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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 277 IBM
2 Choonghyun Lee 121 IBM
3 Ruilong Xie 121 IBM
#4 Shunpei Yamazaki 119 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#5 Alexander Reznicek 114 IBM
#6 Juntao Li 80 IBM
#7 Takashi Ando 76 IBM
#8 Pouya Hashemi 69 IBM
#9 Hui Zang 67 Globalfoundries
#10 Xin Miao 61 IBM
#11 Chen Zhang 57 Huawei
#12 Peng Xu 56 IBM
#13 Che-Cheng Chang 55 TSMC
#14 Chih-Hao Wang 53 TSMC
#15 Satoshi Seo 53 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#16 Tenko Yamashita 51 IBM
#17 Junli Wang 49 IBM
#18 Shogo Mochizuki 48 IBM
#19 Fei Zhou 44 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)
#20 Chih-Han Lin 43 TSMC
#21 Marko Radosavljevic 42 Intel
#22 Tahir Ghani 42 Intel
#23 Han Wui Then 39 Intel
#24 Ruqiang Bao 39 IBM
#25 Jhon Jhy Liaw 38 TSMC
#26 Jingyun Zhang 38 IBM
#27 Nicolas Loubet 38 IBM
#28 Kuo-Cheng Ching 37 TSMC
#29 Devendra K. Sadana 35 IBM
#30 Ravi Pillarisetty 35 Intel
#31 Sansaptak Dasgupta 35 Intel
#32 Bahman Hekmatshoartabari 34 IBM
#33 Wenyu Xu 34 IBM
#34 Jack T. Kavalieros 33 Intel
#35 Brent A. Anderson 32 Globalfoundries
#36 Chun-Chen Yeh 32 IBM
#37 Effendi Leobandung 32 IBM
#38 Hemanth Jagannathan 32 IBM
#39 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 32 IBM
#40 Carlos H. Diaz 31 TSMC
#41 Horng-Huei Tseng 31 TSMC
#42 Julien Frougier 31 IBM
#43 Zhenxing Bi 30 IBM
#44 Gilbert Dewey 29 Intel
#45 Injo Ok 29 IBM
#46 Willy Rachmady 29 Intel
#47 Anand S. Murthy 28 Intel
#48 Balasubramanian Pranatharthiharan 28 IBM
#49 David J. Howard 28 Newport Fab
#50 Karthik Balakrishnan 28 IBM
#51 Gregory P. Slovin 27 Newport Fab
#52 Tung Ying Lee 27 TSMC
#53 Haiting Wang 26 Globalfoundries
#54 James S. Clarke 26 Intel
#55 Nabil El-Hinnawy 26 Newport Fab
#56 Chanro Park 25 IBM
#57 Chuanjun Xia 25 Comcast
#58 Chih-Chao Yang 25 IBM
#59 Dun-Nian Yaung 25 TSMC
#60 Soon-Cheon Seo 25 IBM
#61 Jefferson E. Rose 24 Newport Fab
#62 Theodorus E. Standaert 24 IBM
#63 Andrew M. Greene 23 IBM
#64 Lawrence A. Clevenger 23 IBM
#65 Fee Li Lie 22 IBM
#66 Kuo-Cheng Lee 22 TSMC
#67 Matthew V. Metz 22 Intel
#68 Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 21 Micron
#69 Hajime Kimura 21 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#70 Shih-Chang Liu 21 TSMC
#71 Tatsuya Naito 21 Fuji Electric Co.
#72 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 20 TSMC
#73 Hans-Joachim Schulze 20 Infineon Technologies Ag
#74 Jen-Cheng Liu 20 TSMC
#75 Yen-Ming Chen 20 TSMC
#76 Eng Huat Toh 19 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte.
#77 Jeanette M. Roberts 19 Intel
#78 Junichi Koezuka 19 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#79 Yong Li 19 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)
#80 Chun Hsiung Tsai 18 TSMC
#81 Glenn A. Glass 18 Intel
#82 John D. Hopkins 18 Micron
#83 John H. Zhang 18 —
#84 Kuan-Lun Cheng 18 TSMC
#85 Nobuharu Ohsawa 18 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#86 Van H. Le 18 Intel
#87 Wei-Cheng Wu 18 TSMC
#88 Christopher P. Auth 17 Intel
#89 Chun Lin 17 Comcast
#90 Ghavam G. Shahidi 17 IBM
#91 Heng Wu 17 IBM
#92 Jeehwan Kim 17 IBM
#93 Raghuveer S. Makala 17 Sandisk Technologies
#94 Robert J. Mears 17 Atomera Incorporated
#95 Sang-Jin Hyun 17 Samsung
#96 Tatsuo Shimizu 17 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#97 Tzu-Chiang Chen 17 TSMC
#98 Yun-Wei Cheng 17 TSMC
#99 Zhenyu Lu 17 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.
#100 Bruce B. Doris 16 Globalfoundries

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,277
2 TSMC 1,147
3 IBM 839
#4 BOE 390
#5 LG 364
#6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 276
#7 Micron 272
#8 Sony 249
#9 Intel 237
#10 Globalfoundries 203
#11 Toshiba Memory 181
#12 United Microelectronics 175
#13 Nichia 145
#14 Sk Hynix 121
#15 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 114
#16 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 110
#17 Japan Display 107
#18 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 106
#19 Fuji Electric Co. 102
#20 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 99
#21 Sandisk Technologies 98
#22 Panasonic 97
#23 Texas Instruments 94
#24 Osram Oled Gmbh 93
#25 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 90
#26 Canon 89
#27 Tokyo Electron Limited 84
#28 onsemi 82
#29 Applied Materials 81
#30 Infineon Technologies Ag 78
#31 Rohm Co. 74
#32 Epistar 70
#33 Mitsubishi Electric 69
#34 CEA 66
#35 Lg Innotek Co. 65
#36 Renesas Electronics 65
#37 Joled 60
#38 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 57
#39 Qualcomm 57
#40 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 55
#41 Comcast 49
#42 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 48
#43 Murata Manufacturing Co. 48
#44 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 47
#45 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 47
#46 Innolux 45
#47 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 45
#48 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 44
#49 Stmicroelectronics Sa 41
#50 Tdk 39
#51 Vanguard International Semiconductor 39
#52 Tencent 38
#53 Lumileds 37
#54 Au Optronics 36
#55 Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. 36
#56 Lam Research 36
#57 Denso 33
#58 Cree 32
#59 Imec Vzw 32
#60 Sunpower 32
#61 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 30
#62 Seiko Epson 30
#63 Newport Fab 29
#64 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 28
#65 Spin Memory 28
#66 Macronix International Co. 27
#67 Seoul Viosys Co. 27
#68 Toyota 27
#69 Apple 26
#70 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 26
#71 Nxp Usa 26
#72 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 26
#73 Sumitomo Electric Industries 26
#74 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 25
#75 Meta 25
#76 Atomera Incorporated 24
#77 Disco 24
#78 Nanya Technology 23
#79 National Taiwan University 23
#80 Sumitomo Chemical 23
#81 Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. 22
#82 NVIDIA 22
#83 Fujitsu Limited 21
#84 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 21
#85 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 21
#86 Screen Holdings Co. 21
#87 Magnachip Semiconductor 20
#88 Ricoh Company 20
#89 Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas 20
#90 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 19
#91 Foxconn 19
#92 Solaero Technologies 19
#93 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 18
#94 Socionext 18
#95 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 18
#96 Tessera 18
#97 Elpis Technologies 17
#98 MIT 17
#99 Omnivision Technologies 17
#100 Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University 17