Patent Ranking in Japan
Based on publications issued by Japan Patent Office
Japanese version
2016 Patent Ranking in Japan
- Update: May 6, 2021 -
Ranking based on publications issued in 2016.
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Patent applications ranking
Patent acquisition ranking
Publication of application in 2016 - update: May 6, 2021 -
| Ranking | Applicant | number | last year ranking | last year number | number of acquisition in 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Canon Inc | 7670 |  1st
|
8244 | 4345（2nd） |
| 2nd | Toyota Motor Corporation | 5128 | 2nd
|
5710 | 3461（4th） |
| 3rd | Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd. | 4392 |  7th
|
4043 | 4546（1st） |
| 4th | Seiko Epson Corporation | 4032 | 5th
|
4104 | 2449（6th） |
| 5th | Toshiba Corporation | 3918 |  4th
|
4893 | 1771（11th） |
| 6th | Ricoh Company, Ltd | 3717 | 6th
|
4049 | 2316（7th） |
| 7th | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 3648 | 3rd
|
4989 | 4252（3rd） |
| 8th | DENSO CORPORATION | 3328 | 8th
|
3217 | 2262（8th） |
| 9th | Fujitsu Limited | 2866 | 9th
|
3146 | 2570（5th） |
| 10th | Sharp corporation | 2425 | 10th
|
2579 | 1677（12th） |
| 11th | Sankyo Co., Ltd. | 2144 | 17th
|
1823 | 1547（18th） |
| 12th | KONICA MINOLTA, INC. | 2109 | 15th
|
2097 | 1550（17th） |
| 13th | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | 2107 | 13th
|
2171 | 1530（20th） |
| 14th | Kyogaku Sangyo. Corporation | 2061 | 25th
|
1397 | 1460（23th） |
| 15th | Hitachi, Ltd. | 1835 | 18th
|
1801 | 1624（14th） |
| 16th | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 1820 | 12th
|
2271 | 2186（9th） |
| 17th | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | 1773 | 20th
|
1691 | 1505（21th） |
| 18th | Sanyo Bussan Co., Ltd. | 1730 | 27th
|
1375 | 1032（30th） |
| 19th | NEC Corporation | 1701 | 14th
|
2122 | 1560（15th） |
| 20th | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 1650 | 16th
|
1929 | 1557（16th） |
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Patent applications ranking
Patent acquisition ranking
Registered in 2016 - Update：May 6, 2021 -
| Ranking | Applicant | number | last year ranking | last year number | number of aplications in 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61th | DISCO Corporation | 459 | 140th
|
222 | 532（77th） |
| 62th | Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. | 446 | 47th
|
456 | 724（46th） |
| 63th | Newgin Co., Ltd. | 439 | 57th
|
419 | 494（84th） |
| 64th | Toray Industries, Inc. | 437 | 56th
|
423 | 677（56th） |
| 65th | Kubota Corporation | 435 | 58th
|
407 | 516（80th） |
| 66th | Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd. | 432 | 66th
|
381 | 653（57th） |
| 67th | Renesas Electronics Corporation | 431 | 55th
|
425 | 430（100th） |
| 68th | Unicharm Co., Ltd. | 423 | 81th
|
343 | 310（141th） |
| 69th | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | 422 | 59th
|
406 | 436（98th） |
| 70th | Yoshino Industry Co., Ltd. | 420 | 87th
|
315 | 343（124th） |
| 71th | Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. | 411 | 145th
|
217 | 541（74th） |
| 72th | Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. | 409 | 134th
|
234 | 397（105th） |
| 73th | Samsung Electronics Company Limited | 398 | 97th
|
286 | 278（158th） |
| 74th | Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. | 394 | 82th
|
337 | 610（66th） |
| 75th | DIC Corporation | 391 | 88th
|
313 | 382（113th） |
| 76th | Suzuki Corporation | 387 | 85th
|
323 | 616（61th） |
| 77th | 3M Innovative Properties Company | 386 | 80th
|
344 | 569（69th） |
| 78th | Hitachi Metals Co., Ltd. | 385 | 63th
|
386 | 551（71th） |
| 79th | International Business Machines Corporation | 382 | 48th
|
455 | 238（187th） |
| 79th | Sammy Corporation | 382 | 49th
|
443 | 702（53th） |
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Patent Ranking in Japan
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