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Electronic circuits Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

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 Heung-Mook Kim 49 KAIST
2 Sung-Ik Park 48 KAIST
3 Sun-Hyoung KWON 47 KAIST
#4 Nam-Ho HUR 42 KAIST
#5 Hong-sil Jeong 40 Samsung
#6 Jae-Young Lee 38 KAIST
#7 Se-ho Myung 38 Samsung
#8 Kyung-joong Kim 37 Samsung
#9 Makiko Yamamoto 19 Sony
#10 Nadim Khlat 19 Qorvo Us
#11 Aman Bhatia 17 Sk Hynix
#12 Yuji Shinohara 17 Sony
#13 Naveen Kumar 16 Sk Hynix
#14 Alan J. Seefeldt 15 Dolby Laboratories Licensing
#15 Baker Scott 15 Qorvo Us
#16 Dirk Robert Walter Leipold 15 Qorvo Us
#17 George Maxim 15 Qorvo Us
#18 Tero Tapio Ranta 15 Psemi
#19 Daniel Ansorregui Lobete 14 Samsung
#20 Belkacem Mouhouche 13 Samsung
#21 Jeong Hoon Kim 13 Samsung
#22 Baleegh Abdo 12 IBM
#23 Byeong Hak Jo 12 Samsung
#24 Paul T. DiCarlo 12 Skyworks Solutions
#25 Ryoji Ikegaya 12 Sony
#26 Bo-Mi Lim 11 KAIST
#27 Eran Sharon 11 Sandisk Technologies
#28 Tokihiro Nishihara 11 Taiyo Yuden Co.
#29 Yi-Min Lin 11 Sk Hynix
#30 Alexander Bazarsky 10 Western Digital Technologies
#31 Chih-Sheng Chen 10 Richwave Technology
#32 Florinel G. Balteanu 10 Skyworks Solutions
#33 John Paul Lesso 10 Cirrus Logic
#34 Satoshi Tanaka 10 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#35 Yo-Sheng Lin 10 National Chi Nan University
#36 Andreas H. A. Arp 9 IBM
#37 Chia-Liang Lin 9 Realtek Semiconductor
#38 Dylan Charles Bartle 9 Skyworks Solutions
#39 Fatih Cilek 9 IBM
#40 Jared L. Zerbe 9 Rambus
#41 John Birkner 9 Andapt
#42 Kapil Shankar 9 Andapt
#43 Matthias Ringe 9 IBM
#44 Michael V. Koch 9 IBM
#45 Patrick J. Crotty 9 AMD
#46 Shih-Hsiung Huang 9 Realtek Semiconductor
#47 Yuichi Takamine 9 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#48 Adrian John Bergsma 8 Skyworks Solutions
#49 Bruno Miguel Vaz 8 AMD
#50 David Steven Ripley 8 Skyworks Solutions
#51 Fan Zhang 8 Sk Hynix
#52 Gabi Sarkis 8 Qualcomm
#53 James D. Guilford 8 Intel
#54 Jong Ok HA 8 Samsung
#55 John L. Melanson 8 Cirrus Logic
#56 Lei Zhu 8 Cirrus Logic
#57 Marcus Granger-Jones 8 Qorvo Us
#58 Michael R. Kay 8 Qorvo Us
#59 Min Su Kim 8 Samsung
#60 Moon-chul Lee 8 Samsung
#61 Shrinivas Kudekar 8 Qualcomm
#62 Shinji Taniguchi 8 Taiyo Yuden Co.
#63 Takashi Matsuda 8 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#64 Tejasvi Das 8 Cirrus Logic
#65 Thomas Richardson 8 Qualcomm
#66 Vinodh Gopal 8 Intel
#67 Xin Zhao 8 Tencent America
#68 Yoshiyuki Maki 8 Seiko Epson
#69 Yutaka Murakami 8 Panasonic
#70 Abdellatif Bellaouar 7 Texas Instruments
#71 Antonio R. Pelella 7 IBM
#72 Bodhisatwa Sadhu 7 IBM
#73 Christophe Erdmann 7 AMD
#74 Cheng C. Wang 7 Flex Logix Technologies
#75 Cristian Pavao Moreira 7 Nxp Usa
#76 David Kovac 7 Psemi
#77 Hiroaki Kaida 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#78 Hiroyuki Nakamura 7 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#79 Johnson Yen 7 Lsi
#80 Kushal Bhattacharjee 7 Qorvo Us
#81 Masakazu Tani 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#82 Philip John Lehtola 7 Skyworks Solutions
#83 Robert Mark Englekirk 7 Psemi
#84 Serge Francois Drogi 7 Skyworks Solutions
#85 Stella Achtenberg 7 Western Digital Technologies
#86 Winfried Bakalski 7 Infineon Technologies Ag
#87 Yantao Ma 7 Micron
#88 Yu Cai 7 Sk Hynix
#89 Yu Zhu 7 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#90 Ahmed Emira 6 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.
#91 Akihiro Fukuzawa 6 Seiko Epson
#92 Amit Agarwal 6 Oracle
#93 Birama Goumballa 6 Nxp Usa
#94 Bin Li 6 Fih (Hong Kong) Limited
#95 Brian S. Leibowitz 6 Rambus
#96 Chih-Hsien Chang 6 TSMC
#97 Chih-Lung Chen 6 Realtek Semiconductor
#98 Chan-Hong Chern 6 TSMC
#99 Chih-Chang Lin 6 TSMC
#100 Chenrong Xiong 6 Sk Hynix

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 209
2 Murata Manufacturing Co. 195
3 Texas Instruments 166
#4 Qualcomm 122
#5 Skyworks Solutions 114
#6 Intel 112
#7 IBM 95
#8 Sk Hynix 87
#9 Seiko Epson 79
#10 Infineon Technologies Ag 72
#11 KAIST 69
#12 Qorvo Us 67
#13 TSMC 64
#14 Nxp Usa 58
#15 Micron 57
#16 Psemi 54
#17 AMD 53
#18 Huawei 51
#19 Sony 48
#20 Analog Devices International Unlimited 45
#21 Nxp B.V. 45
#22 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 43
#23 Renesas Electronics 41
#24 Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 39
#25 Analog Devices 38
#26 Taiyo Yuden Co. 38
#27 Stmicroelectronics Sa 37
#28 Ericsson 37
#29 Mediatek 36
#30 Apple 35
#31 Cirrus Logic 35
#32 Mitsubishi Electric 35
#33 Realtek Semiconductor 31
#34 Panasonic 31
#35 onsemi 27
#36 Fujitsu Limited 25
#37 Maxlinear 25
#38 Rambus 25
#39 NVIDIA 24
#40 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 21
#41 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 20
#42 Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co. 20
#43 Silicon Laboratories 20
#44 Disney 20
#45 Fuji Electric Co. 19
#46 Globalfoundries 19
#47 Denso 18
#48 Stmicroelectronics International N.V. 18
#49 Tdk 18
#50 Toshiba Memory 18
#51 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 17
#52 Microchip Technology Incorporated 17
#53 Snaptrack 17
#54 Western Digital Technologies 17
#55 Amazon 15
#56 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 15
#57 BOE 15
#58 Inphi 14
#59 Nec 14
#60 Northrop Grumman 14
#61 Richwave Technology 14
#62 Sandisk Technologies 14
#63 Seagate Technology 14
#64 RTX (Raytheon) 14
#65 Integrated Device Technology 13
#66 Sumitomo Electric Industries 13
#67 Unknown 13
#68 LG 13
#69 Microsoft 13
#70 CEA 12
#71 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 12
#72 University of California 12
#73 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 12
#74 GE 12
#75 Novatek Microelectronics 11
#76 Rohm Co. 11
#77 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 11
#78 Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited 10
#79 Imec Vzw 10
#80 National Chi Nan University 10
#81 Nuvoton Technology 10
#82 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 10
#83 Andapt 9
#84 Power Integrations 9
#85 Skyworks Filter Solutions Japan Co. 9
#86 United Microelectronics 9
#87 Yamaha 9
#88 Ablic 8
#89 Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 8
#90 Futurewei Technologies 8
#91 Korea University Research And Business Foundation 8
#92 Kyocera 8
#93 Socionext 8
#94 Canon 8
#95 Hitachi 7
#96 Hrl Laboratories 7
#97 Iq-Analog 7
#98 Omnivision Technologies 7
#99 Rohde & Schwarz 7
#100 Saturn Licensing 7