2023 Patent Ranking in Japan

- Update: Mar 29, 2023 -

Ranking based on publications issued in 2023.

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Publication of application in 2023 - update: Mar 29, 2023 -

Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of acquisition in 2023
1st	Toyota Motor Corporation	179	1st	5039	123（3rd）
2nd	Canon Inc	121	2nd	4616	122（4th）
3rd	Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.	66	4th	2842	130（2nd）
4th	Hitachi, Ltd.	62	12th	1426	40（18th）
5th	Seiko Epson Corporation	59	5th	2088	40（18th）
5th	DENSO CORPORATION	59	10th	1592	83（7th）
7th	Daiichi Shokai Co., Ltd.	52	24th	848	56（11th）
8th	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	51	7th	1815	226（1st）
9th	Sharp corporation	46	16th	1157	30（29th）
10th	Sankyo Co., Ltd.	45	9th	1670	61（10th）
11th	Sanyo Bussan Co., Ltd.	44	3rd	3700	30（29th）
12th	Kao Corporation	39	28th	819	21（49th）
12th	Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.	39	18th	1011	16（75th）
14th	Toshiba Corporation	36	8th	1747	85（5th）
14th	Fujitsu Limited	36	17th	1047	36（23th）
14th	Tokyo Electron Limited	36	25th	842	44（14th）
17th	DISCO Corporation	35	35th	666	22（47th）
18th	Yahoo Japan Corporation	34	109th	312	9（140th）
19th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	33	11th	1549	64（9th）
20th	Yazaki Corporation	32	30th	755	9（140th）

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Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of aplications in 2023
1st	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	226	2nd	3758	51（8th）
2nd	Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.	130	4th	2939	66（3rd）
3rd	Toyota Motor Corporation	123	1st	4259	179（1st）
4th	Canon Inc	122	3rd	3561	121（2nd）
5th	Toshiba Corporation	85	15th	1299	36（14th）
6th	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	84	6th	2397	20（38th）
7th	DENSO CORPORATION	83	5th	2618	59（5th）
8th	Universal Entertainment Corporation	80	24th	1006	13（58th）
9th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	64	8th	1817	33（19th）
10th	Sankyo Co., Ltd.	61	12th	1335	45（10th）
11th	Daiichi Shokai Co., Ltd.	56	10th	1418	52（7th）
12th	NEC Corporation	52	7th	1858	9（86th）
13th	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.	45	26th	939	31（21th）
14th	Tokyo Electron Limited	44	38th	690	36（14th）
15th	Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.	43	11th	1375	22（35th）
16th	Kubota Corporation	41	22th	1052	27（27th）
16th	FUJIFILM Corporation	41	16th	1298	24（30th）
18th	Hitachi, Ltd.	40	21th	1054	62（4th）
18th	Seiko Epson Corporation	40	9th	1428	59（5th）
20th	Sony Corporation	39	23th	1043	9（86th）

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※ In order to calculate an accurate ranking, joint applications are totaled as the application of the first applicant.