Posted on 7th February 2024
As the new year begins, analysts are once again crunching the numbers from the previous year, reviewing performance in 2023 and publishing new reports. Patent data analysts are no exception. The table shows the ranking of patent applicants (non-Japanese) by the number of patent applications (no grant) published by the Japan Patent Office in 2023. Three LG companies and two tobacco companies were ranked in the top ten.
Top 10 applicants (non-Japanese), patents* applications published in Japan in 2023
1 LG Energy Solution 1160
2 IBM 869
3 Applied Materials 708
4 Royal Philips 560
5 Google 545
6 LG Electronics 395
7 LG Chem 395
8 Nicoventures 382
9 Tencent 374
10 Philip Morris 355
Source: IP Force
*Number of patent applications (A) published by the Japan Patent Office in 2023