6
#92	Georgia Tech Research	6
#93	Hamilton Sundstrand	6
#94	Foxconn	6
#95	Macronix International Co.	6
#96	Mstar Semiconductor	6
#97	Nuvoton Technology	6
#98	Olympus	6
#99	Rockwell Collins	6
#100	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)	6

Electronic circuits Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies