Corporate Data Intellectual Property
■ Patent Portfolio Status Fujitsu Group’s Pending and Granted Patents Worldwide Granted Patents At present, the Fujitsu Group holds a total of about 61% 95,000 pending and granted patents worldwide. About 95,000 As Fujitsu’s business continues to become more Patents Intellectual Property global, the number of patents the Group holds Pending Patents outside of Japan has come to exceed the number of 39% patents held within Japan. Fujitsu and Fujitsu Group companies are actively filing patent applications Breakdown of Granted and Pending Patents for and acquiring patent rights worldwide. We are also Each Region actively engaged in uncovering inventions from affiliated companies outside Japan, including those Japan 63% 37%
in North America, Europe and China, to enhance our Americas 70% 30% patent portfolios. Europe 39% 61% Granted Patents Asia and Pending Patents 70% 30 In FY 2013, the Fujitsu Group filed approximately Oceania % 3,800 patent applications in Japan and approximately 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 (Patents) 4,900 outside Japan. As of March 31, 2014 Source: Fujitsu internal statistical information
Looking at Fujitsu’s patent position in Japan and Number of Patent Applications Filed by Fujitsu the US in terms of the number of patents granted Group in FY 2013 in a given year, in 2013 Fujitsu Limited ranked 7th Number of Patent Total Number of Patent Applications Field th in Japan (according to internal research) and 12 in Applications Filed in Japan* Outside Japan 4,929 the US (according to IFI CLAIMS Patent Services). For 3,825 Americas Europe Asia and Oceania the Fujitsu Group as a whole, 5,128 patents were 1,951 2,110 868 granted in Japan and 2,455 patents were granted in * This value includes patent applications filed in Japan based on the Patent Cooperation Treaty. the US in 2013. From April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 Source: Fujitsu internal statistical information
Number of Granted Patents in Japan in 2013 Number of Granted Patents in the US in 2013
1 Panasonic 7,123 1 IBM 6,809 2 Toyota Motor 5,586 2 Samsung 4,676 3 Canon 5,582 3 Canon 3,825 4 Mitsubishi Electric 4,963 4 Sony 3,098 5 Toshiba 4,623 5 Microsoft 2,660 6 Honda Motor 3,637 6 Panasonic 2,601 7 Fujitsu 3,483 7 Toshiba 2,416 8 Ricoh 3,292 8 Hon Hai 2,279 9 NEC 2,940 9 Qualcomm 2,103 10 Sharp 2,871 10 LG 1,947 11 Denso 2,826 11 Google 1,851 12 Hitachi 2,607 12 Fujitsu 1,806 13 Fuji Film Holdings 2,553 13 Apple 1,775 14 Seiko Epson 2,370 14 GE 1,739 15 Nissan Mortor 2,037 15 GM Global Technology 1,626 16 Kyocera 1,860 16 Seiko Epson 1,494 17 NTT 1,800 17 Ricoh 1,470 18 Sony 1,787 18 Intel 1,455 19 Dai Nippon Printing 1,721 19 HP Development 1,360 20 Fuji Xerox 1,445 20 Blackberry 1,334 0 1,500 3,000 4,500 6,000 7,500 9,000 0 1,500 3,000 4,500 6,000 7,500 (Patents) (Patents) All applicants were counted on the Patent Grants issuance date. All applicants were counted on the Patent Grants issuance date. Source: in-house investigation based on data published by Japan Patent Office Source: Date provided IFI CLAIMS Patent Services data The number of patents granted to Fujitsu Group companies other than Fujitsu Limited is 1,645 (20 companies). The number of patents granted to Fujitsu Group companies other than Fujitsu Limited is 649 (12 companies). The total number of patents granted to Fujitsu Group: 5,128 The total number of patents granted to Fujitsu Group: 2,455
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