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Photography and imaging Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

Primary CPC class G03 · 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 5,566 patents in 2014.peak 5,5661996: 3,202 patents19961997: 3,117 patents1998: 4,137 patents1999: 3,884 patents19992000: 3,734 patents2001: 3,636 patents2002: 3,537 patents20022003: 3,588 patents2004: 3,651 patents2005: 2,993 patents20052006: 3,771 patents2007: 3,608 patents2008: 3,719 patents20082009: 3,851 patents2010: 5,032 patents2011: 5,097 patents20112012: 5,123 patents2013: 5,276 patents2014: 5,566 patents20142015: 5,436 patents2016: 4,959 patents2017: 4,013 patents20172018: 3,942 patents2019: 4,085 patents2020: 3,862 patents20202021: 3,492 patents2022: 3,140 patents2023: 2,928 patents20232024: 2,754 patents2025: 2,784 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Shougo Sato 54 Brother Kogyo
2 Li-Jui Chen 20 TSMC
3 Po-Chung Cheng 20 TSMC
#4 Takahito Ueno 20 Canon
#5 Chin-Hsiang Lin 19 TSMC
#6 Arie Jeffrey Den Boef 18 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#7 Ching-Yu Chang 18 TSMC
#8 Chi-Tang Hsieh 17 Coretronic
#9 Hideshi Nishiyama 17 Brother Kogyo
#10 Masanari Morioka 17 Canon
#11 Yuusuke Furuichi 17 Ricoh Company
#12 Koichi Akiyama 16 Seiko Epson
#13 Osamu Takagi 14 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#14 Haw-Woei Pan 13 Coretronic
#15 Tomoya Adachi 13 Ricoh Company
#16 Yukio Inazuki 13 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#17 Chih-Hsien Tsai 12 Coretronic
#18 Nao Itabashi 12 Brother Kogyo
#19 Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders 12 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#20 Hitoshi Iwai 11 Canon
#21 Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders 11 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#22 Nitesh Pandey 11 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#23 Takehiro Ishidate 11 Canon
#24 Yasuo Fukamachi 11 Brother Kogyo
#25 Yukimichi Someya 11 Ricoh Company
#26 Atsushi Misawa 10 Fujifilm
#27 Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam 10 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#28 Chi-Hung Liao 10 TSMC
#29 Ekmini Anuja De Silva 10 IBM
#30 Frank Staals 10 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#31 Hans Butler 10 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#32 Jun Hatakeyama 10 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#33 Kaustuve Bhattacharyya 10 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#34 Shang-Chieh Chien 10 TSMC
#35 Toshiki Momoka 10 Canon
#36 Yuka Ishiduka 10 Canon
#37 Atsushi Okuda 9 Canon
#38 Chih-Tsung Shih 9 TSMC
#39 Daisuke Inoue 9 Ricoh Company
#40 Erik Roelof Loopstra 9 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#41 Hideharu Shimozawa 9 Canon
#42 Hiroyuki Watanabe 9 Teac
#43 Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria Mertens 9 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#44 Junichi Hashimoto 9 Brother Kogyo
#45 Kasturi Rangan Srinivasan 9 Lexmark International
#46 Mark Thomas Bellino 9 Lexmark International
#47 Minoru Nakamura 9 Canon
#48 Nicolaas Ten Kate 9 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#49 Nobuhiro Nakamura 9 Canon
#50 Ryo Sugiyama 9 Canon
#51 Shinichiro Hosoi 9 Canon
#52 Shunichi Koga 9 Canon
#53 Shigeo Miyabe 9 Canon
#54 Simon Gijsbert Josephus Mathijssen 9 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#55 Tsutomu Nishida 9 Canon
#56 Tsuguhiro Yoshida 9 Canon
#57 Weimei Luo 9 Lexmark International
#58 Yuichi Shibazaki 9 Nikon
#59 Yuwen Wang 9 Brother Kogyo
#60 Atsushi Iwasaki 8 Canon
#61 Ayatomo Okino 8 Canon
#62 Bob Streefkerk 8 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#63 Chien-Chung Liao 8 Coretronic
#64 Jo-Han Hsu 8 Coretronic
#65 Joost Jeroen Ottens 8 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#66 Jun Miura 8 Canon
#67 Junichi Yokoi 8 Brother Kogyo
#68 Kazuna Taguchi 8 Brother Kogyo
#69 Kenta Kamikura 8 Canon
#70 Kentaro Tokiwa 8 Fujifilm
#71 Masaki Ohashi 8 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#72 Rikimaru Sakamoto 8 Nissan Chemical Industries
#73 Shmuel Borenstain 8 Hp Indigo B.V.
#74 Shuhei Kawasaki 8 Canon
#75 Teruaki Tsurusaki 8 Canon
#76 Tomohiro Shiomi 8 Canon
#77 Yasuo Aoki 8 Nikon
#78 Yasumasa Fujii 8 Brother Kogyo
#79 Aleksey Yurievich Kolesnychenko 7 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#80 An-Ren Zi 7 TSMC
#81 Atsushi Fukaya 7 Brother Kogyo
#82 Aya Adachi 7 Brother Kogyo
#83 Brian Scott Carpenter 7 Lexmark International
#84 Christopher Dennis Bencher 7 Applied Materials
#85 Cheng-Bai Xu 7 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#86 David Sabo 7 HP
#87 Helmar Van Santen 7 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#88 Hiroaki Nieda 7 Ricoh Company
#89 Hiroki Shimizu 7 Canon
#90 Hiroaki Shishido 7 Hoya
#91 Hsin-Chang Lee 7 TSMC
#92 Isao Kishi 7 Brother Kogyo
#93 James Richard Leemhuis 7 Lexmark International
#94 Jeng-Horng Chen 7 TSMC
#95 Johannes Catharinus Hubertus Mulkens 7 Asml Netherlands B.V.
#96 Kazumi Suzuki 7 Ricoh Company
#97 Koji Ichikawa 7 Sumitomo Chemical
#98 Mark Sandler 7 Hp Indigo B.V.
#99 Masaaki Sato 7 Canon
#100 Maurits Van Der Schaar 7 Asml Netherlands B.V.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 792
2 Asml Netherlands B.V. 212
3 Fujifilm Business Innovation 169
#4 Konica Minolta 163
#5 Kyocera Document Solutions 154
#6 Brother Kogyo 151
#7 Ricoh Company 143
#8 TSMC 126
#9 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 125
#10 Seiko Epson 83
#11 Hp Indigo B.V. 70
#12 Samsung 68
#13 Nikon 59
#14 Fujifilm 58
#15 Coretronic 54
#16 Lexmark International 52
#17 Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 50
#18 HP 47
#19 Sony 47
#20 Oki Data 38
#21 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 37
#22 IBM 35
#23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 34
#24 Panasonic 30
#25 Applied Materials 29
#26 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 28
#27 Kla-Tencor 26
#28 Tokyo Electron Limited 21
#29 BOE 21
#30 Toshiba Memory 19
#31 Asml Holding N.V. 16
#32 Hoya 15
#33 Casio Computer Co. 14
#34 Globalfoundries 13
#35 Gopro 13
#36 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 13
#37 Nissan Chemical Industries 12
#38 Sz Dji Technology Co. 12
#39 Xerox 12
#40 Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (Group) Co. 11
#41 Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. 11
#42 Lg Innotek Co. 10
#43 LG 10
#44 Apple 9
#45 Appotronics Corporation Limited 9
#46 Screen Holdings Co. 9
#47 Sumitomo Riko Company Limited 9
#48 Kao 8
#49 Maxell 8
#50 Qisda 8
#51 United Microelectronics 8
#52 Zeon 8
#53 Imec Vzw 7
#54 Mitsubishi Chemical 7
#55 Nidec Copal 7
#56 Sumitomo Chemical 7
#57 Sz Dji Osmo Technology Co. 7
#58 Az Electronic Materials (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L. 6
#59 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 6
#60 Dolby Laboratories Licensing 6
#61 Fuji Electric Co. 6
#62 Inpria 6
#63 Really Right Stuff 6
#64 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Korea 6
#65 Tdk Taiwan 6
#66 Avision 5
#67 CEA 5
#68 Hisense Usa 5
#69 Foxconn 5
#70 Jiangxi Kilider Technology Co 5
#71 Jsr 5
#72 Magic Leap 5
#73 Molecular Imprints 5
#74 Omron 5
#75 Real View Imaging 5
#76 Sk Hynix 5
#77 Triple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co. 5
#78 Unknown 5
#79 Intel 5
#80 Merck 5
#81 Agc 4
#82 Asml Us 4
#83 Autel Robotics Co. 4
#84 Cadence Design Systems 4
#85 KAIST 4
#86 Mentor Graphics 4
#87 Nec Display Solutions 4
#88 Olympus 4
#89 Powdertech Co. 4
#90 Seereal Technologies S.A. 4
#91 Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#92 University of California 4
#93 Tsinghua University 4
#94 Microsoft 4
#95 Amazon 3
#96 City University Of Hong Kong 3
#97 Clover Imaging Group 3
#98 Cymer 3
#99 Dexerials 3
#100 Dhpc Technologies 3