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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

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 Chih-Hao Wang 121 TSMC
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 94 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Tahir Ghani 67 Intel
#4 Kuo-Cheng Chiang 61 TSMC
#5 Ruilong Xie 56 IBM
#6 Gilbert Dewey 55 Intel
#7 Kuan-Lun Cheng 55 TSMC
#8 Alexander Reznicek 54 IBM
#9 Kangguo Cheng 54 IBM
#10 Chi On Chui 51 TSMC
#11 Jack T. Kavalieros 50 Intel
#12 Yu-Ming Lin 50 TSMC
#13 Abhishek A. Sharma 49 Intel
#14 Willy Rachmady 47 Intel
#15 Jhon Jhy Liaw 46 TSMC
#16 Sai-Hooi Yeong 46 TSMC
#17 Anand S. Murthy 38 Intel
#18 Choonghyun Lee 35 IBM
#19 Han Wui Then 34 Intel
#20 Ravi Pillarisetty 34 Intel
#21 Marko Radosavljevic 33 Intel
#22 Chih-Han Lin 32 TSMC
#23 Sasikanth Manipatruni 32 Kepler Computing
#24 Shi Ning Ju 32 TSMC
#25 Van H. Le 32 Intel
#26 Sansaptak Dasgupta 31 Intel
#27 Ching-Wei Tsai 30 TSMC
#28 Fei Zhou 30 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)
#29 Rishabh Mehandru 30 Intel
#30 Aaron D. Lilak 29 Intel
#31 Cheng-Chi Chuang 28 TSMC
#32 John D. Hopkins 28 Micron
#33 Takashi Ando 28 IBM
#34 Raghuveer S. Makala 27 Sandisk Technologies
#35 Shahaji B. More 27 TSMC
#36 Walid M. Hafez 27 Intel
#37 Guoying Wang 26 BOE
#38 Meng-Han Lin 26 TSMC
#39 Ian A. Young 25 Intel
#40 Juntao Li 25 IBM
#41 Sean T. Ma 25 Intel
#42 Cheng-Ying Huang 24 Intel
#43 Haitao Liu 24 Micron
#44 Huan-Chieh Su 24 TSMC
#45 Jingyun Zhang 24 IBM
#46 Biswajeet Guha 23 Intel
#47 Bo-Feng Young 23 TSMC
#48 Wei-Yang Lee 23 TSMC
#49 Yen-Ming Chen 23 TSMC
#50 Zhen Song 23 BOE
#51 Zhi-Chang Lin 22 TSMC
#52 Kamal M. Karda 21 Micron
#53 Li-Zhen Yu 21 TSMC
#54 Shyue Seng Tan 21 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte.
#55 Song Zhang 21 BOE
#56 Tung Ying Lee 21 TSMC
#57 Yee-Chia Yeo 21 TSMC
#58 Chia-Hao Chang 20 TSMC
#59 Eng Huat Toh 20 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte.
#60 Han-Jong Chia 20 TSMC
#61 Junichi Koezuka 20 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#62 Kenichi OKAZAKI 20 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#63 Lin-Yu Huang 20 TSMC
#64 Mei-Yun Wang 20 TSMC
#65 Che-Cheng Chang 19 TSMC
#66 Kuo-Cheng Ching 19 TSMC
#67 Patrick Morrow 19 Intel
#68 Chung-Te Lin 18 TSMC
#69 Fu-Kai Yang 18 TSMC
#70 Hui Zang 18 Globalfoundries
#71 Matthew V. Metz 18 Intel
#72 Xiaochuan Chen 18 BOE
#73 Chun Hsiung Tsai 17 TSMC
#74 Feng-Cheng Yang 17 TSMC
#75 Guangcai Yuan 17 BOE
#76 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 17 TSMC
#77 Hans-Joachim Schulze 17 Infineon Technologies Ag
#78 Huicheng Chang 17 TSMC
#79 Mark I. Gardner 17 AMD
#80 Scott E. Sills 17 Micron
#81 Shih-Chang Liu 17 TSMC
#82 Zhiliang Xia 17 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.
#83 Zvi Or-Bach 17 Monolithic 3D
#84 Benjamin Chu-Kung 16 Intel
#85 Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy 16 Micron
#86 Dun-Nian Yaung 16 TSMC
#87 Gang Chen 16 Omnivision Technologies
#88 Glenn A. Glass 16 Intel
#89 H. Jim Fulford 16 AMD
#90 Hsin-Yi Lee 16 TSMC
#91 Hung-Li Chiang 16 TSMC
#92 Huilong Zhu 16 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences
#93 Junli Wang 16 IBM
#94 Kaan Oguz 16 Intel
#95 Satoshi Seo 16 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#96 Tao Wang 16 BOE
#97 Brian Cronquist 15 Monolithic 3D
#98 Carlos H. Diaz 15 TSMC
#99 Cheng-Lung Hung 15 TSMC
#100 John J. Ellis-Monaghan 15 IBM

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 TSMC 1,297
2 Samsung 1,172
3 BOE 476
#4 Intel 307
#5 Micron 245
#6 IBM 243
#7 LG 222
#8 Sony 212
#9 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 203
#10 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 175
#11 United Microelectronics 172
#12 Sk Hynix 163
#13 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co. 137
#14 Tokyo Electron Limited 125
#15 Kioxia 115
#16 Applied Materials 114
#17 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 105
#18 Globalfoundries U.S. 100
#19 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 97
#20 Nichia 95
#21 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 86
#22 Fuji Electric Co. 80
#23 Sandisk Technologies 80
#24 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 76
#25 Mitsubishi Electric 75
#26 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 71
#27 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 71
#28 Nanya Technology 69
#29 Canon 68
#30 Texas Instruments 63
#31 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 62
#32 Japan Display 61
#33 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 60
#34 CEA 58
#35 Osram Oled Gmbh 58
#36 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 58
#37 Infineon Technologies Ag 56
#38 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 46
#39 Rohm Co. 42
#40 Comcast 42
#41 onsemi 39
#42 Lumileds 38
#43 Stmicroelectronics Sa 38
#44 Panasonic 38
#45 Seiko Epson 37
#46 Meta 37
#47 Epistar 35
#48 Omnivision Technologies 35
#49 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 34
#50 Innolux 34
#51 Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co. 32
#52 Murata Manufacturing Co. 32
#53 Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co. 30
#54 Renesas Electronics 29
#55 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co. 28
#56 Imec Vzw 27
#57 Yungu (Gu'An) Technology Co. 27
#58 Hkc Corporation Limited 26
#59 Macronix International Co. 25
#60 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 25
#61 Seoul Viosys Co. 25
#62 Vanguard International Semiconductor 25
#63 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 25
#64 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 24
#65 Qualcomm 24
#66 Denso 23
#67 Institute Of Microelectronics Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences 23
#68 Sunpower 23
#69 Tdk 23
#70 Nikkiso Co. 21
#71 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 21
#72 National Taiwan University 20
#73 Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit 20
#74 Au Optronics 19
#75 Apple 18
#76 Joled 18
#77 Kepler Computing 17
#78 Monolithic 3D 17
#79 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 16
#80 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 16
#81 Nxp Usa 16
#82 Playnitride Display Co. 16
#83 Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing 16
#84 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 15
#85 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 15
#86 Socionext 15
#87 University of Michigan 15
#88 Unknown 15
#89 Wolfspeed 15
#90 Chongqing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 14
#91 Creeled 14
#92 Csmc Technologies Fab2 Co. 14
#93 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 14
#94 Sumitomo Electric Industries 14
#95 Changxin Memory Technologies 13
#96 Disco 13
#97 Integrated Silicon Solution, (Cayman) 13
#98 KAIST 13
#99 Tsinghua University 13
#100 Tsmc China Company, Limited 13