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Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2023 2023

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 130 TSMC
2 Shin-Puu Jeng 68 TSMC
3 Ming-Fa Chen 67 TSMC
#4 Hsien-Wei Chen 66 TSMC
#5 Benjamin Yong Park 43 Enevate
#6 Po-Yao Lin 43 TSMC
#7 Hung-Jui Kuo 41 TSMC
#8 Rongzhe Guo 38 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#9 Johanna M. Swan 36 Intel
#10 Hao-Yi Tsai 33 TSMC
#11 Peng Wang 33 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#12 Szu-Wei Lu 33 TSMC
#13 Byeong Cheol Moon 32 Samsung
#14 Jiun Yi Wu 32 TSMC
#15 Shu-Shen Yeh 32 TSMC
#16 Chung-Shi Liu 31 TSMC
#17 Adel A. Elsherbini 30 Intel
#18 Ji Hong Jo 30 Samsung
#19 Tse-Yao Huang 29 Nanya Technology
#20 Jie Chen 28 TSMC
#21 Shau-Lin Shue 26 TSMC
#22 Jing-Cheng Lin 24 TSMC
#23 Sung-Feng Yeh 24 TSMC
#24 Tao Song 24 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#25 Tin-Hao Kuo 24 TSMC
#26 Gleb YUSHIN 23 Sila Nanotechnologies
#27 Hong Bok We 23 Qualcomm
#28 Po-Hao Tsai 23 TSMC
#29 Yu-Hsiang Hu 23 TSMC
#30 Hongji CHEN 22 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#31 Kun Liu 22 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#32 Ming-Han Lee 22 TSMC
#33 Woo Chul Shin 22 Samsung
#34 Aleksandar Aleksov 21 Intel
#35 Der-Chyang Yeh 21 TSMC
#36 Jong Ho Lee 21 Samsung
#37 Ming-Chih Yew 21 TSMC
#38 Chung-Ju Lee 20 TSMC
#39 Chin-Hua Wang 20 TSMC
#40 Jeong-O Mun 20 Lg Energy Solution
#41 Shing-Yih Shih 20 Nanya Technology
#42 Xiaogang Liu 20 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#43 Aniket PATIL 19 Qualcomm
#44 Chuanqi Gong 19 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#45 Feras Eid 19 Intel
#46 Ravindranath V. Mahajan 19 Intel
#47 Shin-Yi Yang 19 TSMC
#48 Yoshimasa YOSHIOKA 19 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#49 Zvi Or-Bach 19 Monolithic 3D
#50 Bin Huang 18 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#51 Chih-Hao Wang 18 TSMC
#52 Debendra Mallik 18 Intel
#53 Doo Kyung Yang 18 LG
#54 Kyoung Ho Ahn 18 Lg Energy Solution
#55 Liwen Ji 18 Enevate
#56 Ming-Da Cheng 18 TSMC
#57 Bor Z. Jang 17 Honeycomb Battery
#58 Chul Haeng Lee 17 Lg Energy Solution
#59 Chuei-Tang Wang 17 TSMC
#60 James W. Raring 17 Soraa Laser Diode
#61 Kuo-Chung Yee 17 TSMC
#62 Shawna M. Liff 17 Intel
#63 Wang Mo Jung 17 Lg Energy Solution
#64 Ching-Hua Hsieh 16 TSMC
#65 Chih Wei Lu 16 TSMC
#66 Jung Min Kim 16 Samsung
#67 Lawrence A. Clevenger 16 IBM
#68 Robert Graham Cooks 16 Purdue Research Foundation
#69 Robert L. Sankman 16 Intel
#70 Telesphor Kamgaing 16 Intel
#71 Wei-Yu Chen 16 Largan Precision Co.
#72 Wen-Chih Chiou 16 TSMC
#73 Belgacem Haba 15 Tessera
#74 Brian Cronquist 15 Monolithic 3D
#75 Byung Soo Kang 15 Samsung
#76 Chen-Shien Chen 15 TSMC
#77 Chia-Kuei Hsu 15 TSMC
#78 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 15 Invensas
#79 Georgios Dogiamis 15 Intel
#80 Hsih-Yang Chiu 15 Nanya Technology
#81 Ju Hwan Yang 15 Samsung
#82 Peter J. Bisiules 15 Commscope Technologies
#83 Sreenivasan K. Koduri 15 Texas Instruments
#84 Yang Song 15 Ess Tech
#85 Abhijit Basu Mallick 14 Applied Materials
#86 Cheng-Chi Chuang 14 TSMC
#87 Deepak C. Sekar 14 Monolithic 3D
#88 Hsi-Wen Tien 14 TSMC
#89 Hsiao-Tsung Yen 14 Realtek Semiconductor
#90 Je-Young Kim 14 LG
#91 Jiann-Tyng Tzeng 14 TSMC
#92 Kuan-Lun Cheng 14 TSMC
#93 Po-Yao Chuang 14 TSMC
#94 Shuo-Mao Chen 14 TSMC
#95 Srinivas V. Pietambaram 14 Intel
#96 Wei-Hao Liao 14 TSMC
#97 Zhongwei Chen 14 Hermes Microvision
#98 An-Jhih Su 13 TSMC
#99 Bon Seok Koo 13 Samsung
#100 Chengdu Liang 13 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,252
2 TSMC 1,127
3 Intel 355
#4 Murata Manufacturing Co. 337
#5 Applied Materials 322
#6 Lg Energy Solution 294
#7 Tokyo Electron Limited 256
#8 Toyota 249
#9 Panasonic 170
#10 Micron 169
#11 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited 152
#12 Tdk 150
#13 Hyundai Motor 149
#14 Nanya Technology 141
#15 IBM 130
#16 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 124
#17 Honda Motor Co. 123
#18 Sumitomo Electric Industries 119
#19 Texas Instruments 113
#20 Taiyo Yuden Co. 110
#21 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 109
#22 Commscope Technologies 104
#23 Infineon Technologies Ag 98
#24 Kioxia 95
#25 Mitsubishi Electric 94
#26 Apple 93
#27 Qualcomm 91
#28 General Motors 84
#29 Yazaki 82
#30 Nichia 81
#31 Autonetworks Technologies 77
#32 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 77
#33 Kia 77
#34 Huawei 77
#35 Sk On Co. 74
#36 Kia Motors 72
#37 Te Connectivity Co. 71
#38 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co. 68
#39 Rohm Co. 67
#40 BOE 62
#41 Denso 59
#42 Sk Hynix 57
#43 Kyocera 56
#44 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 55
#45 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 55
#46 Robert Bosch Gmbh 55
#47 United Microelectronics 55
#48 Hitachi High-Technologies 54
#49 onsemi 54
#50 Foxconn 52
#51 Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. 50
#52 Aptiv Technologies Ag 50
#53 Ford 49
#54 LG 48
#55 Enevate 47
#56 Stmicroelectronics Sa 45
#57 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 44
#58 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 44
#59 Lam Research 44
#60 Innolux 43
#61 Fuji Electric Co. 42
#62 Semes Co. 42
#63 Abb Schweiz Ag 41
#64 Asml Netherlands B.V. 41
#65 Audi Ag 40
#66 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 39
#67 Disco 38
#68 Ningde Amperex Technology Limited 38
#69 CEA 37
#70 Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co. 37
#71 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 37
#72 RTX (Raytheon) 37
#73 Globalfoundries U.S. 35
#74 Molex 35
#75 Dell Products 34
#76 Hubbell Incorporated 33
#77 Kyocera Avx Components 32
#78 Omron 32
#79 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 32
#80 The Boeing 32
#81 University of California 32
#82 Canon 32
#83 Sony 32
#84 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 31
#85 Changxin Memory Technologies 31
#86 Sanyo Electric Co. 31
#87 Screen Holdings Co. 30
#88 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) 30
#89 AMD 29
#90 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 29
#91 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 29
#92 Skyworks Solutions 29
#93 Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh 29
#94 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 29
#95 Google 29
#96 Hitachi Energy Switzerland Ag 28
#97 Kokusai Electric 28
#98 Mediatek 28
#99 Stats Chippac 28
#100 Ericsson 27