Canon Ranks in the Top Five Number of U.S. Patents Granted for 37 Consecutive Years, and First Among Japanese Companies for 18 Consecutive Years

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Jan. 11, 2023

Canon ranked fifth in the number of patents registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2022 (announced by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, a U.S. patent research firm, on January 11, 2023^*). This marked the 37th consecutive year that Canon has ranked in the top five, making it the only company in the world to have achieved this record. Canon also ranked first among Japanese companies for the 18th consecutive year. Canon places a high value on acquiring patents not only in Japan, but also overseas, and promotes the acquisition of patent rights based on its business strategies as well as the technology and product trends in each region. * Numbers for 2018-2020 are based on publicly available information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
1	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	IBM	IBM	IBM	IBM
2	IBM^*1	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
3	TSMC^*2	Canon	Canon	Canon	Canon
4	HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES	TSMC	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING	INTEL
5	Canon	HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES	INTEL	INTEL	LG ELECTRONICS
6	LG ELECTRONICS	INTEL	TSMC	LG ELECTRONICS	TSMC
7	QUALCOMM	APPLE	LG ELECTRONICS	APPLE	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING
8	INTEL	LG ELECTRONICS	APPLE	FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES	QUALCOMM
9	APPLE	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING	HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES	AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES	APPLE
10	TOYOTA MOTOR	QUALCOMM	QUALCOMM	HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES	FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES

*1 IBM is an abbreviation of International Business Machines Corporation.
*2 TSMC is an abbreviation of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited.

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