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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Semiconductors Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class H01 · 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 19,851 patents in 2019.peak 19,8511996: 6,417 patents19961997: 6,666 patents1998: 9,018 patents1999: 10,706 patents19992000: 12,211 patents2001: 13,818 patents2002: 14,379 patents20022003: 14,491 patents2004: 14,528 patents2005: 12,381 patents20052006: 13,374 patents2007: 11,686 patents2008: 11,761 patents20082009: 12,284 patents2010: 15,684 patents2011: 15,203 patents20112012: 15,282 patents2013: 15,775 patents2014: 16,923 patents20142015: 17,777 patents2016: 18,387 patents2017: 19,400 patents20172018: 18,123 patents2019: 19,851 patents2020: 19,728 patents20202021: 18,083 patents2022: 17,669 patents2023: 17,045 patents20232024: 18,132 patents2025: 18,933 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Chen-Hua Yu 1,591 TSMC
2 Hsien-Wei Chen 803 TSMC
3 Shunpei Yamazaki 773 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#4 Shin-Puu Jeng 657 TSMC
#5 Chih-Chao Yang 647 IBM
#6 Chung-Shi Liu 631 TSMC
#7 Belgacem Haba 508 Tessera
#8 Jerry Wu 501 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#9 Gurtej S. Sandhu 480 Micron
#10 Jing-Cheng Lin 480 TSMC
#11 Salman Akram 399 Micron
#12 Lawrence A. Clevenger 384 IBM
#13 Ming-Fa Chen 383 TSMC
#14 Warren M. Farnworth 378 Micron
#15 Shou-Shan Fan 376 Foxconn
#16 Kangguo Cheng 373 IBM
#17 Hao-Yi Tsai 363 TSMC
#18 Ming-Da Cheng 360 TSMC
#19 Norio Takami 357 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#20 Shau-Lin Shue 339 TSMC
#21 Anthony K. Stamper 337 IBM
#22 Chen-Shien Chen 337 TSMC
#23 Jeffrey P. Gambino 335 IBM
#24 Hung-Jui Kuo 306 TSMC
#25 Szu-Wei Lu 291 TSMC
#26 Devendra K. Sadana 290 IBM
#27 Aruna Zhamu 289 Nanotek Instruments Group
#28 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 279 Invensas
#29 David J. Corisis 277 Micron
#30 Noah Montena 270 John Mezzalingua Associates
#31 Wen-Chih Chiou 268 TSMC
#32 Mou-Shiung Lin 266 Megica
#33 Yaojian Lin 260 Stats Chippac
#34 Leonard Forbes 256 Micron
#35 Je-Young Kim 243 LG
#36 Syun-Ming Jang 242 TSMC
#37 Tongbi Jiang 237 Micron
#38 Ralf Otremba 233 Infineon Technologies Ag
#39 Der-Chyang Yeh 231 TSMC
#40 Alan G. Wood 225 Micron
#41 Tin-Hao Kuo 224 TSMC
#42 Byung Tai Do 221 Stats Chippac
#43 Ilyas Mohammed 219 Tessera
#44 Peng Wang 219 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#45 Po-Hao Tsai 217 TSMC
#46 Daniel C. Edelstein 216 IBM
#47 Bor Z. Jang 213 Honeycomb Battery
#48 Zigmund Ramirez Camacho 211 Stats Chippac
#49 Johanna M. Swan 210 Intel
#50 Sang Soo Park 210 Samsung
#51 Noboru Kato 209 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#52 Jie Chen 205 TSMC
#53 Mark I. Gardner 205 AMD
#54 Po-Yao Lin 204 TSMC
#55 Chung-Ju Lee 203 TSMC
#56 Kie Y. Ahn 202 Micron
#57 Trung T. Doan 202 Micron
#58 Paul Shala Henry 199 AT&T
#59 Chien-Ping Huang 198 Siliconware Precision Industries Co.
#60 Adel A. Elsherbini 197 Intel
#61 Alexander A. Makarov 196 Thermo Fisher
#62 Il Kwon Shim 195 Stats Chippac
#63 Shang-Yun Hou 195 TSMC
#64 Thomas M. Willis, III 195 AT&T
#65 Seng Guan Chow 192 Stats Chippac
#66 Jong Ho Lee 191 Samsung
#67 Tien-I Bao 191 TSMC
#68 Jiun Yi Wu 190 TSMC
#69 Mirng-Ji Lii 189 TSMC
#70 Reza A. Pagaila 188 Stats Chippac
#71 Ted Ju 186 Lotes Co.
#72 Mattia Pascolini 185 Apple
#73 Takayoshi Endo 184 Yazaki
#74 Alexander Reznicek 182 IBM
#75 Chuei-Tang Wang 181 TSMC
#76 Irwin Gerszberg 180 AT&T
#77 James W. Raring 180 Soraa Laser Diode
#78 Benjamin Yong Park 178 Enevate
#79 Minh Van Ngo 178 Cypress Semiconductor
#80 An-Jhih Su 177 TSMC
#81 Ching-Hua Hsieh 177 TSMC
#82 Mukta G. Farooq 177 IBM
#83 Chia-Shiung Tsai 176 TSMC
#84 Jin-Yuan Lee 176 Megica
#85 Roger N. Castonguay 176 GE
#86 Wei-Yu Chen 176 Largan Precision Co.
#87 Farhad Barzegar 175 AT&T
#88 Jason Lee Wildgoose 175 Micromass Uk Limited
#89 Kartik Ramaswamy 174 Applied Materials
#90 Tadahiro Ohmi 174 Fujikin Incorporated
#91 Kenneth S. Collins 172 Applied Materials
#92 Hans-Joachim Schulze 171 Infineon Technologies Ag
#93 Hiroki Inagaki 171 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#94 Hiroshi Kobayashi 170 Toyota
#95 Chih-Wei Lin 169 TSMC
#96 Joachim Mahler 169 Infineon Technologies Ag
#97 Robert Bennett 169 AT&T
#98 Chul Haeng Lee 168 Lg Energy Solution
#99 Donald J. Barnickel 168 AT&T
#100 Paul A. Farrar 167 Micron

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 19,989
2 TSMC 13,731
3 IBM 11,144
#4 Micron 8,556
#5 Sumitomo Electric Industries 6,949
#6 Intel 6,392
#7 Applied Materials 6,342
#8 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6,330
#9 Murata Manufacturing Co. 5,643
#10 Mitsubishi Electric 5,450
#11 Tokyo Electron Limited 5,369
#12 Panasonic 5,245
#13 Hitachi 4,985
#14 Toyota 4,669
#15 Yazaki 4,597
#16 Texas Instruments 4,157
#17 Sony 4,080
#18 GE 4,078
#19 LG 3,963
#20 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 3,927
#21 Nec 3,765
#22 Fujitsu Limited 3,519
#23 Infineon Technologies Ag 3,507
#24 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 3,472
#25 AMD 3,381
#26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3,121
#27 Motorola 2,771
#28 Canon 2,633
#29 Foxconn 2,604
#30 General Motors 2,551
#31 Tdk 2,415
#32 United Microelectronics 2,297
#33 Lam Research 2,199
#34 Robert Bosch Gmbh 2,177
#35 Sanyo Electric Co. 2,128
#36 Te Connectivity Co. 2,105
#37 AT&T 2,073
#38 Honda Motor Co. 2,046
#39 U.S. Philips 2,009
#40 Sk Hynix 1,984
#41 Molex 1,956
#42 Apple 1,899
#43 RTX (Raytheon) 1,855
#44 US Air Force 1,843
#45 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 1,814
#46 Unknown 1,791
#47 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 1,682
#48 Stats Chippac 1,659
#49 Renesas Electronics 1,654
#50 Amp 1,651
#51 Lg Energy Solution 1,581
#52 Denso 1,527
#53 Globalfoundries 1,505
#54 Hitachi High-Technologies 1,473
#55 Rohm Co. 1,472
#56 Hyundai Motor 1,469
#57 Stmicroelectronics Sa 1,404
#58 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 1,402
#59 Seiko Epson 1,373
#60 CEA 1,353
#61 Eaton 1,286
#62 Honeywell 1,278
#63 HP 1,222
#64 Whitaker & 1,170
#65 Autonetworks Technologies 1,160
#66 The Boeing 1,142
#67 ITRI 1,114
#68 Nissan Motor Co. 1,085
#69 Ford 1,080
#70 3M 1,042
#71 Fuji Electric Co. 1,025
#72 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 1,000
#73 Qualcomm 999
#74 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 996
#75 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 979
#76 Huawei 964
#77 University of California 957
#78 KAIST 942
#79 Westinghouse Electric 940
#80 Nanya Technology 934
#81 Taiyo Yuden Co. 909
#82 Freeescale Semiconductor 889
#83 Lsi 888
#84 Delphi Technologies 885
#85 Hughes Aircraft 874
#86 Ericsson 866
#87 Renesas Technology 854
#88 Kyocera 851
#89 Ngk Insulators 846
#90 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 822
#91 Alps Electric Co. 820
#92 Oki Electric Industry Co. 813
#93 Amkor Technology 805
#94 Lockheed Martin 780
#95 Philips 768
#96 US Army 761
#97 National Semiconductor 752
#98 Furukawa Electric Co. 740
#99 Harris 731
#100 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited 725