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IMEC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,264
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    11,589
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 150.0%
About

IMEC has a total of 1,264 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 150.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1992. It filed its patents most often in EPO (European Patent Office), United States and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets semiconductors, environmental technology and measurement are IMEC INTER UNI MICRO ELECTR, INST MICROELECTRONICS CAS and INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing IMECs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Beyne Eric 34
#2 Lagae Liesbet 33
#3 Catthoor Francky 27
#4 Caymax Matty 27
#5 Vandervorst Wilfried 26
#6 Linten Dimitri 23
#7 Lambrechts Andy 23
#8 Witvrouw Ann 22
#9 Borghs Gustaaf 21
#10 Eneman Geert 21

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
EP3534149A1 Improvements in or relating to speckle mitigation
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JP2015118372A Radiation coupler
EP2868264A2 System and method for acquisition of biopotential signals with electrode-tissue impedance measurement.
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US2015021675A1 Three-dimensional magnetic memory element
WO2014207102A1 Methods for electrically connecting textile integrated conductive yarns
EP2866317A1 Hybrid waveguide lasers and methods for fabricating hybrid waveguide lasers
JP2014170971A Polythiophene active layer for solar battery
JP2015002352A Magnetic memory element
CN105409003A Method for improving the electrical conductivity of metal oxide semiconductor layers
EP2814182A2 Method for reducing second order distortion in harmonic rejection mixer
EP2806463A1 Low temperature Ohmic contacts for III-N power devices
EP2887398A1 A bilayer graphene tunneling field effect transistor
EP2887410A1 Magnetic multilayer stack
EP2869071A1 Probe configuration and method of fabrication thereof
EP2897161A1 Methods for manufacturing a CMOS device
EP2887399A1 A method for manufacturing a transistor device and associated device
EP2887396A1 Three-dimensional resistive memory array