2017 Patent Ranking in Japan

- Update: Mar 29, 2023 -

Ranking based on publications issued in 2017.

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Publication of application in 2017 - update: Mar 29, 2023 -

Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of acquisition in 2017
1st	Canon Inc	8110	1st	7670	3926（2nd）
2nd	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	6828	7th	3648	4407（1st）
3rd	Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.	6257	3rd	4392	2953（3rd）
4th	Toyota Motor Corporation	5816	2nd	5128	2796（4th）
5th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	3925	6th	3717	2419（5th）
6th	Toshiba Corporation	3666	5th	3918	1705（10th）
7th	Fujitsu Limited	3474	9th	2866	2400（7th）
8th	Seiko Epson Corporation	3435	4th	4032	1987（8th）
9th	DENSO CORPORATION	3097	8th	3328	1831（9th）
10th	NEC Corporation	2981	19th	1701	1354（14th）
11th	KONICA MINOLTA, INC.	2969	12th	2109	1469（12th）
12th	Hitachi, Ltd.	2804	15th	1835	1334（16th）
13th	Sharp corporation	2624	10th	2425	1259（21th）
14th	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	2329	16th	1820	2405（6th）
15th	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	2120	17th	1773	1117（24th）
16th	Olympus Corporation	2052	43th	728	1328（17th）
17th	Sony Corporation	2028	27th	1280	761（36th）
18th	Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.	2021	13th	2107	1441（13th）
19th	Sankyo Co., Ltd.	1985	11th	2144	1472（11th）
20th	FUJIFILM Corporation	1917	25th	1346	1310（19th）

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Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of aplications in 2017
1st	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	4407	3rd	4252	6828（2nd）
2nd	Canon Inc	3926	2nd	4345	8110（1st）
3rd	Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.	2953	1st	4546	6257（3rd）
4th	Toyota Motor Corporation	2796	4th	3461	5816（4th）
5th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	2419	7th	2316	3925（5th）
6th	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	2405	9th	2186	2329（14th）
7th	Fujitsu Limited	2400	5th	2570	3474（7th）
8th	Seiko Epson Corporation	1987	6th	2449	3435（8th）
9th	DENSO CORPORATION	1831	8th	2262	3097（9th）
10th	Toshiba Corporation	1705	11th	1771	3666（6th）
11th	Sankyo Co., Ltd.	1472	18th	1547	1985（19th）
12th	KONICA MINOLTA, INC.	1469	17th	1550	2969（11th）
13th	Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.	1441	20th	1530	2021（18th）
14th	NEC Corporation	1354	15th	1560	2981（10th）
15th	Brother Industries, Ltd.	1340	22th	1473	1240（32th）
16th	Hitachi, Ltd.	1334	14th	1624	2804（12th）
17th	Olympus Corporation	1328	24th	1436	2052（16th）
18th	Kyocera Corporation	1327	27th	1212	1811（23th）
19th	FUJIFILM Corporation	1310	19th	1542	1917（20th）
20th	Mazda Corporation Inc	1299	36th	727	945（43th）

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