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Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

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 Hsien-Wei Chen 99 TSMC
2 Chen-Hua Yu 97 TSMC
3 Chung-Shi Liu 61 TSMC
#4 Chih-Chao Yang 60 IBM
#5 Jing-Cheng Lin 46 TSMC
#6 Kangguo Cheng 43 IBM
#7 Pin-Yuan Hou 43 Advanced Connectek
#8 Noboru Kato 42 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#9 Yu-Lun Tsai 42 Advanced Connectek
#10 Ming-Da Cheng 41 TSMC
#11 Jerry Wu 40 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#12 Chen-Shien Chen 39 TSMC
#13 Chung-Fu Liao 39 Advanced Connectek
#14 Belgacem Haba 37 Tessera
#15 Je-Young Kim 34 LG
#16 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 33 Invensas
#17 Jun Chen 33 —
#18 Lawrence A. Clevenger 31 IBM
#19 Yaojian Lin 31 Stats Chippac
#20 Alexander Reznicek 30 IBM
#21 Chung-Ju Lee 30 TSMC
#22 Long-Fei Chen 29 Advanced Connectek
#23 Ya-Fen Kao 29 Advanced Connectek
#24 Rajesh Katkar 28 Invensas
#25 Hao-Yi Tsai 27 TSMC
#26 Shin-Puu Jeng 27 TSMC
#27 An-Jhih Su 26 TSMC
#28 Aruna Zhamu 26 Nanotek Instruments Group
#29 Daniel C. Edelstein 26 IBM
#30 Hans-Joachim Schulze 26 Infineon Technologies Ag
#31 Kuniaki YOSUI 26 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#32 Norio Takami 26 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#33 Ali Khakifirooz 25 IBM
#34 Devendra K. Sadana 25 IBM
#35 Shau-Lin Shue 24 TSMC
#36 Yen-Hui Lin 24 Chiun Mai Communication Systems
#37 Jie Chen 22 TSMC
#38 Tien-I Bao 22 TSMC
#39 Wei-Yu Chen 22 Largan Precision Co.
#40 Bor Z. Jang 21 Nanotek Instruments Group
#41 Der-Chyang Yeh 21 TSMC
#42 Ilyas Mohammed 21 Tessera
#43 James W. Raring 21 Soraa Laser Diode
#44 Jason Lee Wildgoose 21 Micromass Uk Limited
#45 Shunpei Yamazaki 21 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#46 Wen-Chih Chiou 21 TSMC
#47 Douglas B. Gundel 20 3M
#48 Eung San Cho 20 —
#49 Jing Guo 20 —
#50 Young Ghyu Ahn 20 Samsung
#51 Yuhao Lu 20 Sharp Laboratories Of America
#52 Hiroki Inagaki 19 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#53 Mirng-Ji Lii 19 TSMC
#54 Roderick A. Hyde 19 Intellectual Ventures
#55 Shou-Shan Fan 19 Foxconn
#56 Ying-Ju Chen 19 TSMC
#57 Alexander A. Makarov 18 Thermo Fisher
#58 Chia-Shiung Tsai 18 TSMC
#59 Sang Soo Park 18 Samsung
#60 Jeffrey P. Gambino 17 IBM
#61 Jong-Jan Lee 17 Sharp Laboratories Of America
#62 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 17 The Invention Science Fund I
#63 Ralf Otremba 17 Infineon Technologies Ag
#64 Ching-Wen Hsiao 16 TSMC
#65 Christopher J. Penny 16 IBM
#66 Jiun Yi Wu 16 TSMC
#67 Jordin T. Kare 16 Intellectual Ventures
#68 Joseph M. Ranish 16 Applied Materials
#69 Juntao Li 16 IBM
#70 Jun Sasaki 16 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#71 Kenichi Kawase 16 Sony
#72 Martin Raymond Green 16 Micromass Uk Limited
#73 Michael John Phillips 16 Te Connectivity Co.
#74 Mukta G. Farooq 16 IBM
#75 Nitin K. Ingle 16 Applied Materials
#76 Po-Hao Tsai 16 TSMC
#77 Ruopeng Liu 16 Kuang-Chi Innovative Technology
#78 Shih-Wei Liang 16 TSMC
#79 Byoung Hwa Lee 15 Samsung
#80 Byung-Lyul Park 15 Samsung
#81 Cheng-Hsiung Tsai 15 TSMC
#82 David R. Smith 15 Intellectual Ventures
#83 Effendi Leobandung 15 IBM
#84 Juan Alejandro Herbsommer 15 Texas Instruments
#85 Kang Chen 15 Stats Chippac
#86 Liang Wang 15 Invensas
#87 Min Cheol Park 15 Samsung
#88 Ruilong Xie 15 IBM
#89 Stephen W. Bedell 15 IBM
#90 Tzu-Hung Lin 15 Mediatek
#91 Yoshiro Hirose 15 Hitachi Kokusai Electric
#92 Yo-Han Kwon 15 LG
#93 Yu-Feng Chen 15 TSMC
#94 Anthony K. Stamper 14 IBM
#95 Benjamin D. Briggs 14 IBM
#96 Che-Cheng Chang 14 TSMC
#97 Cho-Kang Hsu 14 Chiun Mai Communication Systems
#98 Chul Haeng Lee 14 Lg Energy Solution
#99 Doo Kyung Yang 14 LG
#100 Dun-Nian Yaung 14 TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 940
2 TSMC 888
3 IBM 429
#4 Intel 334
#5 Toyota 290
#6 LG 287
#7 Murata Manufacturing Co. 265
#8 Applied Materials 245
#9 Globalfoundries 225
#10 Infineon Technologies Ag 216
#11 Foxconn 196
#12 Yazaki 196
#13 Tokyo Electron Limited 194
#14 Panasonic 183
#15 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 181
#16 Apple 170
#17 Sony 163
#18 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 157
#19 Robert Bosch Gmbh 143
#20 Renesas Electronics 136
#21 Lam Research 125
#22 Te Connectivity Co. 124
#23 Micron 124
#24 Mitsubishi Electric 120
#25 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 113
#26 Texas Instruments 103
#27 Nissan Motor Co. 101
#28 Sumitomo Electric Industries 101
#29 Hitachi 99
#30 GE 96
#31 Qualcomm 94
#32 Hyundai Motor 88
#33 United Microelectronics 85
#34 Honda Motor Co. 84
#35 Tdk 84
#36 Sk Hynix 83
#37 Commscope Technologies 82
#38 Rohm Co. 82
#39 Stats Chippac 81
#40 Ford 79
#41 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 78
#42 General Motors 78
#43 Molex 77
#44 Eaton 76
#45 Fujitsu Limited 76
#46 Fuji Electric Co. 75
#47 Invensas 75
#48 CEA 74
#49 Denso 73
#50 Nxp Usa 68
#51 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 67
#52 Hitachi High-Technologies 66
#53 Abb Schweiz Ag 65
#54 RTX (Raytheon) 62
#55 Stmicroelectronics Sa 61
#56 Advanced Connectek 58
#57 Huawei 57
#58 Canon 55
#59 Honeywell 55
#60 3M 54
#61 Gs Yuasa International 54
#62 The Boeing 51
#63 Micromass Uk Limited 50
#64 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 50
#65 Unknown 50
#66 Amkor Technology 47
#67 Hitachi Kokusai Electric 47
#68 Nec 47
#69 onsemi 46
#70 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 45
#71 Kyocera 44
#72 Delphi Technologies 43
#73 Lg Innotek Co. 43
#74 Lsis Co. 43
#75 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 43
#76 Sanyo Electric Co. 43
#77 Autonetworks Technologies 42
#78 Chiun Mai Communication Systems 42
#79 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 42
#80 Phoenix Contact 42
#81 University of California 41
#82 Disco 40
#83 KAIST 39
#84 Mediatek 39
#85 Nuflare Technology 39
#86 Siliconware Precision Industries Co. 39
#87 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 39
#88 US Air Force 38
#89 Microsoft 38
#90 Toyota Industries 37
#91 Sandisk Technologies 37
#92 Toshiba Memory 37
#93 Skyworks Solutions 36
#94 Furukawa Electric Co. 35
#95 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 35
#96 Kla-Tencor 35
#97 Shimadzu 35
#98 Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh 35
#99 Fei 34
#100 BOE 34