With the analysis among 3,113 patents, we discovered top 490 key players by total patent application. Ricoh Co., Ltd., Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., TOTO Ltd. are dominant in this area. They take 22.04% of the total patent filing.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 308
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 125
Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Patent: 83
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 73
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 62
Matsushita Electronics Corp.
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 53
Toyama-ken, Japan
Patent: 43
Delaware, United States
Patent: 39
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 35
With the analysis among 3 patents, we discovered top 1 start-ups by total patent application.
With the analysis among related 133 patents applied in the last 5 years. We discover 89 most active companies in this area. The fast-growing Ricoh Co., Ltd., Konica Minolta, Inc., Canon Co., Ltd take 17.29% of patent filing during this period.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 10
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Patent: 6
3M Innovative Properties Co.
Minnesota, United States
Patent: 4
Guangdong Sheng, China
Patent: 2
KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc.
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Patent: 2
Kyoritsu Chemical & Co. Ltd.
With the analysis among related 133 patents in last 5 years, we discover 71 new entrants. Unicharm Corp., 3M Innovative Properties Co., Sika Technology AG are the most active new entrants in this area.
3M Innovative Properties Co.
Minnesota, United States
Patent: 4
Guangdong Sheng, China
Patent: 2
Hovedstaden, Denmark
Patent: 2
Kyoritsu Chemical & Co. Ltd.
SmartFlow Technologies, Inc.
North Carolina, United States
Patent: 2
New York, United States
Patent: 2
With the analysis among 48 patents, we discovered top 22 universities and scientific research institutions by total patent application. University of Western Ontario, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Wuyi University are dominant in this area. They take 20.83% of the total patent filing.
University of Western Ontario
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Patent: 2
Guangdong Sheng, China
Patent: 2
China University of Petroleum (East China)
Shandong Sheng, China
Patent: 1
Hefei University of Technology
Anhui Sheng, China
Patent: 1
Jiangsu Sheng, China
Patent: 1
Jiangsu Sheng, China
Patent: 1
Shaanxi Sheng, China
Patent: 1
Nanjing University of Science & Technology
Jiangsu Sheng, China
Patent: 1
Jiangsu Sheng, China
Patent: 1