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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

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 213 IBM
2 Alexander Reznicek 114 IBM
3 Shunpei Yamazaki 108 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#4 Ruilong Xie 101 IBM
#5 Choonghyun Lee 93 IBM
#6 Takashi Ando 80 IBM
#7 Chih-Hao Wang 76 TSMC
#8 Juntao Li 74 IBM
#9 Chen Zhang 53 Huawei
#10 Xin Miao 53 IBM
#11 Pouya Hashemi 48 IBM
#12 Tahir Ghani 48 Intel
#13 Jhon Jhy Liaw 47 TSMC
#14 Jingyun Zhang 47 IBM
#15 Jack T. Kavalieros 43 Intel
#16 Peng Xu 42 IBM
#17 Satoshi Seo 38 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#18 Kuan-Lun Cheng 37 TSMC
#19 Junli Wang 35 IBM
#20 Wenyu Xu 35 IBM
#21 Anand S. Murthy 34 Intel
#22 Gilbert Dewey 34 Intel
#23 Ravi Pillarisetty 34 Intel
#24 Van H. Le 32 Intel
#25 Fei Zhou 31 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)
#26 Heng Wu 31 IBM
#27 Sai-Hooi Yeong 31 TSMC
#28 Willy Rachmady 31 Intel
#29 Zvi Or-Bach 31 Monolithic 3D
#30 Chanro Park 30 IBM
#31 Katsuhiko Kishimoto 30 Sakai Display Products
#32 Abhishek A. Sharma 28 Intel
#33 Devendra K. Sadana 28 IBM
#34 Kuo-Cheng Chiang 28 TSMC
#35 Ching-Wei Tsai 27 TSMC
#36 Karthik Balakrishnan 27 IBM
#37 Yu-Ming Lin 27 TSMC
#38 Zhenxing Bi 27 IBM
#39 Bahman Hekmatshoartabari 26 IBM
#40 Kuo-Cheng Ching 26 TSMC
#41 Ruqiang Bao 25 IBM
#42 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 25 IBM
#43 Chung-Te Lin 24 TSMC
#44 Chih-Han Lin 24 TSMC
#45 Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 24 Micron
#46 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 24 TSMC
#47 Julien Frougier 24 IBM
#48 Glenn A. Glass 23 Intel
#49 Haitao Liu 23 Micron
#50 Nicolas Loubet 23 IBM
#51 Shogo Mochizuki 23 IBM
#52 Li Xiao 22 BOE
#53 Tenko Yamashita 22 IBM
#54 Tzu-Chiang Chen 22 TSMC
#55 Chao-Ching Cheng 21 TSMC
#56 I-Sheng Chen 21 TSMC
#57 Marko Radosavljevic 21 Intel
#58 Seung Hoon Sung 21 Intel
#59 Shi Ning Ju 21 TSMC
#60 Ziwei Fang 21 TSMC
#61 Brian Cronquist 20 Monolithic 3D
#62 Che-Cheng Chang 20 TSMC
#63 Dun-Nian Yaung 20 TSMC
#64 Kuo-Cheng Lee 20 TSMC
#65 Rishabh Mehandru 20 Intel
#66 Brent A. Anderson 19 Globalfoundries
#67 Hans-Joachim Schulze 19 Infineon Technologies Ag
#68 Shih-Chang Liu 19 TSMC
#69 Chi On Chui 18 TSMC
#70 Chuanjun Xia 18 Comcast
#71 Feng-Cheng Yang 18 TSMC
#72 Hemanth Jagannathan 18 IBM
#73 Ning Li 18 IBM
#74 Yen-Ming Chen 18 TSMC
#75 Zhi-Chang Lin 18 TSMC
#76 Benjamin Chu-Kung 17 Intel
#77 Chia-Hao Chang 17 TSMC
#78 Chun-Chen Yeh 17 IBM
#79 Chih Chieh Yeh 17 TSMC
#80 Effendi Leobandung 17 IBM
#81 Han Wui Then 17 Intel
#82 Hung-Li Chiang 17 TSMC
#83 Jiehui Shu 17 Globalfoundries
#84 Sansaptak Dasgupta 17 Intel
#85 Sanh D. Tang 17 Micron
#86 Vibhor Jain 17 Globalfoundries U.S.
#87 Yun-Wei Cheng 17 TSMC
#88 Bruce B. Doris 16 Globalfoundries
#89 Carlos H. Diaz 16 TSMC
#90 Chi-Wen Liu 16 TSMC
#91 Deepak C. Sekar 16 Monolithic 3D
#92 Hui Zang 16 Globalfoundries
#93 Judson R. Holt 16 IBM
#94 Matthew V. Metz 16 Intel
#95 Nam Jae LEE 16 Sk Hynix
#96 Tung Ying Lee 16 TSMC
#97 Chun-Hao Chou 15 TSMC
#98 Guoying Wang 15 BOE
#99 Horng-Huei Tseng 15 TSMC
#100 Huang-Lin Chao 15 TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,169
2 TSMC 1,136
3 IBM 638
#4 BOE 438
#5 LG 295
#6 Micron 287
#7 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 229
#8 Intel 227
#9 Sony 215
#10 United Microelectronics 159
#11 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 150
#12 Toshiba Memory 147
#13 Sk Hynix 121
#14 Nichia 116
#15 Osram Oled Gmbh 113
#16 Applied Materials 110
#17 Globalfoundries U.S. 103
#18 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 99
#19 Fuji Electric Co. 95
#20 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 85
#21 Sandisk Technologies 82
#22 Texas Instruments 81
#23 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 79
#24 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 78
#25 Infineon Technologies Ag 76
#26 Canon 71
#27 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 70
#28 Lumileds 69
#29 Tokyo Electron Limited 68
#30 Japan Display 62
#31 CEA 60
#32 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 56
#33 Rohm Co. 55
#34 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 53
#35 Mitsubishi Electric 53
#36 Nanya Technology 53
#37 Comcast 53
#38 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 52
#39 onsemi 52
#40 Renesas Electronics 48
#41 Panasonic 43
#42 Epistar 42
#43 Stmicroelectronics Sa 39
#44 Imec Vzw 36
#45 Sakai Display Products 36
#46 Qualcomm 36
#47 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 35
#48 Tdk 35
#49 Seiko Epson 32
#50 Vanguard International Semiconductor 32
#51 Macronix International Co. 31
#52 Murata Manufacturing Co. 30
#53 Au Optronics 29
#54 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 28
#55 Meta 28
#56 Monolithic 3D 27
#57 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 27
#58 Denso 26
#59 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 25
#60 Innolux 25
#61 Joled 25
#62 Lg Innotek Co. 24
#63 Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas 24
#64 Sumitomo Chemical 24
#65 Lam Research 24
#66 Cree 23
#67 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 23
#68 Seoul Viosys Co. 22
#69 Sunpower 21
#70 Apple 20
#71 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 20
#72 Kioxia 20
#73 Omnivision Technologies 20
#74 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 19
#75 Disco 19
#76 National Taiwan University 19
#77 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 18
#78 Fujifilm 18
#79 Shanghai Tianma Am-Oled Co. 18
#80 Merck 18
#81 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 17
#82 Sumitomo Electric Industries 17
#83 The Boeing 17
#84 Unknown 17
#85 Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. 16
#86 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 16
#87 Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co. 16
#88 Newport Fab 16
#89 Tencent 16
#90 Globalfoundries 15
#91 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 15
#92 KAIST 15
#93 Nxp Usa 15
#94 Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing 15
#95 Tessera 15
#96 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co. 15
#97 Everspin Technologies 14
#98 Fujitsu Limited 14
#99 Kokusai Electric 14
#100 Screen Holdings Co. 14