Top 20 Key Players companies in Microorganism by Highest Patent Value in the Japan in 2018 – Discovery

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The Microorganism top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Highest Patent Value Microorganism Key Players in the Japan. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

A microorganism, or microbe, is a microscopic organism, which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. In the 1850s, Louis Pasteur found that microorganisms caused food spoilage, debunking the theory of spontaneous generation. In the 1880s, Robert Koch discovered that microorganisms caused the diseases tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax.

1	Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Nutraceutical,Health care,Cosmetics, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 7.42 M
2	Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Pharmacy,Drug,Certolizumab pegol, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 7.42 M
3	Mitsubishi Power Ltd.	Kanagawa, Japan	Turbine,Control system,Renewable energy, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 6.60 M
4	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems	Kanagawa, Japan	Control system	Avg patent value: 6.60 M
5	Hayashibara Co., Ltd.	Okayama, Japan	Food industry,Snack foods,Starch, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 6.13 M
6	Hayashibara Shoji, Inc.	Okayama, Japan	Medical equipment,Trehalose,Pullulan, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 6.13 M
7	Mebiol, Inc.	Kanagawa, Japan	Cultivation System,Farming industry,Agriculture	Avg patent value: 5.33 M
8	Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Medicine,Self-medication,Drug, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 4.46 M
9	Nippon Suisan Co. Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Fish oil,Food industry,Fish products	Avg patent value: 4.35 M
10	Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Kasugamycin,Crop,Agriculture, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 4.26 M
11	Anaeropharma Science, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Bifidobacterium,Pharmacy and Therapeutics,Medicine, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 4.20 M
12	Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Veterinary medicine,Food industry,Snack foods, ...[+1]	Avg patent value: 4.11 M
13	Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Clinical trial,Drug,Medicine, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 4.11 M
14	Green Cross Co., Ltd.	Fukuoka, Japan	Oil well,DNA vaccination,Oncology drugs, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 3.89 M
15	Activus Pharma Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Drug development	Avg patent value: 3.54 M
16	Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.	New Jersey, Japan	Clinical trial,Cardiovascular agent,Drug, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 3.46 M
17	Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Pesticide,Agriculture,Chemical engineering, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 3.46 M
18	Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.	Osaka, Japan	Medicine,Health care,Clinical trial, ...[+2]	Avg patent value: 3.45 M
19	Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd.	Japan	Pharmaceutical drug,Botanical drug,Herb	Avg patent value: 3.45 M
20	Meisho Co. Ltd.	Osaka, Japan	Methane,Refrigerant,Petrochemical	Avg patent value: 3.41 M