Top 100 Global Innovators: Wistron Selected for Fifth Consecutive Year

The Top 100 Global Innovators, now in its 15th edition, is an annual benchmark list published by Clarivate, aiming to select companies that consistently launch high-impact inventions and shape the innovative future of various industries.

This year, 12 Taiwanese institutions were selected, including ITRI, Foxconn, MediaTek, TSMC, AUO, Delta Electronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Wistron Corporation, Nanya Technology, ASUS, Coretronic, and Silicon Motion.

Wistron CEO Jeff Lin stated in a press release that Wistron highly values innovation and intellectual property management, and continuously invests significant resources in key technological fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) to solidify its leading position in the global technology industry.

Lin emphasized that Wistron also continuously launches innovative and high value-added new products and technical services to further enhance corporate value through its innovation capabilities. At the same time, it actively deploys and strengthens a forward-looking global patent portfolio, covering multiple countries and diverse technological fields.

The analysis for the Top 100 Global Innovators is led by Clarivate's 'Center for IP and Innovation Research,' based on rigorous research methodologies. It uses the Derwent Strength Index and centers on global invention data covered by the Derwent World Patents Index to measure the impact, success, rarity, and investment in innovation.

This year's selected list covers 13 countries and regions, with Japan ranking first globally with 32 institutions, followed by the United States with 18, and Taiwan ranking third with 12. (Editor: Huang Kuo-lun) April 9, 2026.