With the analysis among 1,935 patents, we discovered top 387 key players by total patent application. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. are dominant in this area. They take 22.79% of the total patent filing.
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 240
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 121
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 80
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 64
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 57
Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Patent: 50
Matsushita Electronics Corp.
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 48
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 36
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Kanagawa-ken, Japan
Patent: 35
With the analysis among 17 patents, we discovered top 3 start-ups by total patent application.
California, United States
Patent: 3
With the analysis among related 453 patents applied in the last 5 years. We discover 166 most active companies in this area. The fast-growing Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. take 27.81% of patent filing during this period.
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 80
Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Ltd.
Hokkaido, Japan
Patent: 24
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 22
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd.
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 18
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 16
Aichi-ken, Japan
Patent: 13
Tokyo-to, Japan
Patent: 11
Kyoto-fu, Japan
Patent: 10
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhejiang Sheng, China
Patent: 8
With the analysis among related 453 patents in last 5 years, we discover 105 new entrants. Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd., KIOXIA Corp., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. are the most active new entrants in this area.
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd.
Osaka-fu, Japan
Patent: 18
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Patent: 4
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China
Sichuan Sheng, China
Patent: 4
Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.
Saitama-ken, Japan
Patent: 3
National Institute for Materials Science IAI
Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Patent: 3
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Michigan, United States
Patent: 3
With the analysis among 293 patents, we discovered top 116 universities and scientific research institutions by total patent application. Tohoku University, Osaka University, Aichi University of Education are dominant in this area. They take 13.31% of the total patent filing.
Miyagi-ken, Japan
Patent: 13
Aichi University of Education
Aichi-ken, Japan
Patent: 6
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Beijing Shi, China
Patent: 4
University of Electronic Science & Technology of China
Sichuan Sheng, China
Patent: 4
Shandong Sheng, China
Patent: 3
Jilin Sheng, China
Patent: 3