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14. Residents Patent Grants in 2018 (Top 20)
Ranking Applicant
Number of Grants
Invention Utility Design Total Model
1 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 430 0 0 430 COMPANY LTD.
2 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 414 12 2 428 INSTITUTE
3 AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION 297 14 17 328
4 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 298 9 15 322
5 MEDIATEK INC. 283 5 0 288
6 ACER INCORPORATED 174 57 13 244
7 CHINA STEEL CORPORATION 98 117 0 215
8 CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO., LTD. 189 2 1 192
9 MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 96 79 2 177
9 FAR-EAST-UNIVERSITY 43 134 0 177
11 TAIPEI CHENGSHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE 5 152 0 157 AND TECHNOLOGY
12 CHIUN MAI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 139 2 3 144
13 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 106 15 17 138
14 ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 65 56 15 136
15 REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 135 0 0 135
16 WISTRON CORPORATION 105 24 5 134
17 HIGH TECH COMPUTER, CORP. 113 0 14 127
18 QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 85 16 24 125
19 NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 116 1 0 117
20 PEGATRON CORPORATION 98 17 1 116
Note: Applicants with the same total of grants are given the same ranking, but the order of placement is arranged by the number of invention patents, from most to least.
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