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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

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 Kangguo Cheng 319 IBM
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 257 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Alexander Reznicek 173 IBM
#4 Pouya Hashemi 109 IBM
#5 Ali Khakifirooz 96 IBM
#6 Ruilong Xie 92 IBM
#7 Tenko Yamashita 89 IBM
#8 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 78 IBM
#9 Karthik Balakrishnan 68 IBM
#10 Bruce B. Doris 66 Globalfoundries
#11 Effendi Leobandung 60 IBM
#12 Junli Wang 58 IBM
#13 Satoshi Seo 57 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#14 Fujio Masuoka 54 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte.
#15 Che-Cheng Chang 53 TSMC
#16 Chun-Chen Yeh 50 IBM
#17 Shih-Chang Liu 48 TSMC
#18 Robert S. Chau 47 Intel
#19 Hiroki Nakamura 44 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte.
#20 Devendra K. Sadana 43 IBM
#21 Juntao Li 42 IBM
#22 Hans-Joachim Schulze 40 Infineon Technologies Ag
#23 Xin Miao 40 IBM
#24 Chih-Han Lin 37 TSMC
#25 Franz Hirler 37 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#26 Junichi Koezuka 37 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#27 Toshihiro Sato 37 Japan Display
#28 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 36 TSMC
#29 Kuo-Cheng Ching 35 TSMC
#30 Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan 34 IBM
#31 Michael Shur 34 Sensor Electronic Technology
#32 Qing Liu 34 —
#33 Ravi Pillarisetty 34 Intel
#34 Theodorus E. Standaert 34 IBM
#35 Chi-Wen Liu 33 TSMC
#36 Dun-Nian Yaung 32 TSMC
#37 Fee Li Lie 32 IBM
#38 Jack T. Kavalieros 32 Intel
#39 Chia-Shiung Tsai 31 TSMC
#40 Marko Radosavljevic 31 Intel
#41 Johann Alsmeier 30 Sandisk Technologies
#42 Remigijus Gaska 30 Sensor Electronic Technology
#43 Shinya Sasagawa 30 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#44 Toshinari SASAKI 30 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#45 Chuanjun Xia 29 Comcast
#46 Hui Zang 29 Globalfoundries
#47 Jen-Cheng Liu 29 TSMC
#48 Jun Koyama 29 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#49 Shogo Mochizuki 29 IBM
#50 Kenichi OKAZAKI 28 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#51 Masashi TSUBUKU 28 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#52 Wenhui Li 28 Tencent
#53 Anthony J. Annunziata 27 IBM
#54 Shou-Shan Fan 27 Foxconn
#55 Chanro Park 26 IBM
#56 Clement Hsingjen Wann 26 TSMC
#57 Jean-Pierre Colinge 26 TSMC
#58 Jeehwan Kim 26 IBM
#59 Jhon Jhy Liaw 26 TSMC
#60 John H. Zhang 26 —
#61 Min-hwa Chi 26 Globalfoundries
#62 Min Gyu Sung 26 Globalfoundries
#63 Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy 26 IBM
#64 Carlos H. Diaz 25 TSMC
#65 Eun-Young Lee 25 Samsung
#66 Hideomi Suzawa 25 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#67 Hong He 25 IBM
#68 Nicolas Loubet 25 IBM
#69 Takashi Ando 25 IBM
#70 Xiaowen Lv 25 Tencent
#71 Zuoguang Liu 25 IBM
#72 Alexander Dobrinsky 24 Sensor Electronic Technology
#73 Benjamin Chu-Kung 24 Intel
#74 Chih-Hao Wang 24 TSMC
#75 Jonathan Haigh 24 Pdf Solutions
#76 Peng Xu 24 IBM
#77 Bahman Hekmatshoartabari 23 IBM
#78 Keith E. Fogel 23 IBM
#79 Maxim S. Shatalov 23 Sensor Electronic Technology
#80 Niloy Mukherjee 23 Intel
#81 Nobuharu Ohsawa 23 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#82 Qun Li 23 Foxconn
#83 Seok-Hwan Hwang 23 Samsung
#84 Xiuyu Cai 23 Globalfoundries
#85 Young-Kook Kim 23 Samsung
#86 Brent A. Anderson 22 Globalfoundries
#87 Chang-Ming Wu 22 TSMC
#88 Horng-Huei Tseng 22 TSMC
#89 Isaac Lauer 22 IBM
#90 Kuo-Cheng Lee 22 TSMC
#91 Masami JINTYOU 22 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#92 Tak H. Ning 22 IBM
#93 Andrzej Strojwas 21 Pdf Solutions
#94 Carl Taylor 21 Pdf Solutions
#95 Christopher Hess 21 Pdf Solutions
#96 Conor O'Sullivan 21 Pdf Solutions
#97 Dennis Ciplickas 21 Pdf Solutions
#98 Deyuan Xiao 21 Changxin Memory Technologies
#99 Eun-Jae Jeong 21 Samsung
#100 Hans Eisenmann 21 Pdf Solutions

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,319
2 TSMC 970
3 IBM 907
#4 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 532
#5 Globalfoundries 420
#6 BOE 379
#7 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 279
#8 LG 278
#9 United Microelectronics 246
#10 Sk Hynix 211
#11 Sony 208
#12 Micron 200
#13 Renesas Electronics 178
#14 Intel 173
#15 Infineon Technologies Ag 160
#16 Tencent 128
#17 Lg Innotek Co. 125
#18 Nichia 124
#19 Japan Display 123
#20 Canon 120
#21 Sandisk Technologies 119
#22 Panasonic 119
#23 Stmicroelectronics Sa 109
#24 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 108
#25 Texas Instruments 106
#26 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 90
#27 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 83
#28 CEA 80
#29 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 77
#30 Rohm Co. 75
#31 Toshiba Memory 73
#32 Epistar 71
#33 Fuji Electric Co. 71
#34 Nxp Usa 70
#35 Qualcomm 70
#36 onsemi 69
#37 Mitsubishi Electric 60
#38 Seiko Epson 60
#39 Toyota 59
#40 Macronix International Co. 56
#41 Sumitomo Electric Industries 55
#42 Applied Materials 54
#43 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 54
#44 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte. 54
#45 Comcast 54
#46 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 52
#47 Cree 50
#48 Sunpower 50
#49 Foxconn 49
#50 Tokyo Electron Limited 48
#51 Apple 46
#52 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 46
#53 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 44
#54 Joled 44
#55 Innolux 41
#56 Fujitsu Limited 39
#57 Seoul Viosys Co. 38
#58 Murata Manufacturing Co. 35
#59 Osram Oled Gmbh 35
#60 Sensor Electronic Technology 34
#61 Denso 33
#62 Omnivision Technologies 33
#63 Toyoda Gosei Co. 32
#64 Tsinghua University 31
#65 Lam Research 30
#66 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 28
#67 ITRI 27
#68 Konica Minolta 27
#69 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 27
#70 Au Optronics 26
#71 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 26
#72 Vanguard International Semiconductor 26
#73 Fujifilm 25
#74 Sumitomo Chemical 25
#75 Pdf Solutions 24
#76 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 24
#77 Merck 23
#78 Crossbar 22
#79 Cypress Semiconductor 22
#80 Hitachi Kokusai Electric 22
#81 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 22
#82 KAIST 21
#83 Skyworks Solutions 21
#84 University of California 21
#85 US Air Force 21
#86 Imec Vzw 20
#87 Kyocera 20
#88 Nxp B.V. 19
#89 Seoul Semiconductor Co. 19
#90 GE 19
#91 National Taiwan University 18
#92 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 18
#93 Tdk 18
#94 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 16
#95 Magnachip Semiconductor 16
#96 Ngk Insulators 16
#97 Avalanche Technology 15
#98 Northrop Grumman 15
#99 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 15
#100 Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas 15