Changes in the Number of Patent Applications, Requests for Examination, Patent Registrations, etc. by Filing Year

 

Changes in the Number of Patent Applications Filed by Universities in Japan (2004-2015)

(Note)
The data was collected by counting applications filed by a university president, university or approved TLO. The data also includes applications filed by universities that are joint applicants with companies.

 

Changes in the Number of Patent Applications Filed with the IP5 Offices (2010-2015)

 

Changes in the Number of Patent Applications from Japan to Foreign IP Offices (2005-2014)

 

Changes in the Number of Design Applications in the World (2005-2014)

 

Top 10 Companies that Registered Patents Most (2015)

Rank (2015)		2014	Applicant	Number of Registrations
1		(4)	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION	4,614
2		(1)	Canon Inc.	3,717
3		(2)	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	3,364
4		(5)	TOSHIBA CORPORATION	2,514
5		(3)	Panasonic Corporation	2,445
6		(7)	FUJITSU LIMITED	2,339
7		(12)	SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION	2,264
8		(6)	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	2,053
9		(8)	DENSO CORPORATION	2,024
10		(10)	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	1,934

(Note)
The number of registrations by Panasonic Corporation includes those by Panasonic IP Management K.K.

 

Top 10 Companies that Registered Designs Most (2015)

Rank (2015)		2014	Applicant	Number of Registrations
1		(1)	Panasonic Corporation	538
2		(2)	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	445
3		(6)	OKAMURA CORPORATION	368
4		(4)	LIXIL Corporation	289
5		(5)	Sharp Corporation	281
6		(7)	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	209
7		(13)	TOSHIBA CORPORATION	153
8		(265)	Nike Innovate C.V.	148
9		(3)	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.LTD	142
10		(34)	YANMAR Co., Ltd.	141

(Note)
The number of registrations by Panasonic Corporation includes those by Panasonic IP Management K.K.

 

Top 10 Companies that Registered Trademarks Most (2015)

Rank (2015)		2014	Applicant	Number of Registrations
1		(1)	Shiseido Company, Limited	443
2		(2)	Sanrio Company, Ltd.	370
3		(3)	FUJITSU LIMITED	283
4		(4)	Kao Corporation	272
5		(10)	MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.	264
6		(9)	Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.	221
7		(11)	Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	218
8		(5)	Panasonic Corporation	187
9		(16)	Sharp Corporation	180
9		(7)	TOYO SHINYAKU Co., Ltd.	180

 

Number of Lawsuits (2015)

	Patent/Utility Model 2015 (2014)	Design 2015 (2014)	Trademark 2015 (2014)
Ex-Parte Appeal *	73 (108)	2 (11)	26 (14)
Inter-Partes Trial **	118 (109)	2 (0)	41 (35)
Opposition Procedure	0 (0)	–	1 (1)

* Appeal against examiner’s decision of refusal / Appeal against examiner’s decision to dismiss amendment /Trial for correction
** Trial for invalidation / Trial for rescission

Number of Court Judgements (2015)

	Patent/Utility Model 2015 (2014)		Design 2015 (2014)		Trademark 2015 (2014)
	Dismissal	Reversal	Dismissal	Reversal	Dismissal	Reversal
Ex-Parte Appeal *	49 (84)	18 (21)	4 (13)	0 (1)	17 (15)	1 (0)
Inter-Partes Trial **	46 (50)	27 (37)	1 (0)	0 (0)	17 (13)	14 (5)
Opposition Procedure	0 (-)	0 (-)	–	–	1 (1)	0 (0)

* Appeal against examiner’s decision of refusal / Appeal against examiner’s decision to dismiss amendment /Trial for correction
** Trial for invalidation / Trial for rescission

The above data excludes decisions to revoke trial decisions under Article 181 (2) of the Patent Act prior to the latest revision.

 

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