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Optics and photonics Patent Leaders in 2023 2023

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 Fujian Dai 55 Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co.
2 Liefeng Zhao 55 Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co.
3 Yusheng Bian 47 Globalfoundries U.S.
#4 Ming-Ta Chou 43 Largan Precision Co.
#5 Yong Joo JO 42 Samsung
#6 Andrew John Ouderkirk 41 Meta
#7 Ying Geng 39 Meta
#8 Hsin-Hsuan Huang 35 Largan Precision Co.
#9 Jacques Gollier 28 Meta
#10 Lu Lu 28 Meta
#11 Kentaro Okuyama 27 Japan Display
#12 Chao-Chang Hu 26 Tdk Taiwan
#13 Wei-Yu Chen 26 Largan Precision Co.
#14 Hitoshi Hirano 24 Kantatsu Co.
#15 Fenglin Peng 23 Meta
#16 Kazuyoshi Takano 23 Senko Advanced Components
#17 Stephen Clark Brown 22 View
#18 Giuseppe Calafiore 21 Meta
#19 Michael Anthony Klug 21 Magic Leap
#20 Brian Wheelwright 20 Meta
#21 Chulwoo Oh 20 Magic Leap
#22 Tsung-Han Tsai 20 Largan Precision Co.
#23 Ephraim Goldenberg 18 Corephotonics
#24 Gang Li 18 Meta
#25 Jonathan David Waldern 18 Digilens
#26 Milan Momcilo Popovich 18 Digilens
#27 Sin-Jhong SONG 18 Tdk Taiwan
#28 Babak Amirsolaimani 17 Meta
#29 Jianke Wenren 17 Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co.
#30 Sang Ok Park 17 Lg Innotek Co.
#31 Shunpei Yamazaki 17 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#32 Weichuan Gao 17 Meta
#33 Yochay Danziger 17 Lumus
#34 Alastair John Grant 16 Digilens
#35 Brian T. Schowengerdt 16 Magic Leap
#36 Gen Koide 16 Japan Display
#37 Jason Higley 16 Us Conec
#38 Anshu A. Pradhan 15 View
#39 Chewn-Pu Jou 15 TSMC
#40 Chih-Wei Weng 15 Tdk Taiwan
#41 Clinton Carlisle 15 Magic Leap
#42 Darrell R. Childers 15 Us Conec
#43 Dhairya Shrivastava 15 View
#44 Hongseok Lee 15 Samsung
#45 Jia Chen 15 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
#46 Yu Zhang 15 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co.
#47 Chien-Hsun Lai 14 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#48 Chen-Hua Yu 14 TSMC
#49 Hiroshi Sato 14 Canon
#50 Hung-Chien Hsieh 14 Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co.
#51 Junren Wang 14 Meta
#52 Masaya Hashimoto 14 Kantatsu Co.
#53 Pushkar Tandon 14 Corning Incorporated
#54 Robin Sharma 14 Meta
#55 Sang Jun Min 14 Lg Innotek Co.
#56 Wen Sun 14 Aac Optics Solutions Pte.
#57 Yao-Wei Liu 14 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#58 Yeong-Ming Chang 14 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co.
#59 Yukito Saitoh 14 Fujifilm
#60 Gal Shabtay 13 Corephotonics
#61 Gil Bachar 13 Corephotonics
#62 Graham J. Woodgate 13 Reald Spark
#63 Hajime Kimura 13 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#64 Johan GEENS 13 Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba
#65 Ming-Jun Li 13 Corning Incorporated
#66 Takeo Koito 13 Japan Display
#67 Tzu-Chieh KUO 13 Largan Precision Co.
#68 Yun-Han Lee 13 TSMC
#69 Afsoon Jamali 12 Meta
#70 Alexander Koshelev 12 Meta
#71 Christophe Peroz 12 Magic Leap
#72 Guanghui Liu 12 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#73 Hiroyuki Abe 12 Japan Display
#74 Huabin Liao 12 Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co.
#75 Lin Huang 12 Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co.
#76 Michael G. Robinson 12 Reald Spark
#77 Stephen J. Telfer 12 E Ink Holdings
#78 Sunil Kim 12 Samsung
#79 Te-Sheng TSENG 12 Largan Digital Co.
#80 Toshiharu Matsushima 12 Japan Display
#81 Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai 12 Meta
#82 Chun-Che Hsueh 11 Largan Precision Co.
#83 Feng-Wei Kuo 11 TSMC
#84 Haijiang Yuan 11 Hkc Corporation Limited
#85 Hiroki Hara 11 Tdk
#86 Hui-Chuan Cheng 11 Magic Leap
#87 John N. Border 11 Osterhout Group
#88 Kaiyuan Zhang 11 Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co.
#89 Kojiro Ikeda 11 Japan Display
#90 Koji Nitta 11 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#91 Kuan-Feng Lee 11 Innolux
#92 Mengfei Wang 11 Meta
#93 Pierre St. Hilaire 11 Magic Leap
#94 Seunghoon Han 11 Samsung
#95 Sridhar Karthik Kailasam 11 View
#96 Tomokazu Ishikawa 11 Canon
#97 Wanli Chi 11 Meta
#98 Young Bok YOON 11 Samsung
#99 Chung-Yang Fang 10 Coretronic
#100 Jeffrey Gniadek 10 Senko Advanced Components

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 421
2 Japan Display 274
3 BOE 254
#4 Meta 224
#5 Apple 125
#6 Magic Leap 120
#7 LG 115
#8 Largan Precision Co. 109
#9 Canon 109
#10 Fujifilm 94
#11 Commscope Technologies 88
#12 Innolux 86
#13 Seiko Epson 80
#14 Lg Innotek Co. 79
#15 Zhejiang Sunny Optical Co. 63
#16 Sony 63
#17 Panasonic 60
#18 Corning Research & Development 59
#19 TSMC 59
#20 Tdk Taiwan 57
#21 Globalfoundries U.S. 55
#22 Snap 55
#23 Tokyo Visionary Optics Co. 53
#24 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 51
#25 3M 48
#26 Hkc Corporation Limited 48
#27 Coretronic 47
#28 Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co. 47
#29 NTT 45
#30 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 44
#31 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 43
#32 Corning Incorporated 43
#33 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 43
#34 E Ink Holdings 42
#35 Tcl China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 42
#36 Google 42
#37 Microsoft 38
#38 View 35
#39 Cisco 33
#40 Sumitomo Electric Industries 32
#41 Aac Optics (Changzhou) Co. 31
#42 Lumus 31
#43 Nikon 31
#44 RTX (Raytheon) 31
#45 Essilor International 30
#46 Nichia 30
#47 Senko Advanced Components 30
#48 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 30
#49 Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba 29
#50 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 29
#51 Danaher 29
#52 Aac Optics Solutions Pte. 27
#53 Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 26
#54 Ricoh Company 26
#55 Fujikura 25
#56 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 25
#57 Huawei 25
#58 Us Conec 24
#59 Sharp Display Technology 23
#60 Au Optronics 22
#61 Corephotonics 21
#62 Dexerials 21
#63 Ii-Vi Delaware 20
#64 Nidec Sankyo 20
#65 Applied Materials 19
#66 Maxell 19
#67 Mentor Acquisition One 19
#68 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 18
#69 Digilens 18
#70 Lumentum Operations 18
#71 Viavi Solutions 18
#72 NVIDIA 18
#73 Carl Zeiss Vision International Gmbh 17
#74 Asia Optical Co. 16
#75 KAIST 16
#76 Olympus 16
#77 Raytech Optical (Changzhou) Co. 16
#78 Sterlite Technologies Limited 16
#79 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 15
#80 Largan Digital Co. 15
#81 Lawrence Livermore National Security 15
#82 Psiquantum 15
#83 Sintai Optical (Shenzhen) Co. 15
#84 Disney 15
#85 Johnson & Johnson 15
#86 Toyota 15
#87 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co. 14
#88 Ciena 14
#89 Radiant Opto-Electronics 14
#90 Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 14
#91 Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co. 13
#92 Dell Products 13
#93 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 13
#94 Unknown 13
#95 Intel 13
#96 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 12
#97 Fujitsu Optical Components Limited 12
#98 Gentex 12
#99 Kyocera 12
#100 Nitto Denko 12