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Top 100 Patent Applicants in 2022

智慧局專利百大新聞稿圖檔

TIPO’s 2022 Statistical Rankings for Patent Applications and Grants reveals that TSMC maintained its position as the top domestic patent applicant for the seventh consecutive year, filing 1,534 applications. As for foreign applicants, Applied Materials secured the top spot for the first time, with a total of 881 applications. With respect to the numbers of patents granted for all three patent types, TSMC led the pack for domestic applications (1,196 patents granted), and Qualcomm was the most prolific foreign applicant (573 patents granted).

 

 

TSMC ranked top among domestic applicants for 7th straight year

Companies active in the semiconductor, display, and ICT industry sectors headed the list of top 10 domestic applicants. With 1,534 cases, TSMC has consistently filed the most applications since 2016. Acer (530 cases) and AU Optronics (505 cases) came in second and third, respectively. Mediatek’s application filing surged by 58% (412 cases), while Nanya Tech (371 cases) and Innolux (336 cases) each filed their highest number of applications over the last 10 years (Table 1).

The top 100 domestic patent applicants filed 12,771 cases in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 4%. The number of invention (9,555 cases) and design patent applications (793 cases) were up 4% and 14%, respectively. The growth in applications was mainly driven by corporations and educational institutions. Furthermore, the filings in utility model patent applications (2,423 cases) also grew by 3% (Figure 1, Figure 2).

Taiwan Cooperative Bank took lead; MEGA International Commercial Bank applied for the most invention patents

There were six banks among the top 100 domestic patent applicants in 2022. Taiwan Cooperative Bank (220 cases) headed the list of patent applications, followed by the Bank of Taiwan (214 cases) and MEGA International Commercial Bank (205 cases), which also claimed the top position for bank invention patent applications (53 cases). Taishin International Bank (87 cases), meanwhile, made its debut on the list for the first time (Table 3).

Among school applicants, Taipei City University of Science and Technology lead in overall patent applications, while National Cheng Kung University was most active in filing invention patents

Twenty-eight schools were among the top 100 domestic applicants for overall patents. Taipei City University of Science and Technology ranked first with 162 applications for the third straight year. Meanwhile, National Cheng Kung University (135 cases) claimed first place in school rankings for invention patent applications, followed by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (125 cases), National Tsing Hua University (108 cases), and National Taiwan University (77 cases) (Table 4).

Industrial Technology Research Institute remained in top position for invention patent applications filed by research institutions

Two research centers were also among the top 100 domestic applicants for patents across various types. The Industrial Technology Research Institute placed eighth in the overall rankings with 331 applications, while the Metal Industries Research ranked 41th with 87 filings (Table 5).

Applied Materials headed foreign patent applicants for the first time

On the foreign applicant front, the top 10 companies were mainly active in the semiconductor, ICT, and chemistry industry sectors. Applied Materials became the largest patent applicant with record-high 881 applications, while smartphone IC designer Qualcomm fell one notch to second place with 763 patent applications. Samsung Electronics took the third spot with 675 applications, the most it has filed in the last 10 years. Moreover, Meta Platforms Technologies (293 cases) and Shin-Etsu Chemical (275 cases) made their first appearance on the list for the first time (Table 2).

The top 100 foreign patent applicants collectively filed 14,556 cases (+3%) in 2022, mainly driven by the rise in invention (13,069 cases) and utility model patent applications (181 cases), with growth rates of 6% and 22%, respectively (Figure 3).

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  • Publish Date : 2023-03-09
  • Update : 2023-03-09
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