Tokyo Electron Ltd patents

Tokyo Electron Ltd holds 12,835 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents12,835
Recent patents3,890
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20151,002
2016869
2017860
2018904
2019959
20201,179
20211,295
20221,353
20231,239
20241,246
20251,521
2026408
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20151,002
2016869
2017860
2018904
2019959
20201,179
20211,295
20221,353
20231,239
20241,246
20251,521
2026408

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
H10P50/2422,284
H10P50/2831,952
H10P72/04211,764
H10P72/04021,537
H01J2237/3341,518

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Tokyo Electron Ltd have in patentsdb?
Tokyo Electron Ltd is linked to 12,835 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Tokyo Electron Ltd patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (12,072); Chemistry & Metallurgy (3,779); Physics (3,082).
Is Tokyo Electron Ltd's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 1,246 in 2024 and 1,521 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Tokyo Electron Ltd?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.