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Semiconductor devices Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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 149 TSMC
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 120 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Kuo-Cheng Chiang 87 TSMC
#4 Yu-Ming Lin 86 TSMC
#5 Chi On Chui 79 TSMC
#6 Kuan-Lun Cheng 79 TSMC
#7 Sai-Hooi Yeong 79 TSMC
#8 Ruilong Xie 64 IBM
#9 Satoshi Seo 55 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#10 Chung-Te Lin 50 TSMC
#11 Jhon Jhy Liaw 50 TSMC
#12 Meng-Han Lin 48 TSMC
#13 Kangguo Cheng 47 IBM
#14 Shi Ning Ju 46 TSMC
#15 Shahaji B. More 43 TSMC
#16 Han-Jong Chia 40 TSMC
#17 Sasikanth Manipatruni 40 Kepler Computing
#18 Feng-Cheng Yang 38 TSMC
#19 Mauricio Manfrini 37 TSMC
#20 Tahir Ghani 37 Intel
#21 Tanay Gosavi 37 Kepler Computing
#22 Noriyuki Sato 36 Kepler Computing
#23 Weiyun Huang 35 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#24 Amrita Mathuriya 34 Kepler Computing
#25 Gilbert Dewey 34 Intel
#26 Cheng-Chi Chuang 33 TSMC
#27 Bo-Feng Young 32 TSMC
#28 Chih-Han Lin 32 TSMC
#29 John D. Hopkins 32 Micron
#30 Julien Frougier 32 IBM
#31 Rajeev Kumar Dokania 32 Kepler Computing
#32 Shih-Yao Lin 32 TSMC
#33 Yen-Ming Chen 32 TSMC
#34 Ching-Wei Tsai 31 TSMC
#35 Jack T. Kavalieros 31 Intel
#36 Zhiliang Xia 31 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.
#37 Chia-En Huang 30 TSMC
#38 Shih-Hao Lin 30 TSMC
#39 Willy Rachmady 30 Intel
#40 Chia-Hao Chang 29 TSMC
#41 Chung-Liang Cheng 29 TSMC
#42 Alexander Reznicek 28 IBM
#43 Wei-Yang Lee 28 TSMC
#44 Wenxi Zhou 28 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.
#45 Abhishek A. Sharma 27 Intel
#46 Huan-Chieh Su 27 TSMC
#47 Li-Zhen Yu 27 TSMC
#48 Anand S. Murthy 26 Intel
#49 Nam Jae LEE 26 Sk Hynix
#50 Xinyu Zhang 26 Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co.
#51 Yee-Chia Yeo 26 TSMC
#52 Hsin-Yi Lee 25 TSMC
#53 Yao HUANG 25 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#54 Niloy Mukherjee 24 Intel
#55 Chih-Liang Chen 23 TSMC
#56 Jia-Ni Yu 23 TSMC
#57 King-Yuen Wong 23 TSMC
#58 Lung-Kun Chu 23 TSMC
#59 Mao-Lin Huang 23 TSMC
#60 Pengcheng Lu 23 BOE
#61 Tung Ying Lee 23 TSMC
#62 Benlian Wang 22 BOE
#63 Chung-Wei Hsu 22 TSMC
#64 Chih-Chuan Yang 22 TSMC
#65 Kuan-Ting Pan 22 TSMC
#66 Yang Zhou 22 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#67 Hyun Min CHO 21 Samsung
#68 Jiann-Tyng Tzeng 21 TSMC
#69 Lin-Yu Huang 21 TSMC
#70 Marcus Johannes Henricus Van Dal 21 TSMC
#71 Nobuharu Ohsawa 21 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#72 Pengfei Yu 21 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#73 Yue Long 21 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#74 Georgios Vellianitis 20 TSMC
#75 Haitao Liu 20 Micron
#76 Heng Wu 20 IBM
#77 Hui-Zhong Zhuang 20 TSMC
#78 Jordan D. Greenlee 20 Micron
#79 Kuo-Feng Yu 20 TSMC
#80 Mei-Yun Wang 20 TSMC
#81 Tingliang Liu 20 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#82 Zhi-Chang Lin 20 TSMC
#83 Cheng-Ying Huang 19 Intel
#84 Cheng-Lung Hung 19 TSMC
#85 Gerben Doornbos 19 TSMC
#86 Guan-Lin Chen 19 TSMC
#87 H. Jim Fulford 19 AMD
#88 Huicheng Chang 19 TSMC
#89 Jia-Chuan You 19 TSMC
#90 Jun Hyung Lim 19 Samsung
#91 Mark I. Gardner 19 AMD
#92 Tinghua Shang 19 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#93 Van H. Le 19 Intel
#94 Xiangdan Dong 19 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#95 Zhong Zhang 19 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.
#96 Chanro Park 18 IBM
#97 Chuanjun Xia 18 Comcast
#98 Hyeonjin Shin 18 Samsung
#99 Jen-Cheng Liu 18 TSMC
#100 Judson R. Holt 18 IBM

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 TSMC 1,747
2 Samsung 1,603
3 BOE 534
#4 LG 301
#5 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 260
#6 Sony 251
#7 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 221
#8 United Microelectronics 212
#9 Micron 204
#10 Changxin Memory Technologies 203
#11 IBM 203
#12 Intel 187
#13 Sk Hynix 171
#14 Kioxia 159
#15 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 150
#16 Applied Materials 134
#17 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 101
#18 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 97
#19 Japan Display 87
#20 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 85
#21 Tokyo Electron Limited 82
#22 Nanya Technology 75
#23 Globalfoundries U.S. 74
#24 Texas Instruments 69
#25 Sandisk Technologies 62
#26 Innolux 60
#27 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 59
#28 Fuji Electric Co. 58
#29 Nichia 56
#30 Canon 56
#31 Comcast 56
#32 Panasonic 51
#33 onsemi 49
#34 Rohm Co. 48
#35 Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co. 48
#36 Mitsubishi Electric 46
#37 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 45
#38 Maxeon Solar Pte. 44
#39 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 41
#40 Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co. 40
#41 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co. 39
#42 Epistar 39
#43 Kepler Computing 39
#44 Stmicroelectronics Sa 39
#45 Infineon Technologies Ag 38
#46 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 36
#47 CEA 35
#48 Lumileds 33
#49 Seoul Viosys Co. 29
#50 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 28
#51 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 28
#52 Jinko Solar Co. 27
#53 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 26
#54 Lg Innotek Co. 26
#55 Murata Manufacturing Co. 26
#56 Macronix International Co. 25
#57 Renesas Electronics 25
#58 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 25
#59 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 25
#60 Innoscience (Suzhou) Technology Co. 24
#61 Omnivision Technologies 24
#62 Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) Sas 24
#63 Tcl China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 24
#64 Lam Research 24
#65 Sumitomo Electric Industries 23
#66 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co. 23
#67 Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. 22
#68 Osram Oled Gmbh 22
#69 Au Optronics 21
#70 Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. 21
#71 Hkc Corporation Limited 21
#72 Seiko Epson 21
#73 Apple 20
#74 Innoscience (Zhuhai) Technology Co. 20
#75 KAIST 20
#76 Socionext 19
#77 Tdk 19
#78 NTT 18
#79 Sumitomo Chemical 18
#80 Denso 17
#81 Duksan Neolux Co. 16
#82 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 16
#83 University of Michigan 16
#84 Unisantis Electronics Singapore Pte. 16
#85 Meta 16
#86 Enkris Semiconductor 15
#87 Kokusai Electric 15
#88 Soitec 15
#89 Vanguard International Semiconductor 15
#90 Wolfspeed 15
#91 Hefei Boe Joint Technology Co. 14
#92 Semes Co. 14
#93 Beijing Boe Display Technology Co. 13
#94 Disco 13
#95 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 13
#96 Kyocera 13
#97 Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas 13
#98 The Boeing 13
#99 Google 13
#100 Microsoft 13