Semiconductors Patent Leaders 2020

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	145	TSMC
2	Hsien-Wei Chen	69	TSMC
3	Bor Z. Jang	62	Honeycomb Battery
#4	Aruna Zhamu	60	Nanotek Instruments Group
#5	Chung-Shi Liu	52	TSMC
#6	Chih-Chao Yang	52	IBM
#7	Paul Shala Henry	50	AT&T
#8	Thomas M. Willis, III	49	AT&T
#9	Farhad Barzegar	43	AT&T
#10	Shin-Puu Jeng	43	TSMC
#11	Irwin Gerszberg	42	AT&T
#12	Jing-Cheng Lin	41	TSMC
#13	Robert Bennett	39	AT&T
#14	Donald J. Barnickel	38	AT&T
#15	Hung-Jui Kuo	38	TSMC
#16	Ming-Fa Chen	37	TSMC
#17	Lawrence A. Clevenger	35	IBM
#18	Norio Takami	34	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#19	Peng Wang	34	Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#20	Kangguo Cheng	33	IBM
#21	Devendra K. Sadana	31	IBM
#22	Der-Chyang Yeh	30	TSMC
#23	Masatomo Shirouzu	29	Fanuc
#24	An-Jhih Su	27	TSMC
#25	Hao-Yi Tsai	26	TSMC
#26	Mattia Pascolini	26	Apple
#27	Ming-Da Cheng	26	TSMC
#28	Yasuo Omori	26	Autonetworks Technologies
#29	Sang Soo Park	25	Samsung
#30	Shou-Shan Fan	25	Foxconn
#31	Ji Hong Jo	24	Samsung
#32	Benjamin D. Briggs	23	IBM
#33	Chuei-Tang Wang	23	TSMC
#34	Po-Hao Tsai	23	TSMC
#35	Wang Mo Jung	23	Lg Energy Solution
#36	Abhijit Basu Mallick	22	Applied Materials
#37	Chen-Shien Chen	22	TSMC
#38	Yasuhiro Harada	22	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#39	Chi-Hsi Wu	21	TSMC
#40	Joel P. de Souza	21	IBM
#41	Kenichi Tsukada	21	Fanuc
#42	Ching-Hua Hsieh	20	TSMC
#43	Feng-Cheng Hsu	20	TSMC
#44	Hyung Soon Kwon	20	Samsung
#45	Kyoung Jin Cha	20	Samsung
#46	Li-Hsien Huang	20	TSMC
#47	Szu-Wei Lu	20	TSMC
#48	Wen-Chih Chiou	20	TSMC
#49	Eun Kyung Kim	19	LG
#50	James W. Raring	19	Soraa Laser Diode
#51	Jun Zhao	19	—
#52	Wei-Yu Chen	19	Largan Precision Co.
#53	Woo Chul Shin	19	Samsung
#54	Young Ghyu Ahn	19	Samsung
#55	Yu-Hsiang Hu	19	TSMC
#56	Benjamin Stassen Cook	18	Texas Instruments
#57	Belgacem Haba	18	Tessera
#58	Hui He	18	Global Graphene Group
#59	Jeong-O Mun	18	Lg Energy Solution
#60	Michael Rizzolo	18	IBM
#61	Nitin K. Ingle	18	Applied Materials
#62	Osamu Nakayama	18	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#63	Sung-Feng Yeh	18	TSMC
#64	Chih-Wei Lin	17	TSMC
#65	Cyprian Emeka Uzoh	17	Invensas
#66	Fu-Che Lee	17	Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co.
#67	Kai-Chiang Wu	17	TSMC
#68	Keith Richardson	17	Micromass Uk Limited
#69	Ruilong Xie	17	IBM
#70	Yann Mignot	17	—
#71	Yun Seog Lee	17	IBM
#72	Che-Cheng Chang	16	TSMC
#73	Chul Haeng Lee	16	Lg Energy Solution
#74	Cornelius Brown Peethala	16	IBM
#75	Doo Kyung Yang	16	LG
#76	Feng-Yi Chang	16	United Microelectronics
#77	Hans-Joachim Schulze	16	Infineon Technologies Ag
#78	Hiroshi Kobayashi	16	Toyota
#79	Ilyas Mohammed	16	Tessera
#80	Javier A. Delacruz	16	Xcelsis
#81	Je-Young Kim	16	LG
#82	Jung Hoon Lee	16	LG
#83	Jun-Yeob Seong	16	LG
#84	Kartik Ramaswamy	16	Applied Materials
#85	Shing-Yih Shih	16	Nanya Technology
#86	Takakazu Hirose	16	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#87	Tin-Hao Kuo	16	TSMC
#88	Wen-Long LU	16	Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
#89	Zhigang Chen	16	Lam Research
#90	Alexander Reznicek	15	IBM
#91	Giovanni Vannucci	15	AT&T
#92	Hiroyuki KAMO	15	Nidec
#93	Hideki Kirino	15	Nidec
#94	Ho Yoon Kim	15	Samsung
#95	Kuo-Chung Yee	15	TSMC
#96	Randall Robert Henry	15	Te Connectivity Co.
#97	Ru-Gun Liu	15	TSMC
#98	Shuo-Mao Chen	15	TSMC
#99	Yi-Wei Chiu	15	TSMC
#100	Adel A. Elsherbini	14	Intel

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	1,077
2	TSMC	1,012
3	LG	465
#4	IBM	431
#5	Toyota	385
#6	Applied Materials	311
#7	Intel	310
#8	Murata Manufacturing Co.	265
#9	Tokyo Electron Limited	260
#10	Panasonic	225
#11	Sumitomo Wiring Systems	224
#12	Sumitomo Electric Industries	211
#13	Micron	177
#14	Yazaki	151
#15	Mitsubishi Electric	149
#16	Hyundai Motor	145
#17	Tdk	138
#18	Texas Instruments	136
#19	Autonetworks Technologies	135
#20	Foxconn	134
#21	Apple	133
#22	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	130
#23	Lam Research	124
#24	Infineon Technologies Ag	121
#25	Kia Motors	117
#26	Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited	101
#27	Globalfoundries	97
#28	Robert Bosch Gmbh	96
#29	Honda Motor Co.	95
#30	Te Connectivity Co.	95
#31	Huawei	95
#32	United Microelectronics	93
#33	Toshiba Memory	89
#34	Advanced Semiconductor Engineering	87
#35	Hitachi High-Technologies	82
#36	Denso	80
#37	Screen Holdings Co.	78
#38	CEA	77
#39	Taiyo Yuden Co.	76
#40	Ford	75
#41	onsemi	72
#42	Commscope Technologies	69
#43	General Motors	69
#44	Molex	66
#45	Sony	66
#46	Hitachi	65
#47	The Boeing	64
#48	AT&T	63
#49	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	63
#50	Abb Schweiz Ag	62
#51	Nichia	62
#52	Nec	61
#53	Kyocera	59
#54	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	59
#55	GE	59
#56	Rohm Co.	58
#57	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	57
#58	Global Graphene Group	57
#59	Nissan Motor Co.	56
#60	Disco	54
#61	Unknown	54
#62	Fuji Electric Co.	53
#63	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	51
#64	RTX (Raytheon)	51
#65	Renesas Electronics	50
#66	Stmicroelectronics Sa	50
#67	University of California	48
#68	Audi Ag	47
#69	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	47
#70	Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co.	45
#71	Gs Yuasa International	45
#72	Lotes Co.	45
#73	Fanuc	44
#74	Ngk Spark Plug Co.	44
#75	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)	44
#76	Qorvo Us	42
#77	Canon	41
#78	Shimadzu	40
#79	Qualcomm	40
#80	MIT	38
#81	Nanya Technology	38
#82	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	38
#83	Sk Hynix	38
#84	KAIST	37
#85	Aptiv Technologies Ag	36
#86	Nxp Usa	36
#87	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing)	36
#88	Tsinghua University	36
#89	BMW	34
#90	Hubbell Incorporated	34
#91	ITRI	34
#92	Kla-Tencor	34
#93	Sanyo Electric Co.	34
#94	Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.	34
#95	Fujitsu Limited	33
#96	OPPO	33
#97	Ngk Insulators	33
#98	Kokusai Electric	32
#99	Micromass Uk Limited	32
#100	Osram Oled Gmbh	32

Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies