The Number of JP Patent Registrations in 2015

According to the JPO press release about the number of JP patent registrations in 2015 by corporate applicants, Toyota Motor Corporation had the largest number of patent registration under 4,614 cases. Although Toyota had the fourth largest number of patent registration under 3,860 in 2014, they recorded the remarkable increase in the number of patent registration this year. Top 10 companies and the number of patent registrations thereof last year were as follows;

1. Toyota Motor Corporation (4,614)
2. Canon Inc. (3,717)
3. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (3,364)
4. TOSHIBA CORPORATION (2,514)
5. Panasonic Corporation (2,445)
6. FUJITSU LIMITED (2,339)
7. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (2,264)
8. Ricoh Company, Ltd. (2,053)
9. DENSO CORPORATION (2,024)
10. Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (1,934)

In addition, regarding the number of JP design registrations and JP trademark registration in 2015 by corporate applications, Panasonic Corporation recorded the largest number of design registration under 538 cases and Shiseido Company, Limited recorded the largest number of trademark registration under 443 cases.

As for PCT international applications filed with the JPO as the receiving office, the number of application in 2015 recorded 43,097 and was increased by 4.4% compared to the number in 2014. The country filing the largest number of PCT applications in 2015 was the United States of America (57,385; 26.3% of total applications), followed by Japan (44,235; 20.3%) and China (29,846; 13.7%).

Reported by Hidekazu ISHII, Japanese Patent Attorney