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CANON USA INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    337
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    4,826
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 57.0%
About

CANON USA INC has a total of 337 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 57.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1998. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, computer technology and measurement are BEIJING CHAOWEIJING BIOLOGICAL TECH CO LTD, MEDICAL WIRELESS SENSING LTD and VISUNEX MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO LTD.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing CANON USA INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Kato Takahisa 54
#2 Ikuta Mitsuhiro 42
#3 Elmaanaoui Badr 39
#4 Hata Nobuhiko 28
#5 Altshuler Alexander 28
#6 Yamada Daisuke 27
#7 Kang Dongkyun 25
#8 Tearney Guillermo J 20
#9 Ninni Brian 19
#10 Wu Tzu-Yu 18

Latest patents

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