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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Electronic circuits Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 30 KAIST
2 Sung-Ik Park 29 KAIST
3 Sun-Hyoung KWON 28 KAIST
#4 Nam-Ho HUR 26 KAIST
#5 Nadim Khlat 25 Qorvo Us
#6 Jae-Young Lee 24 KAIST
#7 Koji Nosaka 23 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#8 Tae Kyung LEE 20 Samsung
#9 Shih-Hsiung Huang 18 Realtek Semiconductor
#10 Hong-sil Jeong 17 Samsung
#11 Kyung-joong Kim 16 Samsung
#12 Chia-Liang Lin 15 Realtek Semiconductor
#13 Moon-chul Lee 15 Samsung
#14 Se-ho Myung 15 Samsung
#15 Ahmed Emira 14 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.
#16 Paul T. DiCarlo 14 Skyworks Solutions
#17 Satoshi Tanaka 14 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#18 Ali Tasdighi Far 13 Unknown
#19 John L. Melanson 13 Cirrus Logic
#20 Mark L. Burgener 13 Peregrine Semiconductor
#21 Makiko Yamamoto 12 Sony
#22 Siamak Delshadpour 12 Nxp B.V.
#23 Tero Tapio Ranta 12 Psemi
#24 Yuji Shinohara 12 Sony
#25 Gabi Sarkis 11 Qualcomm
#26 Robert Bogdan Staszewski 11 Texas Instruments
#27 Tae Yoon Kim 11 Samsung
#28 Yuichi Takamine 11 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#29 Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty Ali 10 Analog Devices
#30 Christopher N. Brindle 10 Psemi
#31 George Maxim 10 Qorvo Us
#32 Hwa Sun Lee 10 Samsung
#33 Rong Li 10 Huawei
#34 Viktor Plesski 10 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#35 Baker Scott 9 Qorvo Us
#36 Chang Hyun Lim 9 Samsung
#37 Dylan Charles Bartle 9 Skyworks Solutions
#38 Dylan J. Kelly 9 Psemi
#39 John Paul Lesso 9 Cirrus Logic
#40 Philip John Lehtola 9 Skyworks Solutions
#41 Ventsislav Yantchev 9 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#42 Visvesvaraya Pentakota 9 Texas Instruments
#43 Yutaka Murakami 9 Panasonic
#44 Baleegh Abdo 8 IBM
#45 Chih-Hsien Chang 8 TSMC
#46 Chih-Sheng Chen 8 Richwave Technology
#47 Chih-Lung Chen 8 Realtek Semiconductor
#48 Chao Li 8 TSMC
#49 Cheng C. Wang 8 Flex Logix Technologies
#50 Clint L. Kemerling 8 Psemi
#51 George Imthurn 8 Psemi
#52 Jared L. Zerbe 8 Rambus
#53 Jeffrey K. Jones 8 Nxp Usa
#54 Jing Jiang 8 Qualcomm
#55 Ruey-Bin Sheen 8 TSMC
#56 Won HAN 8 Samsung
#57 Won Kyu Jeung 8 Samsung
#58 Yang Yang 8 Shanghai Research Center For Wireless Communications
#59 Anthony T. Sofia 7 IBM
#60 Bo-Mi Lim 7 KAIST
#61 Bodhisatwa Sadhu 7 IBM
#62 David Scott Whitefield 7 Skyworks Solutions
#63 Eran Sharon 7 Sandisk Technologies
#64 Florinel G. Balteanu 7 Skyworks Solutions
#65 Huazi Zhang 7 Huawei
#66 James D. Barnette 7 Silicon Laboratories
#67 Jerod F. Mason 7 Skyworks Solutions
#68 Jin-Yuan Lee 7 Megica
#69 Jin Suk Son 7 Samsung
#70 Lei Zhu 7 Cirrus Logic
#71 Matthias Klein 7 IBM
#72 Min Su Kim 7 Samsung
#73 Michael A. Stuber 7 Qualcomm
#74 Mou-Shiung Lin 7 Megica
#75 Naim Ben-Hamida 7 Ciena
#76 Patrick Turner 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#77 Ran Hee SHIN 7 Samsung
#78 Robert B. Welstand 7 Psemi
#79 Serge Francois Drogi 7 Skyworks Solutions
#80 Seiji Kai 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#81 Shagun Dusad 7 Texas Instruments
#82 Sung Sun Kim 7 Samsung
#83 Tae Hun Lee 7 Samsung
#84 Ting-Ta Yen 7 Texas Instruments
#85 Wakana Hirota 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#86 Yiqun Ge 7 Huawei
#87 Abhishek Ghosh 6 Samsung
#88 Andreas H. A. Arp 6 IBM
#89 Bin Li 6 Fih (Hong Kong) Limited
#90 Bryant Garcia 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#91 Brian S. Leibowitz 6 Rambus
#92 Chan-Hong Chern 6 TSMC
#93 Cheng-Hsiang Hsieh 6 TSMC
#94 Damon G. Holmes 6 Nxp Usa
#95 Daniel Ansorregui Lobete 6 Samsung
#96 Dirk Robert Walter Leipold 6 Qorvo Us
#97 Emre Ayranci 6 Psemi
#98 Eric J. King 6 Cirrus Logic
#99 Fatih Cilek 6 IBM
#100 Gongzheng Zhang 6 Huawei

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Murata Manufacturing Co. 221
2 Texas Instruments 212
3 Samsung 205
#4 Intel 121
#5 Qualcomm 103
#6 IBM 84
#7 Realtek Semiconductor 81
#8 Skyworks Solutions 80
#9 Nxp Usa 79
#10 Huawei 76
#11 TSMC 73
#12 Sk Hynix 72
#13 Seiko Epson 67
#14 AMD 65
#15 Apple 61
#16 Qorvo Us 59
#17 Nxp B.V. 56
#18 Psemi 50
#19 Cirrus Logic 47
#20 Infineon Technologies Ag 45
#21 KAIST 45
#22 Silicon Laboratories 45
#23 Analog Devices 43
#24 Analog Devices International Unlimited 43
#25 Sony 40
#26 Mitsubishi Electric 39
#27 Micron 39
#28 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 37
#29 Stmicroelectronics Sa 35
#30 Mediatek 34
#31 onsemi 34
#32 Denso 30
#33 Fuji Electric Co. 28
#34 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 28
#35 Ericsson 28
#36 Taiyo Yuden Co. 26
#37 Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 25
#38 Disney 25
#39 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 22
#40 Panasonic 22
#41 Socionext 21
#42 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 21
#43 NVIDIA 21
#44 Rambus 20
#45 Inphi 19
#46 Renesas Electronics 19
#47 Toshiba Memory 19
#48 Western Digital Technologies 19
#49 Fujitsu Limited 18
#50 CEA 17
#51 Globalfoundries 17
#52 Rohm Co. 17
#53 Microchip Technology Incorporated 16
#54 Nec 15
#55 Novatek Microelectronics 15
#56 Resonant 15
#57 Microsoft 15
#58 Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 14
#59 Northrop Grumman 14
#60 LG 14
#61 Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited 13
#62 Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co. 13
#63 Kyocera 12
#64 Richwave Technology 12
#65 Stmicroelectronics International N.V. 12
#66 Tdk 12
#67 RTX (Raytheon) 12
#68 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 11
#69 Sumitomo Electric Industries 11
#70 Synaptics Incorporated 11
#71 Unknown 11
#72 Ciena 10
#73 Emc Ip Holding Company 10
#74 Integrated Device Technology 10
#75 Motorola 10
#76 GE 10
#77 Ams Ag 9
#78 Autonetworks Technologies 9
#79 Dialog Semiconductor B.V. 9
#80 Imagination Technologies Limited 9
#81 Macom Technology Solutions Holdings 9
#82 Nuvoton Technology 9
#83 Robert Bosch Gmbh 9
#84 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 9
#85 BOE 9
#86 Canon 9
#87 Google 9
#88 Akoustis 8
#89 Delta Electronics 8
#90 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 8
#91 Faraday Technology 8
#92 Flex Logix Technologies 8
#93 MIT 8
#94 The Boeing 8
#95 United Microelectronics 8
#96 Honeywell 8
#97 Asahi Kasei Microdevices 7
#98 Fraunhofer 7
#99 Futurewei Technologies 7
#100 Global Unichip 7