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Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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 128 TSMC
2 Hsien-Wei Chen 87 TSMC
3 Chih-Chao Yang 68 IBM
#4 Jing-Cheng Lin 62 TSMC
#5 Chung-Shi Liu 55 TSMC
#6 Ming-Da Cheng 46 TSMC
#7 Donald J. Barnickel 41 AT&T
#8 Irwin Gerszberg 41 AT&T
#9 Paul Shala Henry 41 AT&T
#10 Thomas M. Willis, III 41 AT&T
#11 Farhad Barzegar 40 AT&T
#12 Robert Bennett 40 AT&T
#13 Kangguo Cheng 39 IBM
#14 Shin-Puu Jeng 37 TSMC
#15 Kuniaki YOSUI 36 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#16 Lawrence A. Clevenger 35 IBM
#17 Chen-Shien Chen 34 TSMC
#18 Devendra K. Sadana 31 IBM
#19 Aruna Zhamu 30 Nanotek Instruments Group
#20 Belgacem Haba 30 Tessera
#21 Bor Z. Jang 30 Nanotek Instruments Group
#22 Jun Zhao 29 —
#23 Alexander Reznicek 27 IBM
#24 An-Jhih Su 27 TSMC
#25 Hao-Yi Tsai 26 TSMC
#26 Der-Chyang Yeh 25 TSMC
#27 Jui-Pin Hung 25 TSMC
#28 Noboru Kato 25 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#29 Ted Ju 25 Lotes Co.
#30 Tin-Hao Kuo 24 TSMC
#31 Wei-Yu Chen 24 Largan Precision Co.
#32 Benjamin D. Briggs 23 IBM
#33 Christopher J. Penny 23 IBM
#34 Daniel C. Edelstein 23 IBM
#35 Po-Hao Tsai 23 TSMC
#36 Hans-Joachim Schulze 22 Infineon Technologies Ag
#37 Tien-I Bao 21 TSMC
#38 Jason Lee Wildgoose 20 Micromass Uk Limited
#39 Chi-Hsi Wu 19 TSMC
#40 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 19 Invensas
#41 Jie Chen 19 TSMC
#42 Juntao Li 19 IBM
#43 Mirng-Ji Lii 19 TSMC
#44 Anthony K. Stamper 18 IBM
#45 Hany Basam Eitouni 18 Seeo
#46 Je-Young Kim 18 LG
#47 Kai-Chiang Wu 18 TSMC
#48 Norio Takami 18 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#49 Po-Chun Lin 18 Nanya Technology
#50 Ru-Gun Liu 18 TSMC
#51 Chih-Wei Lin 17 TSMC
#52 Chuei-Tang Wang 17 TSMC
#53 Dyi-Chung Hu 17 Unimicron Technology
#54 Effendi Leobandung 17 IBM
#55 Mattia Pascolini 17 Apple
#56 Ming-Fa Chen 17 TSMC
#57 Ruilong Xie 17 IBM
#58 Shunpei Yamazaki 17 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#59 Tsung-Ding Wang 17 TSMC
#60 Yaojian Lin 17 Stats Chippac
#61 Dal-Mo Kang 16 LG
#62 Hung-Jui Kuo 16 TSMC
#63 Ning Li 16 IBM
#64 Oscar van der Straten 16 IBM
#65 Praneet Adusumilli 16 IBM
#66 Wen-Chih Chiou 16 TSMC
#67 Zheng Gao 16 Apple
#68 Christopher Bower 15 X-Celeprint Limited
#69 Dun-Nian Yaung 15 TSMC
#70 James W. Raring 15 Soraa Laser Diode
#71 Laurent Desclos 15 Ethertronics
#72 Michael Rizzolo 15 IBM
#73 Rajesh Katkar 15 Invensas
#74 Russell Clayton Pratt 15 IBM
#75 Shau-Lin Shue 15 TSMC
#76 Wei-Hung Lin 15 TSMC
#77 Wei-Cheng Wu 15 TSMC
#78 Ying-Ju Chen 15 TSMC
#79 Dong-Myung Kim 14 LG
#80 Eric S. Jol 14 Apple
#81 Hsiu-Jen Lin 14 TSMC
#82 Jae Yeol Choi 14 Samsung
#83 Kuo-Chung Yee 14 TSMC
#84 Martin Raymond Green 14 Micromass Uk Limited
#85 Bing Dang 13 IBM
#86 Chad William Morgan 13 —
#87 Jung Wei Cheng 13 TSMC
#88 Julio C. Costa 13 Qorvo Us
#89 Li-Hsien Huang 13 TSMC
#90 Nitin K. Ingle 13 Applied Materials
#91 Osamu Hashiguchi 13 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
#92 Osamu Wakabayashi 13 Gigaphoton
#93 Roderick A. Hyde 13 Intellectual Ventures
#94 Sivananda K. Kanakasabapathy 13 IBM
#95 Xunyuan Zhang 13 Globalfoundries
#96 Ali Khakifirooz 12 IBM
#97 Che-Cheng Chang 12 TSMC
#98 Chien Ling Hwang 12 TSMC
#99 Chia-Shiung Tsai 12 TSMC
#100 Hai-Ching Chen 12 TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 TSMC 885
2 Samsung 873
3 IBM 478
#4 Toyota 330
#5 Murata Manufacturing Co. 320
#6 LG 267
#7 Intel 260
#8 Applied Materials 239
#9 Tokyo Electron Limited 203
#10 Panasonic 198
#11 Globalfoundries 173
#12 Infineon Technologies Ag 166
#13 Yazaki 166
#14 Apple 159
#15 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 151
#16 Lam Research 149
#17 Micron 146
#18 Foxconn 142
#19 Sumitomo Electric Industries 137
#20 Renesas Electronics 123
#21 Hyundai Motor 121
#22 Mitsubishi Electric 120
#23 Te Connectivity Co. 109
#24 Robert Bosch Gmbh 106
#25 Toshiba Memory 100
#26 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 98
#27 Tdk 96
#28 Fuji Electric Co. 93
#29 Nissan Motor Co. 77
#30 Sony 77
#31 Autonetworks Technologies 76
#32 CEA 76
#33 GE 76
#34 Qualcomm 74
#35 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 73
#36 Denso 72
#37 Rohm Co. 72
#38 Hitachi 71
#39 United Microelectronics 71
#40 Gs Yuasa International 70
#41 Texas Instruments 70
#42 Honda Motor Co. 69
#43 Ford 66
#44 RTX (Raytheon) 66
#45 General Motors 65
#46 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 64
#47 Micromass Uk Limited 64
#48 Molex 63
#49 Stmicroelectronics Sa 63
#50 Huawei 63
#51 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 62
#52 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 61
#53 Hitachi High-Technologies 58
#54 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 58
#55 Abb Schweiz Ag 56
#56 Amkor Technology 55
#57 Invensas 53
#58 US Air Force 53
#59 Unknown 52
#60 Sk Hynix 51
#61 Canon 51
#62 Commscope Technologies 50
#63 Nec 50
#64 onsemi 50
#65 Nxp Usa 49
#66 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 48
#67 AT&T 47
#68 The Boeing 47
#69 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 46
#70 Sanyo Electric Co. 45
#71 Fujitsu Limited 43
#72 Lotes Co. 43
#73 Kyocera 41
#74 Mediatek 41
#75 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates 41
#76 Qorvo Us 39
#77 Siliconware Precision Industries Co. 39
#78 KAIST 38
#79 Stats Chippac 38
#80 Google 37
#81 Delphi Technologies 36
#82 Toyota Industries 36
#83 Fujikura 35
#84 Hubbell Incorporated 35
#85 Nuflare Technology 35
#86 Screen Holdings Co. 35
#87 Disco 33
#88 Furukawa Electric Co. 33
#89 Primax Electronics 33
#90 Taiyo Yuden Co. 33
#91 BOE 33
#92 Honeywell 33
#93 Hitachi Kokusai Electric 32
#94 Kla-Tencor 32
#95 MIT 32
#96 Ngk Insulators 32
#97 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 32
#98 Johnson Controls Technology 31
#99 Lsis Co. 31
#100 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 30