Semiconductors Patent Leaders 2021

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	141	TSMC
2	Chih-Chao Yang	65	IBM
3	Hsien-Wei Chen	61	TSMC
#4	Bor Z. Jang	51	Honeycomb Battery
#5	Chung-Shi Liu	50	TSMC
#6	Lawrence A. Clevenger	45	IBM
#7	Hung-Jui Kuo	41	TSMC
#8	Aruna Zhamu	39	Nanotek Instruments Group
#9	Hao-Yi Tsai	39	TSMC
#10	Ming-Fa Chen	37	TSMC
#11	Kangguo Cheng	36	IBM
#12	Szu-Wei Lu	36	TSMC
#13	Jing-Cheng Lin	35	TSMC
#14	Shin-Puu Jeng	31	TSMC
#15	Jeong-O Mun	29	Lg Energy Solution
#16	Dal-Mo Kang	27	LG
#17	Tin-Hao Kuo	27	TSMC
#18	Koichi Motoyama	26	IBM
#19	Der-Chyang Yeh	25	TSMC
#20	Mattia Pascolini	24	Apple
#21	Paul Shala Henry	24	AT&T
#22	Ruilong Xie	24	IBM
#23	Johanna M. Swan	23	Intel
#24	Kuo-Chung Yee	22	TSMC
#25	Po-Hao Tsai	22	TSMC
#26	Telesphor Kamgaing	22	Intel
#27	Thomas M. Willis, III	22	AT&T
#28	Woo Chul Shin	22	Samsung
#29	Jie Chen	21	TSMC
#30	Ming-Da Cheng	21	TSMC
#31	Sang Soo Park	21	Samsung
#32	Steven Derek Pringle	21	Micromass Uk Limited
#33	Zvi Or-Bach	21	Monolithic 3D
#34	Benjamin Yong Park	20	Enevate
#35	Bok Eng Cheah	20	Intel
#36	Chanro Park	20	IBM
#37	Shing-Yih Shih	20	Nanya Technology
#38	Aleksandar Aleksov	19	Intel
#39	Christopher J. Penny	19	IBM
#40	Chi-Hsi Wu	19	TSMC
#41	Georgios Dogiamis	19	Intel
#42	Irwin Gerszberg	19	AT&T
#43	Jackson Chung Peng Kong	19	Intel
#44	Jeong Ki Ryoo	19	Samsung
#45	Ji Hong Jo	19	Samsung
#46	Ru-Gun Liu	19	TSMC
#47	Ying-Ching Shih	19	TSMC
#48	Abhijit Basu Mallick	18	Applied Materials
#49	Byeong Cheol Moon	18	Samsung
#50	Cornelius Brown Peethala	18	IBM
#51	Farhad Barzegar	18	AT&T
#52	Hayato Kiuchi	18	Disco
#53	Jong Ho Lee	18	Samsung
#54	Michael Rizzolo	18	IBM
#55	Michael J. Seddon	18	onsemi
#56	Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo	18	IBM
#57	Norio Takami	18	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#58	Peng Wang	18	Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#59	Robert Bennett	18	AT&T
#60	Yu-Hsiang Hu	18	TSMC
#61	Benjamin D. Briggs	17	IBM
#62	Chuei-Tang Wang	17	TSMC
#63	Donald J. Barnickel	17	AT&T
#64	Emiko Kawamura	17	Disco
#65	Masamitsu Agari	17	Disco
#66	Makiko Ohmae	17	Disco
#67	Minoru Matsuzawa	17	Disco
#68	Shigenori Harada	17	Disco
#69	Taro Arakawa	17	Disco
#70	Toshiki Miyai	17	Disco
#71	Wang Mo Jung	17	Lg Energy Solution
#72	Yoshiaki Yodo	17	Disco
#73	Yusuke FUJII	17	Disco
#74	Adel A. Elsherbini	16	Intel
#75	An-Jhih Su	16	TSMC
#76	Baozhen Li	16	IBM
#77	Chengdu Liang	16	Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#78	James W. Raring	16	Soraa Laser Diode
#79	Jiun Yi Wu	16	TSMC
#80	Juntao Li	16	IBM
#81	Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng	16	IBM
#82	Kensuke Nakura	16	Panasonic
#83	Shang-Yun Hou	16	TSMC
#84	Shawna M. Liff	16	Intel
#85	Shau-Lin Shue	16	TSMC
#86	Wen-Long LU	16	Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
#87	Alok Ranjan	15	Tokyo Electron Limited
#88	Brian Cronquist	15	Monolithic 3D
#89	Ching-Hua Hsieh	15	TSMC
#90	Chih-Wei Lin	15	TSMC
#91	Chao-Wen Shih	15	TSMC
#92	Cyprian Emeka Uzoh	15	Invensas
#93	Nam Ki KIM	15	Samsung
#94	Robert R. Robison	15	IBM
#95	Yasuhiro Harada	15	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#96	Young Sik Hur	15	Samsung
#97	Youngju Lee	15	Samsung
#98	Chih-Ming Lai	14	TSMC
#99	Chung-Ju Lee	14	TSMC
#100	Chien-Hsun Lee	14	TSMC

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	1,075
2	TSMC	927
3	Toyota	412
#4	IBM	395
#5	LG	379
#6	Applied Materials	308
#7	Intel	280
#8	Tokyo Electron Limited	271
#9	Murata Manufacturing Co.	263
#10	Panasonic	245
#11	Sumitomo Wiring Systems	233
#12	Sumitomo Electric Industries	192
#13	Mitsubishi Electric	182
#14	Micron	165
#15	Yazaki	150
#16	Autonetworks Technologies	134
#17	Hyundai Motor	134
#18	Tdk	134
#19	Kia Motors	130
#20	Advanced Semiconductor Engineering	123
#21	Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited	119
#22	Texas Instruments	108
#23	Infineon Technologies Ag	107
#24	Apple	106
#25	Honda Motor Co.	103
#26	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	97
#27	Huawei	93
#28	Robert Bosch Gmbh	82
#29	Nanya Technology	80
#30	Disco	79
#31	CEA	77
#32	Hitachi High-Technologies	77
#33	Taiyo Yuden Co.	77
#34	Denso	76
#35	Commscope Technologies	75
#36	Foxconn	75
#37	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	68
#38	Fuji Electric Co.	66
#39	Screen Holdings Co.	63
#40	United Microelectronics	63
#41	General Motors	63
#42	onsemi	62
#43	Lam Research	62
#44	Sony	61
#45	Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte.	60
#46	Toshiba Memory	60
#47	The Boeing	58
#48	Ford	58
#49	Unknown	56
#50	Aac Technologies Pte.	52
#51	Molex	52
#52	Nichia	51
#53	Shimadzu	51
#54	Sk Hynix	51
#55	Rohm Co.	49
#56	RTX (Raytheon)	48
#57	Sanyo Electric Co.	47
#58	Te Connectivity Services Gmbh	47
#59	Global Graphene Group	46
#60	Osram Oled Gmbh	45
#61	Micromass Uk Limited	43
#62	Ningde Amperex Technology Limited	43
#63	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	43
#64	BOE	43
#65	Renesas Electronics	42
#66	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	42
#67	Qualcomm	42
#68	Hitachi	41
#69	Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited	41
#70	Kyocera	41
#71	Nissan Motor Co.	41
#72	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	41
#73	Abb Schweiz Ag	39
#74	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	39
#75	Stmicroelectronics Sa	39
#76	Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co.	38
#77	GE	38
#78	Aptiv Technologies Ag	37
#79	Audi Ag	37
#80	Avx	37
#81	Globalfoundries U.S.	37
#82	Nec	37
#83	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai)	37
#84	University of California	37
#85	Hubbell Incorporated	36
#86	Omron	36
#87	Sandisk Technologies	35
#88	AMD	34
#89	Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing)	34
#90	Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh	34
#91	Abb Power Grids Switzerland Ag	33
#92	Lotes Co.	33
#93	Nuflare Technology	33
#94	Gs Yuasa International	32
#95	Kokusai Electric	32
#96	Ericsson	32
#97	Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.	32
#98	Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.	31
#99	Phoenix Contact	31
#100	Google	31

Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies