TSMC top patent applicant in Taiwan for sixth straight quarter

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focustaiwan.tw, Oct. 27, 2020 – 

Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, ranked in the third quarter as the biggest patent applicant in Taiwan for the sixth consecutive quarter, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday.

The office said that according to data, TSMC was the top patent applicant in both the local and foreign business communities in Taiwan, while U.S.-based integrated circuit designer Qualcomm Inc. secured the top place among foreign firms operating in the country.

The data showed that TSMC filed 389 invention patent applications in the July-September period, down 27 percent from a year earlier, but still retained first place for the quarter.

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