Semiconductors Patent Leaders 2019

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Chen-Hua Yu	137	TSMC
2	Hsien-Wei Chen	74	TSMC
3	Chih-Chao Yang	62	IBM
#4	Paul Shala Henry	56	AT&T
#5	Thomas M. Willis, III	55	AT&T
#6	Chung-Shi Liu	48	TSMC
#7	Irwin Gerszberg	48	AT&T
#8	Farhad Barzegar	47	AT&T
#9	Donald J. Barnickel	45	AT&T
#10	Robert Bennett	45	AT&T
#11	Jun Zhao	44	—
#12	Lawrence A. Clevenger	44	IBM
#13	Norio Takami	44	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#14	Jing-Cheng Lin	43	TSMC
#15	Kangguo Cheng	43	IBM
#16	Shin-Puu Jeng	33	TSMC
#17	Ming-Da Cheng	32	TSMC
#18	Der-Chyang Yeh	31	TSMC
#19	Hung-Jui Kuo	30	TSMC
#20	Chen-Shien Chen	28	TSMC
#21	Ted Ju	28	Lotes Co.
#22	Abhijit Basu Mallick	27	Applied Materials
#23	Aruna Zhamu	27	Nanotek Instruments Group
#24	Mattia Pascolini	27	Apple
#25	Ming-Fa Chen	25	TSMC
#26	Yasuhiro Harada	25	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#27	Benjamin D. Briggs	24	IBM
#28	Je-Young Kim	24	LG
#29	Chi-Hsi Wu	23	TSMC
#30	Hao-Yi Tsai	23	TSMC
#31	Yaojian Lin	23	Stats Chippac
#32	Cyprian Emeka Uzoh	22	Invensas
#33	Michael Rizzolo	21	IBM
#34	Alexander Reznicek	20	IBM
#35	Chuei-Tang Wang	20	TSMC
#36	Devendra K. Sadana	20	IBM
#37	Kuo-Chung Yee	20	TSMC
#38	Jae Yeol Choi	19	Samsung
#39	Po-Hao Tsai	19	TSMC
#40	An-Jhih Su	18	TSMC
#41	Belgacem Haba	18	Tessera
#42	Bor Z. Jang	18	Nanotek Instruments Group
#43	Christopher Bower	18	X-Celeprint Limited
#44	Fu-Che Lee	18	Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co.
#45	Heung Kil Park	18	Samsung
#46	Juntao Li	18	IBM
#47	Jun-Yeob Seong	18	LG
#48	Peng Xu	18	IBM
#49	Sang Soo Park	18	Samsung
#50	Young Ghyu Ahn	18	Samsung
#51	Chih-Wei Lin	17	TSMC
#52	Eun Kyung Kim	17	LG
#53	Giovanni Vannucci	17	AT&T
#54	James W. Raring	17	Soraa Laser Diode
#55	Matthew A. Mow	17	Apple
#56	Ru-Gun Liu	17	TSMC
#57	Ruilong Xie	17	IBM
#58	Szu-Wei Lu	17	TSMC
#59	Wen-Chih Chiou	17	TSMC
#60	Feng-Yi Chang	16	United Microelectronics
#61	Hiroya Umeyama	16	Toyota
#62	Jason Lee Wildgoose	16	Micromass Uk Limited
#63	Jie Chen	16	TSMC
#64	Kartik Ramaswamy	16	Applied Materials
#65	Matthew Meitl	16	X-Celeprint Limited
#66	Michael John Phillips	16	Te Connectivity Co.
#67	Ning Li	16	IBM
#68	Tatsuya Hashimoto	16	Toyota
#69	Wei-Cheng Wu	16	TSMC
#70	Young Gwan Ko	16	Samsung
#71	Yu-Hsiang Hu	16	TSMC
#72	Adel A. Elsherbini	15	Intel
#73	Alexander A. Makarov	15	Thermo Fisher
#74	Daniel Aronov	15	Storedot
#75	Daeik Daniel Kim	15	Qualcomm
#76	David Menzies	15	Lear
#77	Dmitry Lubomirsky	15	Applied Materials
#78	Doo Kyung Yang	15	LG
#79	Martin Raymond Green	15	Micromass Uk Limited
#80	Meng-Tse Chen	15	TSMC
#81	Shunpei Yamazaki	15	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#82	Tin-Hao Kuo	15	TSMC
#83	Wei-Yu Chen	15	Largan Precision Co.
#84	Wen-Long LU	15	Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
#85	Alex Paterson	14	Lam Research
#86	Ching-Wen Hsiao	14	TSMC
#87	Daniel C. Edelstein	14	IBM
#88	Georg Seidemann	14	Intel
#89	Hans-Joachim Schulze	14	Infineon Technologies Ag
#90	Hung-Hsin Hsu	14	Powertech Technology
#91	Jerry Wu	14	Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#92	Kai-Chiang Wu	14	TSMC
#93	Ronald S. Cok	14	Eastman Kodak
#94	Shou-Shan Fan	14	Foxconn
#95	Tzu-Hung Lin	14	Mediatek
#96	Vladimir Odnoblyudov	14	Micron
#97	Yaroslav A. Urzhumov	14	Intellectual Ventures
#98	Alok Ranjan	13	Tokyo Electron Limited
#99	Ching-Hua Hsieh	13	TSMC
#100	Chao-Wen Shih	13	TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	1,016
2	TSMC	866
3	IBM	433
#4	Toyota	389
#5	LG	340
#6	Intel	339
#7	Murata Manufacturing Co.	309
#8	Applied Materials	297
#9	Tokyo Electron Limited	218
#10	Sumitomo Wiring Systems	214
#11	Sumitomo Electric Industries	198
#12	Yazaki	186
#13	Panasonic	182
#14	Mitsubishi Electric	160
#15	Micron	160
#16	Foxconn	159
#17	Globalfoundries	154
#18	Apple	147
#19	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	145
#20	Hyundai Motor	140
#21	Lam Research	139
#22	Infineon Technologies Ag	136
#23	Autonetworks Technologies	127
#24	Robert Bosch Gmbh	124
#25	Te Connectivity Co.	122
#26	Tdk	114
#27	United Microelectronics	114
#28	Ford	109
#29	Nissan Motor Co.	100
#30	General Motors	100
#31	Renesas Electronics	89
#32	Huawei	89
#33	Honda Motor Co.	88
#34	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	86
#35	Toshiba Memory	82
#36	Hitachi	80
#37	Texas Instruments	80
#38	Advanced Semiconductor Engineering	79
#39	Denso	79
#40	Taiyo Yuden Co.	79
#41	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	78
#42	CEA	75
#43	GE	74
#44	Abb Schweiz Ag	73
#45	AT&T	72
#46	Fuji Electric Co.	70
#47	Hitachi High-Technologies	70
#48	Sanyo Electric Co.	70
#49	Qualcomm	69
#50	Molex	68
#51	Rohm Co.	68
#52	RTX (Raytheon)	65
#53	Kia Motors	63
#54	Unknown	61
#55	Ngk Spark Plug Co.	58
#56	Commscope Technologies	57
#57	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	57
#58	Nxp Usa	55
#59	Lotes Co.	54
#60	onsemi	54
#61	MIT	52
#62	Screen Holdings Co.	52
#63	Sony	52
#64	Amkor Technology	51
#65	The Boeing	51
#66	Disco	50
#67	BOE	50
#68	Nichia	49
#69	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)	49
#70	Gs Yuasa International	46
#71	Littelfuse	46
#72	Nec	46
#73	Audi Ag	45
#74	Skyworks Solutions	45
#75	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	44
#76	Hubbell Incorporated	44
#77	Microsoft	44
#78	Mediatek	43
#79	Stmicroelectronics Sa	43
#80	Invensas	42
#81	Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co.	41
#82	Micromass Uk Limited	41
#83	US Air Force	41
#84	Kla-Tencor	40
#85	Fujitsu Limited	39
#86	Nuflare Technology	39
#87	Shimadzu	39
#88	Kyocera	38
#89	Furukawa Electric Co.	37
#90	KAIST	37
#91	Google	37
#92	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing)	36
#93	Shinko Electric Industries Co.	36
#94	Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh	35
#95	Stats Chippac	35
#96	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	35
#97	Canon	35
#98	AMD	34
#99	3M	33
#100	Schneider Electric Industries Sas	33

Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies