European Patent Office publishes "The Patent Index 2024"

The European Patent Office published "The Patent Index 2024" on March XNUMX, XNUMX.

This article focuses on filing applications from Japan.

■ Application status from Japan

The number of patent applications from Japan in 21,062 will be 2.4 (down XNUMX% from the previous year).

Of all applications worldwide, including within Europe, applications from Japan accounted for 10.6%, ranking third after the United States (47,787 applications, 24.0%) and Germany (25,033 applications, 12.6%).

The number of patent applications submitted from Japan in 13,444 will be 0.2 (up XNUMX% from the previous year).

i. By field, the top five fields of applications from Japan are electrical machinery (9.9%), transportation (6.4%), computers (6.2%), digital communication (5.7%) and measurement (5.7%).

ii. By applicant, the Japanese applicant with the highest number of European patent applications in 1,307 is Sony (XNUMX applications), ranking XNUMXth among applicants worldwide.

*The top 10 companies in terms of number of applications from Japan are as follows:

For more detailed information on filing applications from Japan, please refer to the following URL:
https://www.epo.org/en/about-us/statistics/statistics-centre#/countrydashboards?code=JP

For statistics on the EPO as a whole, including those outside Japan, please see the following URL:
https://www.epo.org/en/news-events/news/european-innovation-remains-robust-demand-patents-sustained-high-level