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Optics and photonics Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

Primary CPC class G02 · Section G

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 8,985 patents in 2019.peak 8,9851996: 2,278 patents19961997: 2,459 patents1998: 3,436 patents1999: 3,249 patents19992000: 3,507 patents2001: 3,890 patents2002: 4,204 patents20022003: 4,794 patents2004: 5,388 patents2005: 5,063 patents20052006: 5,602 patents2007: 5,161 patents2008: 5,164 patents20082009: 5,377 patents2010: 6,114 patents2011: 5,831 patents20112012: 5,827 patents2013: 6,265 patents2014: 6,659 patents20142015: 6,748 patents2016: 7,235 patents2017: 7,938 patents20172018: 7,427 patents2019: 8,985 patents2020: 8,699 patents20202021: 7,734 patents2022: 7,685 patents2023: 7,238 patents20232024: 7,518 patents2025: 7,097 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Lei Zhang 106 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
2 Yanmei Wang 104 Aac Technologies Pte.
3 Yeong-Ming Chang 55 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#4 Chien-Hsun Lai 47 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#5 Xiaochuan Chen 44 BOE
#6 Hsin-Hsuan Huang 43 Largan Precision Co.
#7 Jian Gao 38 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#8 Brian T. Schowengerdt 35 Magic Leap
#9 Nai-Yuan Tang 35 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#10 Kenji Oinuma 34 Aac Technologies Pte.
#11 Yao-Wei Liu 33 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#12 Qian Wang 31 BOE
#13 Xue Dong 30 BOE
#14 John Graham Macnamara 29 Magic Leap
#15 Pengcheng Lu 27 BOE
#16 Christopher M. Harrises 26 Magic Leap
#17 Ming-Ta Chou 26 Largan Precision Co.
#18 Nicole Elizabeth Samec 26 Magic Leap
#19 Setsu Sato 26 Aac Technologies Pte.
#20 Wenqing Zhao 26 BOE
#21 Mark Baerenrodt 25 Magic Leap
#22 Rony Abovitz 25 Magic Leap
#23 Wei-Yu Chen 25 Largan Precision Co.
#24 Rui Xu 24 BOE
#25 Hiroyuki Teraoka 23 Aac Technologies Pte.
#26 Ming Yang 23 BOE
#27 Xiaochen Niu 23 BOE
#28 Chao-Chang Hu 22 Tdk Taiwan
#29 Lixuan Chen 22 Tencent
#30 Hitoshi Hirano 21 Kantatsu Co.
#31 Kazuyoshi Takano 21 Senko Advanced Components
#32 Kenichi Kubota 21 Kantatsu Co.
#33 Lei Wang 21 BOE
#34 Yoji Kubota 21 Kantatsu Co.
#35 Shunpei Yamazaki 20 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#36 Yuejun Tang 19 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#37 Jacques Gollier 18 Meta
#38 Jianbo Xian 18 BOE
#39 Ming-Jun Li 18 Corning Incorporated
#40 Takashi Takeda 18 Seiko Epson
#41 Michael J. Hochberg 17 Elenion Technologies
#42 Toru Sakai 17 Amazon
#43 Tsung-Han Tsai 17 Largan Precision Co.
#44 Akira Komatsu 16 Seiko Epson
#45 Ki Chul Shin 16 Samsung
#46 Masayuki Takagi 16 Seiko Epson
#47 Pasi Saarikko 16 Meta
#48 Yanli Xie 16 Aac Technologies Pte.
#49 Yu Lu 16 Commscope Technologies
#50 Adam Toner 15 Johnson & Johnson
#51 Chun-Yen Chen 15 Largan Precision Co.
#52 Michael G. Robinson 15 Reald Spark
#53 Randall B. Pugh 15 Johnson & Johnson
#54 Toshiaki Miyao 15 Seiko Epson
#55 Wenbo Li 15 BOE
#56 Wei Wang 15 BOE
#57 Yafeng Yang 15 BOE
#58 Yuanshan Cui 15 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
#59 Dana Craig Bookbinder 14 Corning Incorporated
#60 Graham J. Woodgate 14 Reald Spark
#61 Hajime Kimura 14 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#62 Jia-Sin Jhang 14 Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co.
#63 Philippe COENEGRACHT 14 Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba
#64 Sang Ok Park 14 Lg Innotek Co.
#65 Shu-Yun Yang 14 Largan Precision Co.
#66 Yong Joo JO 14 Samsung
#67 Anshu A. Pradhan 13 View
#68 Attila Mekis 13 Luxtera
#69 Chun-Che Hsueh 13 Largan Precision Co.
#70 Daisuke Kubota 13 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#71 Dan Zhang 13 Qualcomm
#72 Hongfei Cheng 13 BOE
#73 Hongseok Lee 13 Samsung
#74 Jifeng Tan 13 BOE
#75 Mitsuhiro Murata 13 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#76 Noboru Kunimatsu 13 Japan Display
#77 Ryuzo Yuki 13 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#78 Shou-Shan Fan 13 Foxconn
#79 Yang Liu 13 Elenion Technologies
#80 Yangjin Ma 13 Elenion Technologies
#81 Yang Zhang 13 BOE
#82 Ying Geng 13 Meta
#83 Yu-Jen Chen 13 Hkc Corporation Limited
#84 Brian Wheelwright 12 Meta
#85 Douglas Llewellyn Butler 12 Corning Optical Communications
#86 Frederick A. Flitsch 12 Johnson & Johnson
#87 Hidehiro Sonoda 12 Japan Display
#88 Kentaro Okuyama 12 Japan Display
#89 Long Chen 12 Acacia Communications
#90 Pushkar Tandon 12 Corning Incorporated
#91 Stefan Alexander 12 Ignis Innovation
#92 Stephen Clark Brown 12 View
#93 Sunil Kim 12 Samsung
#94 Trevor D. Smith 12 Adc Telecommunications
#95 Wenbo Hu 12 Aac Technologies Pte.
#96 Abhishek Kumar 11 Sonos
#97 Christopher Doerr 11 AT&T
#98 Ephraim Goldenberg 11 Corephotonics
#99 Evan M. Richards 11 Meta
#100 Guowei Zha 11 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 668
2 BOE 538
3 Japan Display 248
#4 LG 225
#5 Tencent 168
#6 Canon 147
#7 Panasonic 126
#8 Olympus 122
#9 Fujifilm 121
#10 Aac Technologies Pte. 119
#11 Largan Precision Co. 116
#12 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 116
#13 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 112
#14 Commscope Technologies 100
#15 Meta 99
#16 Seiko Epson 96
#17 Sony 93
#18 Corning Optical Communications 87
#19 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 83
#20 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 80
#21 Microsoft 74
#22 3M 66
#23 Magic Leap 66
#24 Essilor International 64
#25 Apple 63
#26 Lg Innotek Co. 60
#27 Nikon 59
#28 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co. 55
#29 IBM 55
#30 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 50
#31 Innolux 50
#32 Fujikura 49
#33 Sakai Display Products 47
#34 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 47
#35 Sumitomo Electric Industries 47
#36 Amazon 46
#37 Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba 46
#38 Corning Incorporated 44
#39 Mitsubishi Electric 40
#40 Au Optronics 39
#41 Foxconn 39
#42 North 39
#43 E Ink Holdings 38
#44 Huawei 37
#45 Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 36
#46 Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co. 36
#47 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 36
#48 Unknown 36
#49 Johnson & Johnson 35
#50 Tdk Taiwan 33
#51 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 32
#52 Nitto Denko 32
#53 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 31
#54 Kantatsu Co. 31
#55 Ricoh Company 31
#56 Google 30
#57 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 29
#58 Elenion Technologies 29
#59 KAIST 27
#60 Stmicroelectronics Sa 26
#61 Corning Research & Development 25
#62 Senko Advanced Components 25
#63 View 25
#64 Finisar 24
#65 Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 24
#66 Agc 23
#67 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 23
#68 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 23
#69 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. 23
#70 Coretronic 22
#71 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 22
#72 Danaher 22
#73 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 21
#74 Denso 21
#75 Gentex 21
#76 Konica Minolta 21
#77 MIT 21
#78 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 21
#79 RTX (Raytheon) 21
#80 Afl Telecommunications 20
#81 Genius Electronic Optical Co. 20
#82 Hkc Corporation Limited 20
#83 Nec 20
#84 Verily Life Sciences 19
#85 Intel 19
#86 Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 17
#87 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 17
#88 Luxtera 17
#89 Ofs Fitel 17
#90 CNRS 16
#91 CEA 16
#92 Radiant Opto-Electronics 16
#93 Tdk 16
#94 NVIDIA 16
#95 Lumentum Operations 15
#96 Omnivision Technologies 15
#97 Signify Holding B.V. 15
#98 Tsinghua University 15
#99 Zeon 15
#100 Globalfoundries 14