2018 Patent Ranking in Japan

- Update: Aug 12, 2022 -

Ranking based on publications issued in 2018.

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Publication of application in 2018 - update: Aug 12, 2022 -

Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of acquisition in 2018
21th	Sharp corporation	1456	13th	2624	1234（18th）
22th	Sansei R&D Co., Ltd.	1376	57th	760	455（55th）
23th	FUJIFILM Corporation	1337	20th	1917	1243（17th）
24th	Kyocera Corporation	1317	23th	1811	1022（22th）
25th	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.	1274	28th	1440	945（24th）
26th	Sony Corporation	1263	17th	2028	734（34th）
27th	Olympus Corporation	1162	16th	2052	824（30th）
28th	Universal Entertainment Corporation	1153	36th	1087	566（45th）
29th	Brother Industries, Ltd.	1134	32th	1240	1205（20th）
30th	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation	1065	26th	1585	977（23th）
31th	Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	1058	24th	1766	817（31th）
32th	Isuzu Motors Limited	1022	49th	891	162（184th）
33th	Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.	1000	34th	1193	723（37th）
34th	Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.	972	27th	1529	575（44th）
35th	Toyota Industries Corporation	925	40th	998	458（54th）
36th	Mazda Corporation Inc	895	43th	945	1251（16th）
37th	NTN Corporation	876	46th	915	340（93th）
38th	Koninklijke Philips N.V.	848	47th	912	843（27th）
39th	Kyogaku Sangyo. Corporation	838	30th	1290	587（41th）
40th	Qualcomm Incorporated	836	38th	1024	840（28th）

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Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of aplications in 2018
60th	Asahi Kasei Corporation	422	65th	432	547（73th）
62th	Sammy Corporation	418	72th	400	599（65th）
63th	Huawei Technology Co., Ltd.	417	146th	226	579（69th）
64th	TDK Corporation	412	120th	269	646（60th）
65th	Suzuki Corporation	408	59th	453	501（79th）
66th	LG Chem, Ltd.	407	46th	552	702（54th）
67th	Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.	405	56th	470	575（70th）
68th	Kubota Corporation	404	75th	388	595（66th）
69th	Mitsubishi Motors Corporation	395	86th	350	575（70th）
70th	Daikin Industries, Ltd.	394	50th	522	583（68th）
71th	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.	392	76th	386	387（111th）
72th	Toshiba Tec Corporation	386	94th	321	457（90th）
73th	Bridgestone Corporation	379	67th	429	416（101th）
73th	Nippon Special Ceramics Co., Ltd.	379	98th	315	496（80th）
73th	KDDI CORPORATION	379	61th	439	419（99th）
76th	Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.	376	80th	372	675（57th）
77th	NTT Docomo, Inc.	375	58th	454	489（84th）
78th	IHI Corporation	370	61th	439	406（106th）
79th	Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.	368	79th	374	495（81th）
80th	3M Innovative Properties Company	364	84th	365	514（77th）

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