(TAIPEI, TAIWAN)  April 9, 2026 –Wistron was selected as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators for 2026.  Since 2022, Wistron has been honored with this recognition for five consecutive years. In its 15th edition, the annual benchmark from Clarivate, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, identifies the organizations that consistently deliver high-impact inventions, shaping the future of innovation across industries. This honor reflects the collective efforts of our R&D and IP teams worldwide, and it motivates us to further push the boundaries of technology and deliver greater value to our customers and society.

 

Wistron positions itself as a leading global technology service provider, demonstrating strong corporate resilience and the ability to meet diverse customer needs through its worldwide operational footprint. The company continues to adapt swiftly to evolving market conditions while strengthening its innovation-driven business strategy. 

 

In its patent operations, Wistron implements a comprehensive and structured intellectual property strategy. The company’s patent team works in close partnership with R&D units, employing mechanisms such as brainstorming sessions, patent big data analysis, and invention disclosure review meetings to identify high-value, forward-looking innovations. To further ensure excellence in patent quality, Wistron has established a rigorous internal checklist of more than three hundred review criteria, reinforcing consistency and strengthening patent specification review and quality control.

 

Jeff Lin, President and CEO of Wistron, stated, “We are honored to be recognized for the fifth consecutive year in 2026 as one of the Top 100 Global Innovators.” He emphasized that Wistron places great importance on innovation and intellectual property management, continuously investing significant resources in fields such as artificial intelligence to maintain technological leadership. The company consistently introduces new products and technology services featuring innovative, high margin capabilities that further enhance value creation. Simultaneously, Wistron continues to build, expand, maintain, and manage a comprehensive and forward looking patent portfolio spanning multiple countries, regions, and technological domains—demonstrating a diversified and globalized patent strategy.

 

Glen Nath, Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property, Clarivate, said: “For 15 years, Clarivate has identified the organizations leading the world in technology research and innovation. The Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators report is a guide to the future of invention. The innovators recognized in our report don’t just react to change; they design for it. Their portfolios shape industries, influence markets and set new standards for originality and innovation.”

 

The Top 100 Global Innovators account for a disproportionate share of the world’s most valuable ideas, demonstrating that innovation leadership is defined by precision and strategic intent. This year’s ranking not only celebrates enduring innovation leadership, but it also reveals the forces reshaping that leadership, with AI at the forefront. The Top 100 Global Innovators contribute an exceptional 16% of the world’s highest-strength AI inventions.

 

The Top 100 Global Innovators analysis is underpinned by the Clarivate Center for IP and Innovation Research. Their analyses are founded in rigorous research leveraging the proprietary Derwent Strength Index, derived from the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) and its global invention data to measure the influence of ideas, their success and rarity, and the investment in inventions.