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Canon Ranks in the Top Five for Number of U.S. Patents Granted for 38 Consecutive Years, and First Among Japanese Companies

January 10, 2024

Canon ranked fifth in the number of patents registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2023 (announced by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, a U.S. patent research firm, on January 10, 2024*). This marked the 38th 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 19th 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 2019-2020 are based on publicly available information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

WORLD RECORD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
1 SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS		 SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS		 IBM IBM IBM
2 QUALCOMM IBM SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS		 SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS		 SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS
3 TSMC*1 TSMC Canon Canon Canon
4 IBM*2 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES TSMC MICROSOFT
TECHNOLOGY
LICENSING		 MICROSOFT
TECHNOLOGY
LICENSING
5 Canon Canon HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES INTEL INTEL
6 SAMSUNG
DISPLAY		 LG ELECTRONICS INTEL TSMC LG ELECTRONICS
7 APPLE QUALCOMM APPLE LG ELECTRONICS APPLE
8 LG ELECTRONICS INTEL LG ELECTRONICS APPLE FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES
9 MICRON APPLE MICROSOFT
TECHNOLOGY
LICENSING		 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES
10 INTEL TOYOTA MOTOR QUALCOMM QUALCOMM HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES
  • *1 TSMC is an abbreviation of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited.
  • *2 IBM is an abbreviation of International Business Machines Corporation.

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