Canon : places top five in U.S. patent rankings for 35 years running and …
January 07, 2021 at 09:30 am
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TOKYO, January 5, 2021-Canon Inc. ranked third for the number of U.S. patents awarded in 2020, becoming the only company in the world to have ranked in the top five for 35 years running, according to the latest ranking of preliminary patent results issued by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. What's more, Canon once again ranked first among Japanese companies.
Canon actively promotes the globalization of its business and places great value on obtaining patents overseas, carefully adhering to a patent-filing strategy that pursues patents in essential countries and regions while taking into consideration the business strategies and technology and product trends unique to each location. Among these, the United States, with its many high-tech companies and large market scale, represents a particularly important region in terms of business expansion and technology alliances.
Canon U.S. patent rankings 2005-2020
Year
Overall
ranking
Ranking among
Japanese companies
No. of patents
2020
3rd
1st
3,226
2019
3rd
1st
3,548
2018
3rd
1st
3,051
2017
3rd
1st
3,284
2016
3rd
1st
3,662
2015
3rd
1st
4,127
2014
3rd
1st
4,048
2013
3rd
1st
3,820
2012
3rd
1st
3,173
2011
3rd
1st
2,818
2010
4th
1st
2,551
2009
4th
1st
2,200
2008
3rd
1st
2,107
2007
3rd
1st
1,983
2006
3rd
1st
2,368
2005
2nd
1st
1,829
Note:Number of patents for 2020 are based on figures released by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Figures for 2005 to 2019 are based on information issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Canon promotes the acquisition and utilization of intellectual property rights, not only for fundamental technologies required for next-generation products, but also such technologies as the wireless communication and image compression technologies shared by next-generation social infrastructure. In addition to patent acquisition, from starting in May 2020, Canon joined the COVID-19 Countermeasure Declaration as a founding member in order to help bring a swift end to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to this declaration, Canon has pledged not to enforce its intellectual property rights against development, manufacturing and other activities whose purpose is stopping the spread of COVID-19.
Canon contributes to the realization of technology that serves society by continuing to provide even better products, greater convenience and by contributing to the development of manufacturing.
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Canon Inc. specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer printing materials and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- printers (54.8%): laser printers, color printers, etc.;
- imaging equipment (19.4%): digital cameras, digital camcorders, inkjet printers, scanners, broadcasting materials, etc.;
- medical equipment (12.4%);
- other (13.4%): mask aligners by projection, industrial equipment, etc.
At the end of 2022, the group had 42 industrial sites located mainly in Japan (29).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (21.5%), Asia and Oceania (21.8%), Americas (31.1%) and Europe (25.6%).
CANON INC. 
