2012 Patent Ranking in Japan

- Update: Mar 29, 2023 -

Ranking based on publications issued in 2012.

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Publication of application in 2012 - update: Mar 29, 2023 -

Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of acquisition in 2012
1st	Panasonic Corporation	8925	1st	7870	8071（1st）
2nd	Canon Inc	7187	2nd	6498	5013（2nd）
3rd	Toshiba Corporation	6349	3rd	5997	4366（5th）
4th	Seiko Epson Corporation	5445	4th	5827	2711（12th）
5th	Toyota Motor Corporation	5382	6th	4934	4606（3rd）
6th	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	5058	5th	5175	4460（4th）
7th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	4410	7th	4213	3540（6th）
8th	Sharp corporation	3880	8th	3724	2979（9th）
9th	Sony Corporation	3159	9th	3568	2855（11th）
10th	FUJIFILM Corporation	3146	10th	3347	2275（14th）
11th	Fujitsu Limited	3031	13th	2979	3225（7th）
12th	DENSO CORPORATION	3028	16th	2364	2569（13th）
13th	NEC	2781	11th	3261	2247（15th）
14th	Honda motor industry stock company	2557	12th	3110	3015（8th）
15th	Hitachi, Ltd.	2389	15th	2469	2897（10th）
16th	Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.	2069	25th	1642	1887（17th）
17th	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd	1961	29th	1374	950（33th）
18th	Brother Industries, Ltd.	1921	21th	1866	1700（18th）
19th	Kyocera Corporation	1819	19th	1895	1679（19th）
20th	Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.	1752	24th	1684	1028（29th）

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Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of aplications in 2012
1st	Panasonic Corporation	8071	1st	6711	8925（1st）
2nd	Canon Inc	5013	4th	4183	7187（2nd）
3rd	Toyota Motor Corporation	4606	3rd	4238	5382（5th）
4th	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	4460	6th	3600	5058（6th）
5th	Toshiba Corporation	4366	5th	3655	6349（3rd）
6th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	3540	7th	3311	4410（7th）
7th	Fujitsu Limited	3225	11th	2863	3031（11th）
8th	Honda motor industry stock company	3015	9th	2938	2557（14th）
9th	Sharp corporation	2979	10th	2871	3880（8th）
10th	Hitachi, Ltd.	2897	14th	2430	2389（15th）
11th	Sony Corporation	2855	2nd	4247	3159（9th）
12th	Seiko Epson Corporation	2711	8th	2945	5445（4th）
13th	DENSO CORPORATION	2569	13th	2678	3028（12th）
14th	FUJIFILM Corporation	2275	15th	2130	3146（10th）
15th	NEC	2247	18th	1809	2781（13th）
16th	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd	1960	12th	2679	1628（22th）
17th	Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.	1887	19th	1763	2069（16th）
18th	Brother Industries, Ltd.	1700	20th	1720	1921（18th）
19th	Kyocera Corporation	1679	17th	1840	1819（19th）
20th	Nissan Motor Co., Ltd	1573	21th	1554	1104（37th）

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