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Electronic circuits Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

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 Hong-sil Jeong 20 Samsung
2 Kyung-joong Kim 20 Samsung
3 Se-ho Myung 19 Samsung
#4 Nadim Khlat 18 Qorvo Us
#5 Sasikanth Manipatruni 18 Kepler Computing
#6 Amrita Mathuriya 17 Kepler Computing
#7 Heung-Mook Kim 17 KAIST
#8 Rong Li 17 Huawei
#9 Sun-Hyoung KWON 17 KAIST
#10 Sung-Ik Park 17 KAIST
#11 Rajeev Kumar Dokania 16 Kepler Computing
#12 Yuji Shinohara 16 Sony
#13 Makiko Yamamoto 15 Sony
#14 Satoshi Tanaka 15 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#15 Hideki IWAMOTO 14 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#16 Jae-Young Lee 13 KAIST
#17 Jeffrey B. Shealy 13 Akoustis
#18 Nam-Ho HUR 13 KAIST
#19 Ramamoorthy Ramesh 13 Kepler Computing
#20 Robert Menezes 13 Kepler Computing
#21 Bryant Garcia 12 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#22 John Paul Lesso 12 Cirrus Logic
#23 Jun Xu 12 Zte
#24 Chih-Hsien Chang 11 TSMC
#25 Florinel G. Balteanu 11 Skyworks Solutions
#26 John L. Melanson 11 Cirrus Logic
#27 Ruey-Bin Sheen 11 TSMC
#28 Ventsislav Yantchev 11 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#29 Fan Zhang 10 Sk Hynix
#30 Ikenna Odinaka 10 Kepler Computing
#31 Rafael Rios 10 Kepler Computing
#32 Tae Yoon Kim 10 Samsung
#33 Tae Kyung LEE 10 Samsung
#34 Chang Hyun Lim 9 Samsung
#35 Gongzheng Zhang 9 Huawei
#36 Hirotsugu MORI 9 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#37 Jin Xu 9 Zte
#38 Jun Wang 9 IBM
#39 Masatoshi Hase 9 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#40 Moon-chul Lee 9 Samsung
#41 Serge Francois Drogi 9 Skyworks Solutions
#42 Shih-Hsiung Huang 9 Realtek Semiconductor
#43 Visvesvaraya Pentakota 9 Texas Instruments
#44 Aman Bhatia 8 Sk Hynix
#45 Chih-Sheng Chen 8 Richwave Technology
#46 Changlong XU 8 Qualcomm
#47 Dongbing Fu 8 No.24 Research Institute Of China Electronics Technology Group
#48 Hideyuki Nosaka 8 NTT
#49 Ji Hyo KANG 8 Sk Hynix
#50 Neal Fenzi 8 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#51 Yunfei Qiao 8 Huawei
#52 David Kovac 7 Psemi
#53 Dennis Hui 7 Ericsson
#54 Dongmin Park 7 Qualcomm
#55 Eeshan Miglani 7 Texas Instruments
#56 Eric Kimball 7 Cirrus Logic
#57 Guangbing Chen 7 No.24 Research Institute Of China Electronics Technology Group
#58 Hiroyuki Nakamura 7 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#59 Jing Jiang 7 Qualcomm
#60 Katsuya DAIMON 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#61 Kazuo Watanabe 7 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#62 Liang Li 7 Advanced New Technologies Co.
#63 Meysam Asadi 7 Sk Hynix
#64 Min Jang 7 Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
#65 Naim Ben-Hamida 7 Ciena
#66 Sang Kee YOON 7 Samsung
#67 Siamak Delshadpour 7 Nxp B.V.
#68 Sivagnanam Parthasarathy 7 Micron
#69 Swaminathan Sankaran 7 Texas Instruments
#70 Tero Tapio Ranta 7 Psemi
#71 Tsung-Hsien Tsai 7 TSMC
#72 Vivekanandan Venugopal 7 Apple
#73 Won HAN 7 Samsung
#74 Yiwu Tang 7 Qualcomm
#75 Yufei Blankenship 7 Ericsson
#76 Andrew Guyette 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#77 Chia-Liang Lin 6 Realtek Semiconductor
#78 Cory J. Peterson 6 Cirrus Logic
#79 David M. AICHELE 6 Akoustis
#80 Dae Sung Kim 6 Sk Hynix
#81 Daniel Ansorregui Lobete 6 Samsung
#82 Daisuke Watanabe 6 Advantest
#83 Huazi Zhang 6 Huawei
#84 Keiji Tanaka 6 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#85 Kiichiro Takenaka 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#86 Koji Nosaka 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#87 Kwang Jae Shin 6 Skyworks Global Pte.
#88 Mengzhu CHEN 6 Zte
#89 Mitsuhiro Shimozawa 6 Mitsubishi Electric
#90 Mustafa N. Kaynak 6 Micron
#91 Ramin Zanbaghi 6 Cirrus Logic
#92 Rei Goto 6 Skyworks Solutions
#93 Rohan W. HOULDEN 6 Akoustis
#94 Ryoji Ikegaya 6 Sony
#95 Sadok Aouini 6 Ciena
#96 Sang Uk Son 6 Samsung
#97 Teruo Jo 6 NTT
#98 Thomas Richardson 6 Qualcomm
#99 Toshio Nishimura 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#100 Tsutomu Takai 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Murata Manufacturing Co. 211
2 Samsung 157
3 Texas Instruments 127
#4 Qualcomm 81
#5 Skyworks Solutions 78
#6 Sk Hynix 74
#7 Intel 69
#8 TSMC 65
#9 Huawei 62
#10 Realtek Semiconductor 59
#11 Cirrus Logic 51
#12 Sony 48
#13 Ericsson 42
#14 Infineon Technologies Ag 41
#15 Nxp B.V. 40
#16 Psemi 39
#17 Apple 38
#18 Nxp Usa 37
#19 Micron 36
#20 Analog Devices International Unlimited 35
#21 Mitsubishi Electric 35
#22 Qorvo Us 34
#23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 33
#24 Resonant 33
#25 Disney 29
#26 AMD 25
#27 KAIST 25
#28 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. 24
#29 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 24
#30 IBM 24
#31 Stmicroelectronics Sa 22
#32 Mediatek 21
#33 Kioxia 20
#34 Seiko Epson 20
#35 Stmicroelectronics International N.V. 20
#36 Microsoft 20
#37 onsemi 19
#38 Richwave Technology 18
#39 NVIDIA 18
#40 Analog Devices 17
#41 Kepler Computing 16
#42 Akoustis 15
#43 Zte 15
#44 Fuji Electric Co. 14
#45 NTT 13
#46 Rambus 13
#47 Rohm Co. 13
#48 Changxin Memory Technologies 12
#49 Sumitomo Electric Industries 12
#50 Silicon Laboratories 11
#51 Western Digital Technologies 11
#52 Panasonic 11
#53 Kandou Labs Sa 10
#54 Kyocera 10
#55 Nuvoton Technology 10
#56 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 10
#57 Taiyo Yuden Co. 10
#58 Cisco 10
#59 Ciena 9
#60 Denso 9
#61 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 9
#62 Macom Technology Solutions Holdings 9
#63 No.24 Research Institute Of China Electronics Technology Group 9
#64 Socionext 9
#65 RTX (Raytheon) 9
#66 Daishinku 8
#67 Imec Vzw 8
#68 Novatek Microelectronics 8
#69 Saturn Licensing 8
#70 Sitime 8
#71 United Microelectronics 8
#72 Ams Ag 7
#73 Cypress Semiconductor 7
#74 Emc Ip Holding Company 7
#75 Renesas Electronics 7
#76 Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas 7
#77 Canon 7
#78 Ablic 6
#79 Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration 6
#80 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 6
#81 Faraday Technology 6
#82 Imagination Technologies Limited 6
#83 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 6
#84 Skyworks Global Pte. 6
#85 University Of Texas System 6
#86 University of California 6
#87 BOE 6
#88 LG 6
#89 Asahi Kasei Microdevices 5
#90 Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 5
#91 Aydeekay 5
#92 CEA 5
#93 Daihen 5
#94 Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology 5
#95 Fujitsu Limited 5
#96 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 5
#97 KFUPM 5
#98 Korea University Research And Business Foundation 5
#99 Maxim Integrated Products 5
#100 Mediatek Singapore Pte. 5