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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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 298 IBM
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 221 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Alexander Reznicek 143 IBM
#4 Ruilong Xie 105 IBM
#5 Tenko Yamashita 94 IBM
#6 Pouya Hashemi 82 IBM
#7 Satoshi Seo 69 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#8 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 64 IBM
#9 Chun-Chen Yeh 63 IBM
#10 Che-Cheng Chang 59 TSMC
#11 Karthik Balakrishnan 54 IBM
#12 Juntao Li 52 IBM
#13 Kuo-Cheng Ching 52 TSMC
#14 Xin Miao 52 IBM
#15 Chi-Wen Liu 50 TSMC
#16 Junli Wang 50 IBM
#17 Ali Khakifirooz 49 IBM
#18 Devendra K. Sadana 49 IBM
#19 Chih-Han Lin 48 TSMC
#20 Hui Zang 46 Globalfoundries
#21 Peng Xu 46 IBM
#22 Chih-Hao Wang 43 TSMC
#23 Effendi Leobandung 41 IBM
#24 Hans-Joachim Schulze 40 Infineon Technologies Ag
#25 Zuoguang Liu 40 IBM
#26 Shogo Mochizuki 38 IBM
#27 Horng-Huei Tseng 37 TSMC
#28 Junichi Koezuka 37 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#29 Carlos H. Diaz 36 TSMC
#30 Dun-Nian Yaung 35 TSMC
#31 Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan 33 IBM
#32 Chen Zhang 33 Huawei
#33 Theodorus E. Standaert 32 IBM
#34 Bruce B. Doris 31 Globalfoundries
#35 Nicolas Loubet 31 IBM
#36 Takashi Ando 31 IBM
#37 Bahman Hekmatshoartabari 30 IBM
#38 Jun Koyama 30 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#39 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 29 TSMC
#40 Qing Liu 29 —
#41 Ruqiang Bao 29 IBM
#42 Shih-Chang Liu 29 TSMC
#43 Brent A. Anderson 28 Globalfoundries
#44 Kenichi OKAZAKI 28 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#45 Zhenxing Bi 28 IBM
#46 Chuanjun Xia 27 Comcast
#47 Michael Shur 26 Sensor Electronic Technology
#48 Toshihiro Sato 26 Japan Display
#49 Chia-Shiung Tsai 25 TSMC
#50 Clement Hsingjen Wann 25 TSMC
#51 Jen-Cheng Liu 25 TSMC
#52 Jhon Jhy Liaw 25 TSMC
#53 Wenyu Xu 25 IBM
#54 Hong He 24 IBM
#55 Jean-Pierre Colinge 24 TSMC
#56 Masami JINTYOU 24 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#57 Tak H. Ning 24 IBM
#58 Yu-Cheng Tung 24 United Microelectronics
#59 Gi-gwan Park 23 Samsung
#60 Ying-Keung Leung 23 TSMC
#61 Alexander Dobrinsky 22 Sensor Electronic Technology
#62 Ching-Wei Tsai 22 TSMC
#63 Fujio Masuoka 22 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte.
#64 Kengo Akimoto 22 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#65 Terence B. Hook 22 IBM
#66 Jeehwan Kim 21 IBM
#67 Nobuharu Ohsawa 21 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#68 Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy 21 IBM
#69 Soon-Cheon Seo 21 IBM
#70 Anton Mauder 20 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#71 Fee Li Lie 20 IBM
#72 Franz Hirler 20 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#73 Praneet Adusumilli 20 IBM
#74 Ravi Pillarisetty 20 Intel
#75 Vijay Narayanan 20 IBM
#76 Yukinori SHIMA 20 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#77 Zvi Or-Bach 20 Monolithic 3D
#78 Anup Bhalla 19 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor
#79 Chanro Park 19 IBM
#80 Daisuke Matsubayashi 19 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#81 Hiroki Nakamura 19 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte.
#82 Jack T. Kavalieros 19 Intel
#83 John H. Zhang 19 —
#84 Marko Radosavljevic 19 Intel
#85 Min Gyu Sung 19 Globalfoundries
#86 Ning Li 19 IBM
#87 Robert S. Chau 19 Intel
#88 Xiuyu Cai 19 Globalfoundries
#89 Anand S. Murthy 18 Intel
#90 Chih-Chao Yang 18 IBM
#91 Hajime Kimura 18 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#92 Hemanth Jagannathan 18 IBM
#93 Michael A. Guillorn 18 IBM
#94 Oleg Gluschenkov 18 IBM
#95 Shinya Sasagawa 18 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#96 Willy Rachmady 18 Intel
#97 Yee-Chia Yeo 18 TSMC
#98 Charan V. Surisetty 17 IBM
#99 Cheng-Yuan Tsai 17 TSMC
#100 Dechao Guo 17 IBM

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,225
2 TSMC 1,010
3 IBM 881
#4 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 487
#5 Globalfoundries 352
#6 BOE 328
#7 LG 296
#8 United Microelectronics 261
#9 Micron 204
#10 Toshiba Memory 202
#11 Sony 190
#12 Renesas Electronics 168
#13 Japan Display 150
#14 Sk Hynix 145
#15 Nichia 141
#16 Intel 136
#17 Infineon Technologies Ag 131
#18 Tencent 130
#19 Panasonic 104
#20 Stmicroelectronics Sa 99
#21 Canon 97
#22 Fuji Electric Co. 95
#23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 94
#24 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 91
#25 Texas Instruments 89
#26 Sandisk Technologies 87
#27 Lg Innotek Co. 85
#28 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 81
#29 Qualcomm 70
#30 CEA 69
#31 Epistar 67
#32 onsemi 66
#33 Rohm Co. 65
#34 Seiko Epson 58
#35 Comcast 57
#36 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 55
#37 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 54
#38 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 53
#39 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 52
#40 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 51
#41 Applied Materials 47
#42 Mitsubishi Electric 47
#43 Toyota 47
#44 Tokyo Electron Limited 46
#45 Joled 45
#46 Lumileds 43
#47 Omnivision Technologies 43
#48 Seoul Viosys Co. 43
#49 Sunpower 42
#50 Macronix International Co. 41
#51 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 39
#52 Lam Research 38
#53 Nxp Usa 36
#54 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 34
#55 Cree 33
#56 Osram Oled Gmbh 32
#57 Murata Manufacturing Co. 28
#58 Fujifilm 27
#59 ITRI 27
#60 Innolux 27
#61 Toyoda Gosei Co. 27
#62 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 26
#63 Sensor Electronic Technology 26
#64 Fujitsu Limited 25
#65 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 25
#66 Imec Vzw 24
#67 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 24
#68 GE 24
#69 Apple 23
#70 Au Optronics 23
#71 Denso 23
#72 Foxconn 23
#73 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 22
#74 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 22
#75 Sumitomo Chemical 22
#76 Sumitomo Electric Industries 22
#77 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte. 22
#78 Cypress Semiconductor 21
#79 Hitachi Kokusai Electric 21
#80 KAIST 21
#81 Tesla 21
#82 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 20
#83 Qorvo Us 20
#84 Vanguard International Semiconductor 20
#85 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 19
#86 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 19
#87 Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. 18
#88 Magnachip Semiconductor 18
#89 Genesis Photonics 17
#90 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 17
#91 MIT 17
#92 Merck 17
#93 Monolithic 3D 16
#94 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 16
#95 Pdf Solutions 16
#96 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 16
#97 Skyworks Solutions 16
#98 US Air Force 16
#99 NVIDIA 16
#100 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 15