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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

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 305 IBM
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 163 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Ruilong Xie 130 IBM
#4 Alexander Reznicek 116 IBM
#5 Peng Xu 85 IBM
#6 Tenko Yamashita 74 IBM
#7 Juntao Li 68 IBM
#8 Pouya Hashemi 67 IBM
#9 Hui Zang 65 Globalfoundries
#10 Chen Zhang 64 Huawei
#11 Junli Wang 64 IBM
#12 Choonghyun Lee 63 IBM
#13 Xin Miao 56 IBM
#14 Satoshi Seo 52 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#15 Takashi Ando 51 IBM
#16 Chun-Chen Yeh 50 IBM
#17 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 46 IBM
#18 Che-Cheng Chang 45 TSMC
#19 Chih-Han Lin 44 TSMC
#20 Shogo Mochizuki 44 IBM
#21 Karthik Balakrishnan 42 IBM
#22 Devendra K. Sadana 40 IBM
#23 Nicolas Loubet 39 IBM
#24 Effendi Leobandung 35 IBM
#25 Hans-Joachim Schulze 35 Infineon Technologies Ag
#26 Jack T. Kavalieros 35 Intel
#27 Wenyu Xu 35 IBM
#28 Hemanth Jagannathan 34 IBM
#29 Theodorus E. Standaert 34 IBM
#30 Jhon Jhy Liaw 33 TSMC
#31 Shou-Shan Fan 33 Foxconn
#32 Zhenxing Bi 33 IBM
#33 Fei Zhou 32 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)
#34 Ruqiang Bao 32 IBM
#35 Tahir Ghani 32 Intel
#36 Dun-Nian Yaung 31 TSMC
#37 Kuo-Cheng Ching 31 TSMC
#38 Ravi Pillarisetty 30 Intel
#39 Ali Khakifirooz 29 IBM
#40 Brent A. Anderson 29 Globalfoundries
#41 Chanro Park 29 IBM
#42 Fee Li Lie 29 IBM
#43 Willy Rachmady 29 Intel
#44 Robert S. Chau 28 Intel
#45 Yong Li 28 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)
#46 Bahman Hekmatshoartabari 27 IBM
#47 Chun Wing Yeung 26 IBM
#48 Gilbert Dewey 26 Intel
#49 Heng Wu 26 IBM
#50 Shih-Chang Liu 26 TSMC
#51 Yu-Cheng Tung 26 United Microelectronics
#52 Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan 25 IBM
#53 Bruce B. Doris 25 Globalfoundries
#54 Chih-Chao Yang 25 IBM
#55 Horng-Huei Tseng 25 TSMC
#56 Michael Shur 25 Sensor Electronic Technology
#57 Min Gyu Sung 25 Globalfoundries
#58 Zuoguang Liu 25 IBM
#59 Chuanjun Xia 24 Comcast
#60 Junichi Koezuka 24 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#61 Marko Radosavljevic 24 Intel
#62 Michael A. Guillorn 24 IBM
#63 Qing Liu 24 —
#64 Anand S. Murthy 23 Intel
#65 Chih-Hao Wang 23 TSMC
#66 Daniel Chanemougame 23 Globalfoundries
#67 Lars Liebmann 23 IBM
#68 Matthew V. Metz 23 Intel
#69 Tomoyuki Sasaki 23 Tdk
#70 Alexander Dobrinsky 22 Sensor Electronic Technology
#71 John R. Sporre 22 IBM
#72 John H. Zhang 22 —
#73 Kenichi OKAZAKI 22 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#74 Steven Bentley 22 Globalfoundries
#75 Vijay Narayanan 22 IBM
#76 Chi-Wen Liu 21 TSMC
#77 Jen-Cheng Liu 21 TSMC
#78 Soon-Cheon Seo 21 IBM
#79 Terence B. Hook 21 IBM
#80 Chia-Shiung Tsai 20 TSMC
#81 Franz Hirler 20 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#82 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 20 TSMC
#83 Jeehwan Kim 20 IBM
#84 Tak H. Ning 20 IBM
#85 Yu-Jen Wang 20 TSMC
#86 Carlos H. Diaz 19 TSMC
#87 Chih Chieh Yeh 19 TSMC
#88 Haigou Huang 19 Globalfoundries
#89 Hiroyuki Miyake 19 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#90 Julien Frougier 19 IBM
#91 Lawrence A. Clevenger 19 IBM
#92 Qun Li 19 Foxconn
#93 Toshinari SASAKI 19 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#94 Vladimir Odnoblyudov 19 Micron
#95 Ajey Poovannummoottil Jacob 18 Globalfoundries
#96 Chandra S. Mohapatra 18 Intel
#97 Cheng-Hsien Wu 18 TSMC
#98 En-Chiuan Liou 18 United Microelectronics
#99 Eng Huat Toh 18 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte.
#100 Maxim S. Shatalov 18 Sensor Electronic Technology

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,188
2 TSMC 946
3 IBM 936
#4 BOE 408
#5 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 352
#6 LG 344
#7 Globalfoundries 314
#8 United Microelectronics 224
#9 Micron 220
#10 Sony 215
#11 Toshiba Memory 174
#12 Intel 168
#13 Nichia 147
#14 Sk Hynix 142
#15 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 137
#16 Renesas Electronics 131
#17 Fuji Electric Co. 126
#18 Japan Display 125
#19 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 123
#20 Tencent 123
#21 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 122
#22 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 122
#23 Canon 108
#24 Infineon Technologies Ag 107
#25 Sandisk Technologies 107
#26 Lg Innotek Co. 94
#27 Applied Materials 92
#28 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 90
#29 Texas Instruments 88
#30 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 79
#31 Panasonic 78
#32 onsemi 74
#33 Stmicroelectronics Sa 73
#34 Tokyo Electron Limited 70
#35 Epistar 69
#36 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 66
#37 Rohm Co. 66
#38 Mitsubishi Electric 65
#39 CEA 64
#40 Qualcomm 62
#41 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 59
#42 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 52
#43 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 52
#44 Comcast 52
#45 Seoul Viosys Co. 48
#46 Foxconn 45
#47 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 44
#48 Innolux 44
#49 Tsinghua University 42
#50 Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. 41
#51 Lumileds 40
#52 Tdk 40
#53 Joled 39
#54 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 38
#55 Toyota 38
#56 Murata Manufacturing Co. 37
#57 Nxp Usa 37
#58 Seiko Epson 35
#59 Macronix International Co. 34
#60 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 34
#61 Apple 33
#62 Omnivision Technologies 33
#63 Imec Vzw 32
#64 Cree 31
#65 Osram Oled Gmbh 31
#66 Spin Memory 31
#67 Sumitomo Electric Industries 31
#68 University of California 31
#69 Tianma Microelectronics Co. 29
#70 Lam Research 29
#71 Xiamen Sanan Optoelectronics Technology Co. 28
#72 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 27
#73 Vanguard International Semiconductor 27
#74 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 26
#75 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 26
#76 Au Optronics 25
#77 Fujifilm 25
#78 Sensor Electronic Technology 25
#79 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 25
#80 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 24
#81 Denso 24
#82 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 24
#83 Sumitomo Chemical 24
#84 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor 23
#85 Sunpower 23
#86 Fujitsu Limited 22
#87 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 21
#88 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 21
#89 National Taiwan University 21
#90 Ablic 20
#91 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 20
#92 ITRI 20
#93 Toyoda Gosei Co. 20
#94 Ricoh Company 19
#95 Merck 19
#96 NVIDIA 19
#97 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 18
#98 Kyocera 18
#99 MIT 17
#100 GE 17