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Optics and photonics Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 71 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
2 Yanmei Wang 71 Aac Technologies Pte.
3 Xiaochuan Chen 57 BOE
#4 Wenqing Zhao 39 BOE
#5 Yeong-Ming Chang 39 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#6 Chien-Hsun Lai 38 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#7 Hitoshi Hirano 37 Kantatsu Co.
#8 Jian Gao 37 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#9 Kenichi Kubota 37 Kantatsu Co.
#10 Yao-Wei Liu 37 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#11 Yoji Kubota 37 Kantatsu Co.
#12 Hsin-Hsuan Huang 34 Largan Precision Co.
#13 Kazuyoshi Takano 32 Senko Advanced Components
#14 Jifeng Tan 30 BOE
#15 Ming-Ta Chou 30 Largan Precision Co.
#16 Chunhuan Fang 28 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
#17 Lu Lu 28 Meta
#18 Wei-Yu Chen 28 Largan Precision Co.
#19 Xue Dong 28 BOE
#20 Andrew John Ouderkirk 27 Meta
#21 Hisao Fukaya 26 Kantatsu Co.
#22 Wei Wang 26 BOE
#23 Qian Wang 25 BOE
#24 Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob 23 Globalfoundries
#25 Jacques Gollier 23 Meta
#26 Kenji Oinuma 22 Aac Technologies Pte.
#27 Yusheng Bian 22 Globalfoundries U.S.
#28 Brian T. Schowengerdt 21 Magic Leap
#29 Lei Wang 20 BOE
#30 Pasi Saarikko 20 Meta
#31 Pengcheng Lu 20 BOE
#32 Robin Sharma 20 Meta
#33 Ying Geng 20 Meta
#34 David A. Fattal 19 Leia
#35 Rui Xu 19 BOE
#36 Sang Ok Park 19 Lg Innotek Co.
#37 Yu-Jen Chen 19 Hkc Corporation Limited
#38 Chao-Chang Hu 18 Tdk Taiwan
#39 Giuseppe Calafiore 18 Meta
#40 Hee Yoon Lee 18 Meta
#41 Hiroyuki Teraoka 17 Aac Technologies Pte.
#42 Ki Chul Shin 17 Samsung
#43 Ming Yang 17 BOE
#44 Roger L. Farrow 17 Nlight
#45 Wai Sze Tiffany Lam 17 Meta
#46 Xiaochen Niu 17 BOE
#47 Yafeng Yang 17 BOE
#48 Zhongxiao Li 17 BOE
#49 Chun-Che Hsueh 16 Largan Precision Co.
#50 Scott Charles McEldowney 16 Meta
#51 Brian Wheelwright 15 Meta
#52 Dahv A. V. Kliner 15 Nlight
#53 Hongseok Lee 15 Samsung
#54 Jimmy Jun-Fu Chang 15 Senko Advanced Components
#55 Kevin B. Leigh 15 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
#56 Tsung-Han Tsai 15 Largan Precision Co.
#57 Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai 15 Meta
#58 Hisashi Watanabe 14 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#59 Ming-Jun Li 14 Corning Incorporated
#60 Takashi Takeda 14 Seiko Epson
#61 Wanli Chi 14 Meta
#62 Ephraim Goldenberg 13 Corephotonics
#63 Haisheng Wang 13 BOE
#64 Hirotoshi Yasunaga 13 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#65 Hoon Song 13 Samsung
#66 Jianbo Xian 13 BOE
#67 Jonathan David Waldern 13 Digilens
#68 Milan Momcilo Popovich 13 Digilens
#69 Robert T. Rozbicki 13 View
#70 Sang Jun Min 13 Lg Innotek Co.
#71 Shunpei Yamazaki 13 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#72 Sunil Kim 13 Samsung
#73 Yeong Rae Chang 13 LG
#74 Yong Qiao 13 BOE
#75 Chun-Yen Chen 12 Largan Precision Co.
#76 Gal Shabtay 12 Corephotonics
#77 Gil Bachar 12 Corephotonics
#78 Haiyan Wang 12 BOE
#79 Hongfei Cheng 12 BOE
#80 Kiyoshi Minoura 12 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#81 Kosuke Machida 12 Nikon
#82 Masaya Hashimoto 12 Kantatsu Co.
#83 Masanobu Mizusaki 12 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#84 Michael Renne Ty Tan 12 Agilent Technologies
#85 Norikazu Miyazaki 12 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co.
#86 Tomohiro Yonezawa 12 Kantatsu Co.
#87 Tzu-Chieh KUO 12 Largan Precision Co.
#88 Xiandong Meng 12 BOE
#89 Yang Zhang 12 BOE
#90 Yong-Ho Yang 12 Samsung
#91 Yu Lu 12 Commscope Technologies
#92 Akira Sakai 11 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#93 Chung-Kuang Chien 11 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#94 Darrell R. Childers 11 Us Conec
#95 Dan Zhang 11 Qualcomm
#96 Gen Koide 11 Japan Display
#97 Hajime Kimura 11 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#98 Hidehiro Sonoda 11 Japan Display
#99 James Scott Sutherland 11 Corning Incorporated
#100 Jun Taek Lee 11 Lg Innotek Co.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 592
2 BOE 500
3 LG 249
#4 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 216
#5 Japan Display 209
#6 Meta 173
#7 Fujifilm 141
#8 Canon 140
#9 Panasonic 126
#10 Sony 123
#11 Largan Precision Co. 108
#12 Olympus 102
#13 Commscope Technologies 98
#14 Seiko Epson 96
#15 Apple 79
#16 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 74
#17 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 66
#18 3M 64
#19 Kantatsu Co. 63
#20 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 62
#21 Hkc Corporation Limited 62
#22 Magic Leap 62
#23 Tencent 62
#24 Microsoft 62
#25 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 61
#26 Lg Innotek Co. 61
#27 Sumitomo Electric Industries 59
#28 Nikon 57
#29 Essilor International 55
#30 Au Optronics 50
#31 Innolux 49
#32 Aac Optics Solutions Pte. 48
#33 Aac Technologies Pte. 44
#34 Tdk Taiwan 44
#35 Corning Optical Communications 43
#36 Corning Incorporated 42
#37 Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba 41
#38 Mitsubishi Electric 41
#39 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 40
#40 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 39
#41 Senko Advanced Components 39
#42 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co. 38
#43 IBM 38
#44 Coretronic 37
#45 Intel 37
#46 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 36
#47 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 35
#48 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 34
#49 Ricoh Company 34
#50 Fujikura 32
#51 Corning Research & Development 30
#52 Unknown 30
#53 Danaher 30
#54 Google 30
#55 Ii-Vi Delaware 28
#56 Globalfoundries 27
#57 E Ink Holdings 26
#58 Nitto Denko 26
#59 Denso 25
#60 Nlight 25
#61 North 25
#62 Johnson & Johnson 25
#63 Dexerials 24
#64 Huawei 24
#65 Caltech 23
#66 Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 23
#67 Stmicroelectronics Sa 23
#68 View 23
#69 Lumentum Operations 22
#70 Foxconn 21
#71 TSMC 21
#72 CEA 20
#73 Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co. 20
#74 Gentex 20
#75 Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 20
#76 Amazon 19
#77 Agc 19
#78 Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 19
#79 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 19
#80 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 19
#81 Maxell 19
#82 NTT 19
#83 Rockwell Collins 19
#84 Cisco 19
#85 Afl Telecommunications 18
#86 Elenion Technologies 18
#87 Leia 18
#88 Ofs Fitel 18
#89 Omron 18
#90 Toppan Printing Co. 18
#91 KAIST 17
#92 Mitsumi Electric Co. 17
#93 RTX (Raytheon) 17
#94 Asia Optical Co. 16
#95 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 16
#96 Mentor Acquisition One 16
#97 Sakai Display Products 16
#98 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 16
#99 Sintai Optical (Shenzhen) Co. 16
#100 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. 16