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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class H10 · 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 13,247 patents in 2016.peak 13,2471996: 2,170 patents19961997: 2,297 patents1998: 3,074 patents1999: 3,585 patents19992000: 4,096 patents2001: 4,779 patents2002: 4,977 patents20022003: 5,282 patents2004: 5,420 patents2005: 4,820 patents20052006: 5,327 patents2007: 5,112 patents2008: 5,068 patents20082009: 5,962 patents2010: 8,252 patents2011: 8,555 patents20112012: 8,459 patents2013: 10,296 patents2014: 12,118 patents20142015: 12,677 patents2016: 13,247 patents2017: 13,052 patents20172018: 11,914 patents2019: 12,493 patents2020: 12,104 patents20202021: 10,543 patents2022: 10,281 patents2023: 9,940 patents20232024: 11,115 patents2025: 12,336 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Shunpei Yamazaki 3,914 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
2 Kangguo Cheng 2,347 IBM
3 Alexander Reznicek 1,070 IBM
#4 Ruilong Xie 948 IBM
#5 Satoshi Seo 815 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#6 Chih-Hao Wang 785 TSMC
#7 Jun Koyama 598 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#8 Ali Khakifirooz 597 IBM
#9 Bruce B. Doris 594 Globalfoundries
#10 Gurtej S. Sandhu 580 Micron
#11 Leonard Forbes 568 Micron
#12 Jack T. Kavalieros 532 Intel
#13 Tenko Yamashita 510 IBM
#14 Pouya Hashemi 507 IBM
#15 Jhon Jhy Liaw 469 TSMC
#16 Takashi Ando 428 IBM
#17 Hans-Joachim Schulze 422 Infineon Technologies Ag
#18 Juntao Li 421 IBM
#19 Huilong Zhu 417 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences
#20 Devendra K. Sadana 414 IBM
#21 Tahir Ghani 414 Intel
#22 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 398 IBM
#23 Robert S. Chau 387 Intel
#24 Brent A. Anderson 385 Globalfoundries
#25 Mark I. Gardner 383 AMD
#26 Dun-Nian Yaung 381 TSMC
#27 Edward J. Nowak 363 IBM
#28 Junli Wang 362 IBM
#29 Choonghyun Lee 358 IBM
#30 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 358 TSMC
#31 Sai-Hooi Yeong 355 TSMC
#32 Chih-Han Lin 342 TSMC
#33 Franz Hirler 337 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#34 Gilbert Dewey 337 Intel
#35 Ravi Pillarisetty 337 Intel
#36 Kuan-Lun Cheng 334 TSMC
#37 Chun-Chen Yeh 329 IBM
#38 Yasuhiko Takemura 326 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#39 Yu-Ming Lin 326 TSMC
#40 Kuo-Cheng Chiang 323 TSMC
#41 Chi On Chui 320 TSMC
#42 Willy Rachmady 319 Intel
#43 Effendi Leobandung 315 IBM
#44 Anand S. Murthy 314 Intel
#45 Fujio Masuoka 313 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte.
#46 Kuo-Cheng Ching 312 TSMC
#47 Marko Radosavljevic 312 Intel
#48 Kengo Akimoto 306 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#49 Che-Cheng Chang 300 TSMC
#50 Horng-Huei Tseng 300 TSMC
#51 Howard E. Rhodes 299 Micron
#52 Jack A. Mandelman 299 IBM
#53 Kie Y. Ahn 296 Micron
#54 Xin Miao 295 IBM
#55 Yee-Chia Yeo 295 TSMC
#56 Junichi Koezuka 294 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#57 Hui Zang 293 Globalfoundries
#58 Chen Zhang 285 Huawei
#59 Brian S. Doyle 284 Intel
#60 Junichiro Sakata 284 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#61 Chia-Shiung Tsai 282 TSMC
#62 Toru Takayama 276 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#63 Peng Xu 272 IBM
#64 Bahman Hekmatshoartabari 270 IBM
#65 Hideomi Suzawa 265 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#66 Ghavam G. Shahidi 262 IBM
#67 Shih-Chang Liu 262 TSMC
#68 Nobuharu Ohsawa 259 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#69 Karthik Balakrishnan 256 IBM
#70 Jen-Cheng Liu 255 TSMC
#71 Shou-Shan Fan 253 Foxconn
#72 Jeffrey W. Sleight 250 IBM
#73 Nicolas Loubet 248 IBM
#74 Anup Bhalla 247 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor
#75 Masayuki Sakakura 243 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#76 Hajime Kimura 240 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#77 Carl Radens 238 IBM
#78 Shogo Mochizuki 238 IBM
#79 Yasuyuki Arai 238 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#80 Chung-Te Lin 236 TSMC
#81 Chuanjun Xia 233 Comcast
#82 Matthew V. Metz 232 Intel
#83 Richard A. Blanchard 226 Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide
#84 Sanh D. Tang 226 Micron
#85 Theodorus E. Standaert 226 IBM
#86 Hisashi Ohtani 223 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#87 Bin Yu 222 AMD
#88 Chandra Mouli 220 Micron
#89 Kiyoshi Kato 220 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#90 Toshinari SASAKI 220 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#91 Masashi TSUBUKU 218 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#92 Anton Mauder 217 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#93 Clement Hsingjen Wann 217 TSMC
#94 H. Jim Fulford 217 AMD
#95 Hsiang-Lan Lung 215 Macronix International Co.
#96 Hidekazu Miyairi 213 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#97 Chi-Wen Liu 212 TSMC
#98 Kenichi OKAZAKI 212 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#99 Carlos H. Diaz 211 TSMC
#100 Ching-Wei Tsai 210 TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 22,667
2 TSMC 15,662
3 IBM 12,008
#4 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 8,220
#5 Micron 7,421
#6 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 7,050
#7 Sony 4,631
#8 United Microelectronics 4,331
#9 LG 4,312
#10 BOE 4,240
#11 Texas Instruments 3,529
#12 Intel 3,507
#13 Sk Hynix 3,436
#14 Canon 2,813
#15 Mitsubishi Electric 2,764
#16 Globalfoundries 2,723
#17 Infineon Technologies Ag 2,666
#18 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 2,511
#19 Panasonic 2,385
#20 Nec 2,353
#21 Sumitomo Electric Industries 2,314
#22 AMD 2,042
#23 Fujitsu Limited 1,853
#24 Renesas Electronics 1,811
#25 Seiko Epson 1,752
#26 Hitachi 1,720
#27 Stmicroelectronics Sa 1,698
#28 Applied Materials 1,651
#29 Fuji Electric Co. 1,410
#30 Lg Innotek Co. 1,390
#31 Nichia 1,356
#32 Macronix International Co. 1,354
#33 Sandisk Technologies 1,334
#34 Tokyo Electron Limited 1,257
#35 Rohm Co. 1,216
#36 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 1,107
#37 Motorola 1,023
#38 Japan Display 984
#39 CEA 978
#40 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 929
#41 Freeescale Semiconductor 917
#42 onsemi 891
#43 Au Optronics 857
#44 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 843
#45 Cree 840
#46 Epistar 809
#47 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 802
#48 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 801
#49 Sanyo Electric Co. 796
#50 Toshiba Memory 784
#51 Nanya Technology 765
#52 National Semiconductor 761
#53 Renesas Technology 761
#54 ITRI 746
#55 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 744
#56 GE 722
#57 Comcast 687
#58 Denso 672
#59 KAIST 654
#60 Hynix (Hyundai Electronics) 647
#61 Eastman Kodak 622
#62 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 610
#63 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 596
#64 Vanguard International Semiconductor 596
#65 Qualcomm 588
#66 Fujifilm 583
#67 Tencent 574
#68 U.S. Philips 552
#69 Kioxia 550
#70 Murata Manufacturing Co. 546
#71 US Air Force 527
#72 HP 525
#73 Oki Electric Industry Co. 523
#74 University of California 510
#75 Toyoda Gosei Co. 509
#76 Changxin Memory Technologies 504
#77 Dongbu Hitek Co. 502
#78 Omnivision Technologies 499
#79 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 486
#80 Tdk 475
#81 Osram Oled Gmbh 470
#82 Unknown 470
#83 Dongbu Electronics, Co. 457
#84 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 456
#85 Toyota 449
#86 Philips 443
#87 AT&T 441
#88 Globalfoundries U.S. 436
#89 Innolux 436
#90 Fairchild Semiconductor 426
#91 Foxconn 425
#92 Lam Research 417
#93 Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited 411
#94 Nec Electronics 408
#95 Seoul Viosys Co. 404
#96 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing 401
#97 Intermolecular 390
#98 International Rectifier 377
#99 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 376
#100 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 373