2018 Patent Ranking in Japan

- Update: Sep 16, 2021 -

Ranking based on publications issued in 2018.

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Patent applications ranking

Publication of application in 2018 - update: Sep 16, 2021 -

Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of acquisition in 2018
61th	Toyota Boshoku Co., Ltd.	642	118th	435	184（161th）
62th	OMRON Corporation	640	119th	433	505（49th）
63th	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd	603	51th	870	490（53th）
64th	Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.	601	96th	533	314（100th）
65th	Sammy Corporation	599	80th	611	418（62th）
66th	Kubota Corporation	595	91th	546	404（68th）
67th	Tokyo Electron Limited	588	83th	585	503（50th）
68th	Daikin Industries, Ltd.	583	67th	713	394（70th）
69th	Huawei Technology Co., Ltd.	579	84th	569	417（63th）
70th	Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.	575	71th	689	405（67th）
70th	Mitsubishi Motors Corporation	575	73th	675	395（69th）
72th	Japan Display Co., Ltd.	552	86th	561	196（153th）
73th	Asahi Kasei Corporation	547	78th	634	422（60th）
74th	Pioneer Corporation	540	105th	490	96（303th）
75th	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.	527	79th	613	277（109th）
76th	Kobe Steel Co., Ltd.	516	70th	703	357（82th）
77th	3M Innovative Properties Company	514	90th	551	364（80th）
78th	JTEKT Corporation	506	56th	766	341（91th）
79th	Suzuki Corporation	501	75th	660	408（65th）
80th	Nippon Special Ceramics Co., Ltd.	496	93th	545	379（73th）

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Ranking	Applicant	number	last year ranking	last year number	number of aplications in 2018
1st	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	4252	1st	4407	4288（4th）
2nd	Canon Inc	4192	2nd	3926	6780（1st）
3rd	DENSO CORPORATION	2837	9th	1831	2652（7th）
4th	Toyota Motor Corporation	2663	4th	2796	5148（2nd）
5th	Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.	2575	3rd	2953	4674（3rd）
6th	Ricoh Company, Ltd	1970	5th	2419	2291（9th）
7th	Seiko Epson Corporation	1919	8th	1987	2747（6th）
8th	Fujitsu Limited	1764	7th	2400	2923（5th）
9th	Sankyo Co., Ltd.	1599	11th	1472	1723（16th）
10th	Toshiba Corporation	1532	10th	1705	2411（8th）
11th	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	1524	6th	2405	1796（14th）
12th	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	1459	24th	1117	1920（12th）
13th	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation	1309	22th	1208	1487（20th）
14th	NEC Corporation	1301	14th	1354	1696（17th）
15th	Hitachi, Ltd.	1268	16th	1334	1799（13th）
16th	Mazda Corporation Inc	1251	20th	1299	895（36th）
17th	FUJIFILM Corporation	1243	19th	1310	1337（23th）
18th	Sharp corporation	1234	21th	1259	1456（21th）
19th	Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.	1219	13th	1441	1601（18th）
20th	Brother Industries, Ltd.	1205	15th	1340	1134（29th）

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