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OLYMPUS CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    43,643
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    63
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 21.0%
About

OLYMPUS CORP has a total of 43,643 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 21.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1984. It filed its patents most often in Japan, United States and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, optics and audio-visual technology are SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC, XION GMBH and INTHESMART CO LTD.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing OLYMPUS CORPs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing OLYMPUS CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Nonaka Osamu 641
#2 Ito Takeshi 364
#3 Kishi Kosuke 348
#4 Fujimori Noriyuki 294
#5 Suzuki Tatsuya 284
#6 Kanda Yamato 258
#7 Uchiyama Akio 242
#8 Nakatsuchi Kazutaka 223
#9 Takizawa Hironobu 219
#10 Sugihara Ryohei 216

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