TIPO releases statistics of top 100 patent applicants and grants for 2024

　TIPO released the statistical rankings for patent applications and patent grants in 2024.  By filing a total of 1,412 applications throughout 2024, TSMC remained firmly on the top position as the most prolific resident applicant for nine consecutive years for invention patent applications, while US-based Applied Materials regained the top spot with a total of 950 applications as the top non-resident applicant.  ITRI (the Industrial Technology Research Institute) and National Cheng Kung University outshined their peers by filing 356 and 121 applications, respectively, in 2024.  As to invention patent grants, TSMC and Applied Materials each took the lead as the top resident applicant and the top non-resident applicant with 1,163 grants and 697 grants, respectively.  

　TSMC has been remaining at the top position in invention patent applications for nine straight years since 2016.  In 2024, TSMC had filed 1,412 invention patent applications, outnumbering Nanya Tech in the 2^nd place (with 466 applications), AU Optronics (with 425 applications), ITRI (with 356 applications), Innolux Corporation (with 328 applications), Inventec (with 321 applications), Realtek (with 309 applications), Acer (with 277 applications), Hon Hai Precision Industry (with 259 applications), and Mediatek (with 239 applications).  Among the foregoing top 10 resident applicants, Nanya Tech and Innolux claimed the 2^nd and 5^th positions, hitting their respective new records, while Hon Hai Precision Industry, coming in 9^th, exhibited the fastest growth at 93% among the top 10 resident applicants.  Moreover, among the top 20 resident applicants, United Microelectronics (ranking 12^th with 221 applications), Winbond Electronics (ranking 13^th with 160 applications), and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (ranking 17^th with 131 applications) attained their all-time highs.  

　As to the non-resident applicants, Applied Materials recovered the top spot with 950 applications, trailed by Samsung Electronics, which ranked 2^nd with 894 filings and Korea-based Coupang, which leaped to the 3^rd with 698 filings to experience the sharpest increase by 54% among the top 10 in 2024.  Rounding out the top 10 are Japan-based Tokyo Electron with 661 filings, US-based Qualcomm with 660 filings, Japan-based Nitto Denko with 417 filings, ASML Netherlands with 344 filings, Shin-Etsu Chemical with 279 filings, US-based Lam Research with 276 filings, and Screen Holdings with 253 filings.  Among the top 10 non-resident applicants, Coupang (finishing 3^rd), Tokyo Electron (finishing 4^th), ASML Netherlands (finishing 7^th), Shin-Etsu Chemical (finishing 8^th), and Lam Research (finishing 9^th) all scaled record highs.  

　Among the top 20 non-resident applicants, 11 of them are from Japan.  Besides, Resonac (ranking 11^th with 251 applications), Huawei Technologies (ranking 17^th with 184 applications), and Wonderland Switzerland (ranking 18^th with 167 applications) also hit all-time highs.  

　Additionally, there were five research institutes named among the top 100 resident invention patent applicants.  The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) claimed the 4^th spot with 356 applications, holding onto the top position among research institutes for the 18^th consecutive year.  

　Among the schools that were recognized as the top 100 resident applicants in Taiwan, National Cheng Kung University maintained its top position for three straight years with 121 applications, preceding National Taiwan University (with 98 applications), National Tsing Hua University (with 83 applications), National Chin-Yi University of Technology (with 75 applications), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (with 74 applications), National Pingtung University of Science (with 60 applications), National Taipei University of Technology (with 55 applications), National Sun Yat-Sen University (with 51 applications), National Taiwan University of Science And Technology (with 49 applications), and National Chung Hsing University (with 48 applications).  It is noticeable that the top 10 schools are all national universities, while Taipei Medical University got an entry in the list to rank 11^th with 47 applications, surpassing other private universities.  As to design patent applications, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology led with 51 filings, followed by Shu Te University with 34 filings.  In respect to overall patent applications, Taipei City University of Science and Technology took the lead with 177 applications for five straight years and most of its applications are filed for utility model patents.  (Released 2025.02.10)  
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