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Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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 104 TSMC
2 Shin-Puu Jeng 76 TSMC
3 Ming-Fa Chen 55 TSMC
#4 Hsien-Wei Chen 53 TSMC
#5 Chul Haeng Lee 49 Lg Energy Solution
#6 Po-Yao Lin 48 TSMC
#7 Peng Wang 46 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#8 Shau-Lin Shue 42 TSMC
#9 Chengdu Liang 41 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#10 Szu-Wei Lu 40 TSMC
#11 Chung-Shi Liu 39 TSMC
#12 Hung-Jui Kuo 38 TSMC
#13 Ming-Da Cheng 37 TSMC
#14 Benjamin Yong Park 36 Enevate
#15 Shu-Shen Yeh 34 TSMC
#16 Hao-Yi Tsai 33 TSMC
#17 Feng QU 29 BOE
#18 Adel A. Elsherbini 28 Intel
#19 Haizu JIN 26 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#20 Jen-Yuan Chang 26 TSMC
#21 Chin-Hua Wang 25 TSMC
#22 Hsin-Yen Huang 25 TSMC
#23 Johanna M. Swan 25 Intel
#24 Sung-Feng Yeh 25 TSMC
#25 Chih-Hao Wang 24 TSMC
#26 Jeong-O Mun 24 Lg Energy Solution
#27 Jeong Woo Oh 24 Lg Energy Solution
#28 Jiun Yi Wu 23 TSMC
#29 Yu-Hsiang Hu 23 TSMC
#30 Zvi Or-Bach 23 Monolithic 3D
#31 Bor Z. Jang 22 Honeycomb Battery
#32 Ching-Hua Hsieh 22 TSMC
#33 Brian Cronquist 21 Monolithic 3D
#34 Chuei-Tang Wang 21 TSMC
#35 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 21 Invensas
#36 Jie Chen 21 TSMC
#37 Ming-Chih Yew 21 TSMC
#38 Po-Hao Tsai 21 TSMC
#39 Shao-Kuan Lee 21 TSMC
#40 Aleksandar Aleksov 20 Intel
#41 Chen-Shien Chen 20 TSMC
#42 Ming-Han Lee 20 TSMC
#43 Tzuan-Horng Liu 20 TSMC
#44 Wang Mo Jung 20 Lg Energy Solution
#45 Cheng-Chin Lee 19 TSMC
#46 Feras Eid 19 Intel
#47 Je-Young Kim 19 LG
#48 Oh Byong Chae 19 Lg Energy Solution
#49 Rajesh Katkar 19 Invensas
#50 Sang-Wook Woo 19 LG
#51 Shawna M. Liff 19 Intel
#52 Huicheng Chang 18 TSMC
#53 Kefei Wang 18 Ningde Amperex Technology Limited
#54 Liwen Ji 18 Enevate
#55 Shang-Yun Hou 18 TSMC
#56 Shin-Yi Yang 18 TSMC
#57 Tin-Hao Kuo 18 TSMC
#58 Yongfeng Xiong 18 Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co.
#59 Chi On Chui 17 TSMC
#60 Chia-Kuei Hsu 17 TSMC
#61 Hyun Min CHO 17 Samsung
#62 Jiann-Tyng Tzeng 17 TSMC
#63 Jung-Pil Lee 17 Lg Energy Solution
#64 Kaijie You 17 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#65 Po-Chen Lai 17 TSMC
#66 Yee-Chia Yeo 17 TSMC
#67 Yu-Sheng Lin 17 TSMC
#68 Ayhan Bozkurt 16 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
#69 Changdong Li 16 Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co.
#70 Chih-Wei Lin 16 TSMC
#71 Chao-Wen Shih 16 TSMC
#72 Emre CEVIK 16 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
#73 Georgios Dogiamis 16 Intel
#74 Hsiu-Jen Lin 16 TSMC
#75 Hsiao-Tsung Yen 16 Realtek Semiconductor
#76 Jong Ho Lee 16 Samsung
#77 Julio C. Costa 16 Qorvo Us
#78 Kristof Darmawikarta 16 Intel
#79 Po-Yao Chuang 16 TSMC
#80 Robert Alan May 16 Intel
#81 Ying-Ching Shih 16 TSMC
#82 Yonghuang YE 16 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#83 Akihiro Sakai 15 Panasonic
#84 David Gregory Baur 15 Bluehalo
#85 Garrett James Newell 15 Bluehalo
#86 Jeffrey Gerard Micono 15 Bluehalo
#87 Michael Thomas Pace 15 Bluehalo
#88 Michael J. Seddon 15 onsemi
#89 Srinivas V. Pietambaram 15 Intel
#90 Sumin YUN 15 Samsung
#91 Theodore Lyman Schuler-Sandy 15 Bluehalo
#92 Tse-Yao Huang 15 Nanya Technology
#93 William Kennedy 15 Bluehalo
#94 William Louis Walker 15 Bluehalo
#95 Xingdi CHEN 15 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#96 Belgacem Haba 14 Tessera
#97 Byeong Cheol Moon 14 Samsung
#98 Chia-Hao Chang 14 TSMC
#99 Cheng-Chi Chuang 14 TSMC
#100 Chenghua FU 14 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 TSMC 1,256
2 Samsung 1,163
3 Lg Energy Solution 461
#4 Murata Manufacturing Co. 425
#5 Applied Materials 339
#6 Intel 292
#7 Panasonic 283
#8 Tokyo Electron Limited 267
#9 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited 192
#10 Toyota 192
#11 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 186
#12 Sumitomo Electric Industries 173
#13 Changxin Memory Technologies 166
#14 Mitsubishi Electric 134
#15 Autonetworks Technologies 133
#16 Texas Instruments 130
#17 Tdk 129
#18 Huawei 124
#19 Sk On Co. 123
#20 Micron 123
#21 Nanya Technology 119
#22 LG 115
#23 Apple 110
#24 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 102
#25 Hyundai Motor 100
#26 IBM 100
#27 Rohm Co. 97
#28 Kia 84
#29 Infineon Technologies Ag 83
#30 BOE 83
#31 Taiyo Yuden Co. 82
#32 Kioxia 78
#33 General Motors 74
#34 Lam Research 73
#35 Kyocera 72
#36 Ningde Amperex Technology Limited 72
#37 Sony 70
#38 Honda Motor Co. 69
#39 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 69
#40 Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. 63
#41 Denso 63
#42 Hitachi High-Technologies 62
#43 Yazaki 61
#44 Nichia 60
#45 Te Connectivity Co. 58
#46 Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited 57
#47 Commscope Technologies 56
#48 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 55
#49 Prime Planet Energy & Solutions 55
#50 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 52
#51 Robert Bosch Gmbh 52
#52 Hitachi Energy 51
#53 onsemi 51
#54 Qualcomm 50
#55 Fuji Electric Co. 49
#56 United Microelectronics 49
#57 Unknown 48
#58 CEA 47
#59 Semes Co. 47
#60 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 46
#61 Sk Hynix 46
#62 Innolux 45
#63 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 44
#64 Rivian Ip Holdings 43
#65 Aptiv Technologies Ag 42
#66 Ngk Insulators 42
#67 Stmicroelectronics Sa 41
#68 Enevate 39
#69 Sanyo Electric Co. 39
#70 Google 39
#71 Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh 37
#72 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 36
#73 Kokusai Electric 36
#74 Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co. 36
#75 Asml Netherlands B.V. 35
#76 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 35
#77 Molex 35
#78 Qorvo Us 35
#79 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 33
#80 Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co. 32
#81 Omron 32
#82 Outdoor Wireless Networks 32
#83 Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co. 32
#84 Siliconware Precision Industries Co. 32
#85 Skyworks Solutions 32
#86 Ford 32
#87 Foxconn 31
#88 Seoul Viosys Co. 31
#89 Mediatek 30
#90 Screen Holdings Co. 30
#91 Shimadzu 30
#92 Siemens Energy Global 30
#93 Tdk Electronics Ag 30
#94 Ericsson 30
#95 University of California 30
#96 Disco 29
#97 KFUPM 29
#98 Hubbell Incorporated 28
#99 Nxp Usa 28
#100 Zeon 28