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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Semiconductors Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 Shin-Puu Jeng 97 TSMC
2 Chen-Hua Yu 91 TSMC
3 Po-Yao Lin 53 TSMC
#4 Feng QU 49 BOE
#5 Hsien-Wei Chen 49 TSMC
#6 Junyeob Seong 45 Lg Energy Solution
#7 Ming-Fa Chen 43 TSMC
#8 Peng Wang 42 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#9 Shu-Shen Yeh 42 TSMC
#10 Hao-Yi Tsai 36 TSMC
#11 Adel A. Elsherbini 35 Intel
#12 Hung-Jui Kuo 34 TSMC
#13 Jiun Yi Wu 32 TSMC
#14 Shawna M. Liff 32 Intel
#15 Chin-Hua Wang 31 TSMC
#16 Johanna M. Swan 31 Intel
#17 Jiann-Tyng Tzeng 29 TSMC
#18 Rongzhe Guo 29 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co.
#19 Jen-Yuan Chang 28 TSMC
#20 Ming-Chih Yew 28 TSMC
#21 Shau-Lin Shue 28 TSMC
#22 Szu-Wei Lu 28 TSMC
#23 Belgacem Haba 26 Tessera
#24 Chung-Shi Liu 25 TSMC
#25 Ming-Da Cheng 25 TSMC
#26 Yee-Chia Yeo 25 TSMC
#27 Chul Haeng Lee 24 Lg Energy Solution
#28 Jeong-O Mun 24 Lg Energy Solution
#29 Sung-Feng Yeh 24 TSMC
#30 Gaius Gillman Fountain, Jr. 23 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies
#31 Yu-Sheng Lin 23 TSMC
#32 Srinivas V. Pietambaram 22 Intel
#33 Huicheng Chang 21 TSMC
#34 Jie Chen 21 TSMC
#35 Lawrence A. Clevenger 21 IBM
#36 Ruilong Xie 21 IBM
#37 Aleksandar Aleksov 20 Intel
#38 Jong Ho Lee 20 Samsung
#39 Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo 20 IBM
#40 Rajen Manicon Murugan 20 Texas Instruments
#41 Debendra Mallik 19 Intel
#42 Ho-June Chi 19 Lg Energy Solution
#43 Kartik Ramaswamy 19 Applied Materials
#44 Tse-Yao Huang 19 Nanya Technology
#45 Benjamin Yong Park 18 Enevate
#46 Ching-Hua Hsieh 18 TSMC
#47 Cyprian Emeka Uzoh 18 Invensas
#48 Georgios Dogiamis 18 Intel
#49 Hyun Min CHO 18 Samsung
#50 Kuo-Chung Yee 18 TSMC
#51 Po-Chen Lai 18 TSMC
#52 Yu-Hsiang Hu 18 TSMC
#53 Chih-Wei Chang 17 TSMC
#54 Chen-Hwa Yu 17 TSMC
#55 Hsih-Yang Chiu 17 Nanya Technology
#56 Naoki Ota 17 24M Technologies
#57 Po-Hao Tsai 17 TSMC
#58 Rajesh Katkar 17 Invensas
#59 Ruinan Xie 17 Ndsu Research Foundation
#60 Wang Mo Jung 17 Lg Energy Solution
#61 Bor Z. Jang 16 Honeycomb Battery
#62 Byung-Jin Choi 16 Molecular Imprints
#63 Chengdu Liang 16 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#64 Dae Hyun Kim 16 Samsung
#65 Michael J. Seddon 16 onsemi
#66 Omkar G. Karhade 16 Intel
#67 Ryoichi Wakimoto 16 Sanyo Electric Co.
#68 Shih-Wei Peng 16 TSMC
#69 Shing-Yih Shih 16 Nanya Technology
#70 Tzuan-Horng Liu 16 TSMC
#71 Chuncheng Che 15 BOE
#72 Chee Hiong CHEW 15 onsemi
#73 Chih-Hao Wang 15 TSMC
#74 Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang 15 TSMC
#75 Haizu JIN 15 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#76 Jae Hyun Lee 15 LG
#77 Jin Woo CHOI 15 Samsung
#78 Ji Hong Jo 15 Samsung
#79 Jin-Yong Park 15 Lg Energy Solution
#80 Ming-Han Lee 15 TSMC
#81 Robert M. Stockman 15 American Radionic Company
#82 Tze-Liang Lee 15 TSMC
#83 Wei-Cheng Wu 15 TSMC
#84 Brian Cronquist 14 Monolithic 3D
#85 Chia-Kuei Hsu 14 TSMC
#86 Chih-Wei Lin 14 TSMC
#87 Charles H. Wallace 14 Intel
#88 Chuei-Tang Wang 14 TSMC
#89 Dongkyu Kim 14 LG
#90 Haocheng Jia 14 BOE
#91 Hanyang Wang 14 Huawei
#92 Hee-Jun Jin 14 Lg Energy Solution
#93 Hyun Deok IM 14 Samsung
#94 Kristof Darmawikarta 14 Intel
#95 Meng-Sheng Chang 14 TSMC
#96 Ming-Fa Chen 14 —
#97 Tin-Hao Kuo 14 TSMC
#98 Wei-Yu Chen 14 Largan Precision Co.
#99 Yiqi Tang 14 Texas Instruments
#100 Youngju Lee 14 Samsung

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 1,274
2 TSMC 1,065
3 Lg Energy Solution 489
#4 Murata Manufacturing Co. 319
#5 Intel 311
#6 Applied Materials 296
#7 Panasonic 293
#8 Tokyo Electron Limited 247
#9 Toyota 224
#10 Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited 185
#11 Huawei 164
#12 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 150
#13 Lam Research 127
#14 Micron 127
#15 IBM 122
#16 LG 119
#17 Nanya Technology 115
#18 BOE 115
#19 Tdk 112
#20 Changxin Memory Technologies 111
#21 Hyundai Motor 110
#22 Texas Instruments 106
#23 Kia 103
#24 General Motors 101
#25 Sk On Co. 91
#26 Sumitomo Electric Industries 91
#27 Mitsubishi Electric 89
#28 Apple 84
#29 Autonetworks Technologies 71
#30 Te Connectivity Co. 70
#31 Semes Co. 67
#32 Prime Planet Energy & Solutions 65
#33 Ningde Amperex Technology Limited 58
#34 Taiyo Yuden Co. 58
#35 Ford 58
#36 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 57
#37 Outdoor Wireless Networks 57
#38 Yazaki 56
#39 Hitachi High-Technologies 55
#40 onsemi 55
#41 Infineon Technologies Ag 52
#42 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 52
#43 Robert Bosch Gmbh 49
#44 Rohm Co. 49
#45 Qualcomm 49
#46 Kioxia 48
#47 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies 46
#48 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited 46
#49 Denso 44
#50 United Microelectronics 44
#51 Innolux 42
#52 Kyocera 42
#53 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 42
#54 Sony 42
#55 Asm Ip Holding B.V. 41
#56 CEA 40
#57 RTX (Raytheon) 40
#58 Honda Motor Co. 39
#59 Kokusai Electric 38
#60 Stmicroelectronics Sa 38
#61 Canon 38
#62 Disco 37
#63 Nichia 37
#64 Fuji Electric Co. 36
#65 Sk Hynix 36
#66 Aptiv Technologies Ag 35
#67 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 35
#68 Hitachi Energy 35
#69 Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. 34
#70 GE 34
#71 Asml Netherlands B.V. 33
#72 Ericsson 33
#73 Foxconn 32
#74 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co. 31
#75 Sanyo Electric Co. 31
#76 KAIST 30
#77 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 30
#78 AMD 29
#79 Unknown 29
#80 Siliconware Precision Industries Co. 28
#81 Ngk Insulators 27
#82 Stats Chippac 27
#83 Dell Products 26
#84 Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co. 26
#85 Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co. 26
#86 Japan Display 26
#87 Molex 26
#88 Wistron Neweb 26
#89 Hubbell Incorporated 25
#90 Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh 25
#91 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. 24
#92 Beijing Boe Sensor Technology Co. 23
#93 Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co. 22
#94 Mediatek 22
#95 Meta 22
#96 Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co. 21
#97 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 21
#98 Skyworks Solutions 21
#99 University of California 21
#100 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 21