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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1969 - 2007 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

JAPAN

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 19 81 84 140 151 162 158 161 152 171 266 287 326 427 425 523 845 718 949 867 825 1106 1034 1093 1076 1507 1346 1872 1753 1826 1779 1814 1901 1702 1721 2234 1881 33392
HITACHI, LTD 85 97 185 205 217 324 369 340 364 387 300 377 488 478 432 595 693 730 844 906 1051 903 925 950 905 969 896 955 895 1080 1000 1023 1255 1574 1868 1481 1255 1670 1306 30377
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 53 77 118 150 127 71 88 88 103 164 144 242 253 293 376 542 691 685 815 739 946 887 1009 1018 1033 960 957 896 843 1146 1180 1213 1133 1117 1176 1302 1244 1634 1485 26998
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 73 137 195 215 212 231 220 216 193 165 97 150 159 203 211 230 246 221 305 275 361 342 454 601 709 767 848 834 736 1016 1026 1111 1395 1485 1720 1871 1616 2068 1816 24730
NEC CORPORATION 77 92 113 90 73 67 82 77 79 78 57 89 115 112 103 127 167 234 374 352 479 436 428 453 594 894 1005 1042 1095 1625 1838 2001 1929 1811 1159 787 636 712 584 22066
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 27 48 54 37 45 55 75 57 62 51 84 95 123 140 285 364 360 518 543 767 868 938 958 922 962 967 933 890 1080 1053 1010 1184 1369 1230 768 589 578 431 20533
SONY CORPORATION 28 38 77 79 94 103 145 212 170 130 121 162 143 129 135 190 228 207 315 288 300 226 273 407 558 650 750 773 764 1200 1222 1155 1134 1257 1169 1140 986 1606 1321 19885
FUJITSU LIMITED 40 22 31 29 36 46 38 32 33 32 39 39 69 113 150 177 183 203 241 245 283 259 356 408 450 577 700 852 883 1164 1153 1116 1118 1170 1234 1244 1091 1404 1201 18461
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 355 372 488 576 524 562 493 483 458 445 323 415 481 400 356 415 468 441 514 485 554 559 498 482 493 423 451 422 405 572 510 553 524 516 551 425 386 401 318 18097
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 45 87 129 157 168 203 195 202 166 187 124 157 237 181 185 273 376 442 490 588 891 768 734 640 632 544 503 508 466 546 539 541 582 686 803 1024 749 904 294 16946
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 10 8 21 18 29 26 47 30 48 62 43 77 65 94 103 193 309 280 394 365 352 360 240 192 240 222 242 286 340 386 452 445 547 632 610 684 654 705 598 10409
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 4 3 4 7 9 23 26 47 41 84 82 92 102 111 123 189 284 237 337 350 385 391 373 451 381 342 384 539 495 541 496 500 470 511 464 655 634 10169
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 12 30 115 126 94 83 88 66 78 74 82 90 135 125 105 121 136 191 198 177 269 290 310 354 279 285 250 275 316 377 382 389 342 302 382 501 438 635 651 9153
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 14 17 45 65 89 127 150 145 150 223 147 164 242 309 354 373 329 280 304 238 273 374 334 338 211 139 119 101 138 164 207 250 259 244 257 261 289 325 266 8314
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 7 21 28 47 75 75 110 139 162 200 179 203 187 164 199 239 256 228 376 306 272 152 149 149 145 132 155 157 211 386 402 342 328 294 272 264 269 376 348 8004
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 41 33 46 55 92 133 168 146 133 155 202 273 276 361 458 587 722 815 843 1143 1145 7854
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 11 12 38 65 81 78 77 79 54 76 64 74 102 59 72 90 80 70 96 166 346 376 311 282 235 159 113 163 158 303 365 333 303 238 221 209 159 167 110 5995
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 3 10 32 27 30 40 49 48 62 93 101 133 166 186 185 195 197 146 145 179 195 176 158 196 199 226 208 221 213 276 221 278 253 259 250 117 80 61 29 5643
NIKON CORPORATION 19 39 49 66 53 16 35 44 44 38 33 47 60 75 62 88 71 68 119 79 69 73 84 103 131 113 224 422 475 562 340 249 248 214 256 197 147 124 114 5250
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 6 9 13 8 7 12 13 19 13 18 31 20 31 29 37 36 73 96 80 96 111 133 117 119 123 115 130 164 251 238 251 286 366 372 377 352 513 452 5121
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 124 303 366 423 465 541 634 601 713 746 4923
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 37 40 63 126 81 109 134 171 125 120 68 85 108 103 66 91 102 87 96 120 146 114 146 129 146 162 137 137 123 145 135 148 165 185 173 146 112 98 102 4581
KONICA CORPORATION 6 10 31 30 34 30 29 18 39 43 50 55 78 52 74 146 150 116 105 123 170 208 224 203 220 226 177 155 125 166 159 152 148 177 146 194 124 113 65 4371
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 35 33 19 33 41 48 52 69 62 69 90 83 66 103 118 151 150 217 268 302 320 444 444 372 228 176 106 4124
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 10 16 19 20 26 23 28 21 14 21 20 38 36 29 32 40 60 81 91 95 141 126 131 178 232 233 233 208 169 158 162 136 156 169 183 177 169 160 149 3990
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 2 4 7 10 16 11 16 16 8 13 12 9 14 9 25 31 58 63 114 82 96 109 113 101 79 77 67 118 199 223 299 325 294 307 314 316 278 3838
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 5 9 6 3 2 0 3 7 2 5 12 12 29 18 32 32 66 81 155 178 261 217 165 155 117 133 148 208 262 224 187 115 104 165 151 238 323 3831
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 3 6 16 17 13 10 5 9 8 12 37 92 103 52 34 41 43 57 73 116 137 159 181 172 182 277 247 188 152 172 164 185 188 215 285 3651
YAZAKI CORP. 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 6 0 5 11 34 76 99 65 111 121 115 112 163 225 268 293 292 331 309 310 200 153 152 144 3611
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 17 19 33 31 57 54 40 36 37 36 55 42 49 39 45 56 45 32 42 53 104 148 172 207 204 136 168 151 270 277 232 234 246 8 5 1 0 0 3398
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 12 13 13 14 8 9 7 14 15 15 32 30 36 54 64 100 152 198 138 89 82 78 46 34 40 39 76 100 150 192 262 209 249 238 209 186 165 3371
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 9 14 46 65 55 54 55 48 30 57 42 49 63 76 68 156 137 122 184 124 116 76 76 85 123 161 179 310 308 306 99 34 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 3354
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 15 26 56 50 49 57 65 43 44 44 74 57 65 70 99 92 107 124 137 154 131 160 123 89 68 61 90 71 113 135 109 109 126 106 111 89 97 85 3314
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 22 23 27 50 53 58 53 70 57 43 90 95 126 184 159 210 246 273 336 292 405 413 3300
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 0 4 3 23 19 31 32 18 16 18 18 41 37 60 50 67 84 85 99 96 166 154 180 235 220 173 148 101 110 141 139 130 120 64 36 28 13 8 5 2972
TDK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 30 60 57 74 76 47 48 56 59 62 65 81 74 83 103 160 213 258 230 201 155 285 329 2820
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 3 6 10 8 13 12 17 17 16 12 11 29 31 21 12 28 40 48 63 52 63 113 134 163 151 139 132 97 96 96 111 127 134 135 166 119 107 97 2631
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 905 600 575 497 2597
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 87 103 97 101 148 110 131 146 138 194 206 141 114 130 112 107 142 168 174 2557
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 19 24 32 34 39 31 34 32 28 29 28 38 44 53 90 111 137 130 144 88 62 54 91 82 79 68 49 61 63 77 79 79 62 59 64 86 73 90 82 2525
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 4 9 18 24 12 29 29 23 19 20 20 29 23 28 36 47 69 86 138 149 141 133 200 203 172 132 108 59 62 66 54 63 54 43 44 47 39 42 35 2509
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 4 0 3 6 4 7 7 0 5 4 13 12 25 14 12 19 44 30 57 64 116 84 79 92 111 73 64 66 79 92 121 116 129 157 146 143 102 124 114 2338
TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 30 32 39 79 49 58 56 45 53 40 28 40 55 46 43 54 55 57 57 58 79 87 49 65 92 68 69 99 74 72 78 69 102 64 46 39 18 10 2 2156
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 2 9 8 13 12 43 42 44 34 31 21 38 72 32 31 43 49 52 50 79 89 83 75 84 75 71 73 47 59 74 83 83 111 101 77 80 47 42 37 2096
NIPPON STEEL CORP. 3 12 23 30 22 44 66 53 44 62 26 29 34 38 66 57 42 53 48 54 78 56 62 73 80 79 84 71 88 94 67 56 51 62 59 41 45 28 26 2006
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 18 24 34 46 72 74 90 85 95 132 160 172 203 155 172 146 134 132 1955
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 46 29 44 67 48 50 59 51 35 45 35 59 55 67 71 70 69 48 51 53 50 37 33 34 57 54 34 29 27 50 60 69 66 77 60 56 37 34 28 1944
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 10 6 17 27 63 113 132 122 132 143 154 152 190 165 163 113 130 103 1941
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 9 21 14 55 158 152 101 96 112 95 116 132 150 128 135 113 163 143 1899
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 16 12 15 15 27 28 43 42 59 97 72 141 113 104 149 168 177 149 139 131 96 1805
FANUC LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 68 76 104 78 135 125 129 122 101 87 70 73 50 70 49 44 53 38 27 28 49 91 91 1780
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 2 16 3 6 8 4 13 9 8 10 26 23 35 38 31 36 35 48 36 20 59 72 87 84 52 52 69 70 123 97 104 92 70 55 48 52 64 87 1744
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 23 26 46 46 63 51 76 86 69 76 76 69 106 128 97 82 91 91 91 91 77 92 71 1733
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 12 6 6 15 23 11 17 22 29 36 30 39 34 48 44 31 54 46 33 47 46 47 43 49 53 47 52 62 67 89 58 67 76 56 64 65 51 76 64 1715
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 1 2 5 3 16 16 10 15 12 9 14 12 15 35 32 24 36 78 71 55 58 98 83 71 69 61 94 54 74 79 84 69 64 37 36 31 50 70 1643
JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3 4 0 1 0 5 5 11 5 17 34 32 46 44 51 49 64 54 60 79 96 92 96 72 63 49 57 57 72 71 57 69 65 54 54 23 9 10 3 1633
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 8 7 7 10 15 19 13 19 29 25 30 46 48 60 70 67 70 64 77 91 122 91 86 109 71 53 57 75 73 49 32 12 1618
TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. 0 6 22 48 30 28 33 39 26 30 23 32 47 43 47 46 58 46 40 51 40 39 38 39 40 41 42 37 62 48 60 70 72 65 61 44 36 32 23 1584
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 27 49 49 57 48 50 54 52 49 59 70 95 148 182 179 139 61 74 79 1537
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 22 17 22 18 12 11 12 8 11 11 22 15 7 2 6 7 8 22 44 26 44 76 102 86 113 94 126 130 124 81 90 82 1461
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 27 19 35 35 37 40 42 33 43 45 17 19 20 26 22 44 27 51 88 59 59 65 62 86 85 69 65 61 57 58 32 14 4 1 4 3 1 0 0 1455
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 7 11 12 8 10 15 14 21 18 16 24 29 20 20 23 25 35 34 32 31 45 48 49 42 36 47 47 64 67 52 80 80 104 87 58 74 48 1440
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 15 3 7 22 16 16 21 38 29 37 39 87 83 26 33 54 33 36 60 31 27 20 25 22 23 23 18 28 29 41 67 76 84 61 54 55 33 38 19 1429
TEIJIN LIMITED 16 24 29 44 35 43 39 70 43 33 25 38 38 45 34 32 37 25 28 37 33 37 26 29 53 44 43 37 47 37 37 43 53 56 45 41 22 17 10 1425
MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. 0 12 10 10 8 5 15 26 24 21 15 27 33 28 35 33 36 28 44 64 78 94 87 130 138 118 95 79 72 44 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1414
KOBE STEEL LTD. 8 10 11 12 17 24 24 23 24 21 19 24 22 28 51 42 46 53 41 31 35 37 60 72 36 55 42 46 40 64 52 49 45 43 44 48 19 36 33 1387
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 21 41 41 39 50 51 37 47 41 42 48 39 52 75 67 55 49 82 86 87 114 90 103 1368
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 13 11 11 10 9 7 11 10 6 10 19 8 22 14 17 25 41 37 43 23 34 50 45 57 49 35 30 30 50 59 43 60 79 68 65 76 58 58 55 1348
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50 131 204 248 214 265 223 1338
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 7 10 12 11 29 19 22 8 8 27 24 14 39 44 23 24 41 29 17 46 25 39 49 47 51 43 78 86 110 125 135 65 15 3 3 2 1333
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 33 74 75 93 117 136 56 37 29 33 34 37 40 32 43 54 50 83 81 45 62 46 1320
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 3 1 10 7 8 9 8 9 11 14 16 29 39 47 53 60 69 61 52 70 52 65 78 81 121 124 73 70 67 1314
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 0 0 0 3 7 6 8 8 9 7 8 10 12 24 26 34 42 43 41 30 46 50 84 97 120 93 82 86 73 154 76 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1310
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 9 11 13 6 7 11 16 9 5 7 6 8 5 7 12 10 7 10 18 28 28 19 32 55 59 46 43 26 41 53 40 51 85 134 159 99 63 44 1283
AJINOMOTO COMPANY INCORPORATED 9 17 36 29 15 32 49 28 10 10 6 18 17 12 22 18 21 22 32 24 29 24 31 24 32 41 34 40 35 50 49 43 56 60 46 64 42 55 71 1253
KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 2 1 6 5 4 3 4 11 8 8 8 15 24 20 28 25 36 44 44 39 48 50 52 43 59 83 52 62 70 59 63 58 82 76 42 3 2 1 0 1240
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 0 1 3 0 3 10 13 8 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 18 31 43 59 61 103 86 105 87 78 91 113 86 103 90 1216
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 6 3 7 11 12 13 15 17 19 28 54 34 55 46 48 41 38 50 33 32 22 44 64 54 68 58 87 88 52 59 46 1214
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263 264 214 207 261 1209
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 2 4 6 34 42 59 60 52 23 52 57 35 40 56 51 74 66 60 67 55 70 55 42 64 51 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1194
NSK LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 45 55 78 67 60 58 70 116 117 103 110 87 90 91 1177
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 13 9 9 15 13 41 22 42 41 47 34 42 37 33 41 41 43 36 42 24 44 57 58 52 47 49 52 57 65 47 1171
MITSUBISHI GAS-CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 1 1 10 17 31 21 18 11 24 25 35 35 24 28 17 20 20 25 43 49 46 44 51 51 40 33 47 65 43 51 48 46 38 27 45 40 1170
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 2 4 1 1 2 3 0 4 2 5 5 11 26 24 32 33 53 82 43 57 49 53 52 51 40 36 29 39 52 55 37 20 17 18 51 50 64 44 1147
EBARA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 3 7 10 12 15 7 10 13 19 23 30 29 29 29 53 73 77 73 78 122 94 93 78 76 78 1143
NIPPON GAKKI SEIZO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 25 78 64 50 63 39 39 41 66 55 85 61 67 51 56 53 49 79 67 12 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1124
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 6 10 16 8 18 14 26 18 11 9 8 12 7 7 11 23 12 12 24 25 34 31 26 22 25 20 18 29 32 37 51 70 85 70 86 63 88 48 1116
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 0 3 13 19 19 35 13 12 5 8 4 9 9 14 18 25 17 36 40 39 33 35 39 35 25 36 24 28 40 46 30 33 42 50 69 57 39 54 46 1099
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOMATSU SEISAKUSHO 1 3 7 14 18 18 24 39 44 41 28 25 23 32 27 50 64 46 46 22 25 25 34 60 82 72 55 77 42 29 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1081
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 7 11 15 17 11 32 26 30 31 15 13 11 14 21 14 20 33 18 49 49 51 53 62 79 46 44 21 21 8 7 27 21 28 31 42 27 27 28 17 1077
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 85 149 164 139 152 114 108