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Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

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 91 TSMC
2 Hsien-Wei Chen 65 TSMC
3 Chung-Shi Liu 62 TSMC
#4 Jing-Cheng Lin 56 TSMC
#5 Ming-Da Cheng 50 TSMC
#6 Jerry Wu 49 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#7 Belgacem Haba 48 Tessera
#8 Kangguo Cheng 40 IBM
#9 Jun Chen 39 —
#10 Chen-Shien Chen 38 TSMC
#11 Yaojian Lin 34 Stats Chippac
#12 Chung-Ju Lee 33 TSMC
#13 Doo Young Kim 33 Samsung
#14 Ali Khakifirooz 32 IBM
#15 Shin-Puu Jeng 31 TSMC
#16 Alexander Reznicek 30 IBM
#17 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 30 Invensas
#18 Je-Young Kim 30 LG
#19 Nitin K. Ingle 30 Applied Materials
#20 Shou-Shan Fan 30 Foxconn
#21 Ilyas Mohammed 28 Tessera
#22 Norio Takami 27 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#23 Tsung-Yuan Yu 27 TSMC
#24 Reza A. Pagaila 26 Stats Chippac
#25 Sang Soo Park 26 Samsung
#26 Anchuan Wang 25 Applied Materials
#27 Noboru Kato 25 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#28 Hiroki Inagaki 24 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#29 Takayoshi Endo 24 Yazaki
#30 Terrance F. Little 24 —
#31 Young Ghyu Ahn 24 Samsung
#32 Chih-Pi Cheng 23 —
#33 Min Cheol Park 23 Samsung
#34 Shunpei Yamazaki 23 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#35 Wael Zohni 23 Invensas
#36 Shau-Lin Shue 22 TSMC
#37 Bruce B. Doris 21 Globalfoundries
#38 Byung Tai Do 21 Stats Chippac
#39 Hao-Yi Tsai 21 TSMC
#40 HeeJo Chi 21 Stats Chippac
#41 Mattia Pascolini 21 Apple
#42 Mirng-Ji Lii 21 TSMC
#43 Pin-Yuan Hou 21 Advanced Connectek
#44 Tien-I Bao 21 TSMC
#45 Ya-Fen Kao 21 Advanced Connectek
#46 Yu-Lun Tsai 21 Advanced Connectek
#47 Heung Kil Park 20 Samsung
#48 Robert W. Schlub 20 Apple
#49 Wei-Hung Lin 20 TSMC
#50 Devendra K. Sadana 19 IBM
#51 Fan-Bo Meng 19 —
#52 Jeffrey P. Gambino 19 IBM
#53 Sakai Yagi 19 Yazaki
#54 Wen-Chih Chiou 19 TSMC
#55 Yoshiro Hirose 19 Hitachi Kokusai Electric
#56 Chih-Chao Yang 18 IBM
#57 Dong-Myung Kim 18 LG
#58 Hsiang-Huan Lee 18 TSMC
#59 Juan Alejandro Herbsommer 18 Texas Instruments
#60 Jun Lu 18 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor
#61 Rajesh Katkar 18 Invensas
#62 Ralf Otremba 18 Infineon Technologies Ag
#63 Szu-Wei Lu 18 TSMC
#64 Wen-Hsiung Lu 18 TSMC
#65 Ajay Kumar 17 Applied Materials
#66 Atsushi Sano 17 Tdk
#67 Chang Hoon Kim 17 Samsung
#68 Charles G. Woychik 17 Invensas
#69 James W. Raring 17 Soraa Laser Diode
#70 Jui-Pin Hung 17 TSMC
#71 Ki Woong Kim 17 LG
#72 Tin-Hao Kuo 17 TSMC
#73 Yukihiro Kawamura 17 Furukawa Automotive Systems
#74 Alexander A. Makarov 16 Thermo Fisher
#75 Anthony K. Stamper 16 IBM
#76 Chung-Fu Liao 16 Advanced Connectek
#77 Dong Wook Kim 16 Samsung
#78 Joachim Mahler 16 Infineon Technologies Ag
#79 Srinivas D. Nemani 16 Applied Materials
#80 Yo-Han Kwon 16 LG
#81 Brad Eaton 15 Applied Materials
#82 Byoung Hwa Lee 15 Samsung
#83 Hamza Yilmaz 15 Alpha And Omega Semiconductor
#84 Jeffery Mark Brown 15 Micromass Uk Limited
#85 Jie Chen 15 TSMC
#86 Jong Ho Lee 15 Samsung
#87 Kang Chen 15 Stats Chippac
#88 Osamu Hashiguchi 15 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
#89 Richard Dewitt Crisp 15 Invensas
#90 Ronald G. Filippi 15 IBM
#91 Ru-Gun Liu 15 TSMC
#92 Shom Ponoth 15 IBM
#93 Weng F. Yap 15 Freeescale Semiconductor
#94 Yen-Hui Lin 15 Chiun Mai Communication Systems
#95 Ying-Ju Chen 15 TSMC
#96 Aruna Zhamu 14 Nanotek Instruments Group
#97 Bor Z. Jang 14 Nanotek Instruments Group
#98 Chih-Wei Lin 14 TSMC
#99 DaeSik Choi 14 Stats Chippac
#100 Dyi-Chung Hu 14 Unimicron Technology

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 970
2 TSMC 767
3 IBM 349
#4 Globalfoundries 319
#5 Intel 293
#6 Foxconn 267
#7 Applied Materials 263
#8 Yazaki 252
#9 LG 224
#10 Toyota 221
#11 Tokyo Electron Limited 218
#12 Murata Manufacturing Co. 211
#13 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 196
#14 Infineon Technologies Ag 192
#15 Panasonic 185
#16 Renesas Electronics 150
#17 Mitsubishi Electric 146
#18 Stats Chippac 145
#19 Apple 140
#20 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 140
#21 Robert Bosch Gmbh 138
#22 Sk Hynix 133
#23 Sony 125
#24 Te Connectivity Co. 119
#25 Micron 118
#26 Freeescale Semiconductor 116
#27 Lam Research 112
#28 Qualcomm 105
#29 Sumitomo Electric Industries 103
#30 General Motors 101
#31 Hyundai Motor 96
#32 Texas Instruments 95
#33 Honda Motor Co. 89
#34 Hitachi 88
#35 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 88
#36 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 86
#37 CEA 84
#38 United Microelectronics 82
#39 Hitachi High-Technologies 81
#40 Stmicroelectronics Sa 78
#41 Invensas 73
#42 Rohm Co. 73
#43 Fuji Electric Co. 72
#44 Tdk 72
#45 Nissan Motor Co. 70
#46 RTX (Raytheon) 70
#47 GE 66
#48 Molex 65
#49 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 64
#50 Fujitsu Limited 63
#51 Abb Technology Ag 61
#52 Eaton 61
#53 Canon 59
#54 Ford 57
#55 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 55
#56 Denso 54
#57 Dai-Ichi Seiko Co. 51
#58 Gs Yuasa International 49
#59 Unknown 49
#60 Advanced Connectek 47
#61 The Boeing 46
#62 Autonetworks Technologies 45
#63 ITRI 44
#64 Furukawa Electric Co. 43
#65 Hitachi Kokusai Electric 43
#66 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 43
#67 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 43
#68 Amkor Technology 42
#69 KAIST 42
#70 Micromass Uk Limited 42
#71 Siliconware Precision Industries Co. 42
#72 Tsinghua University 42
#73 Sandisk Technologies 41
#74 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 40
#75 Nec 39
#76 Huawei 39
#77 3M 38
#78 US Air Force 38
#79 AMD 37
#80 Commscope Technologies 37
#81 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 36
#82 Honeywell 36
#83 Fei 35
#84 Kla-Tencor 35
#85 Broadcom 35
#86 Delphi Technologies 34
#87 Lg Innotek Co. 34
#88 Sanyo Electric Co. 34
#89 Google 34
#90 Dh Technologies Development Pte. 33
#91 Lsis Co. 33
#92 Nuflare Technology 33
#93 Amazon 32
#94 Fujikura 32
#95 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 32
#96 Shimadzu 32
#97 Blackberry Limited 30
#98 Nxp B.V. 30
#99 Seiko Epson 30
#100 Showa Denko K.K. 30