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SONY

Overview
  • Total Patents
    47
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    228,413
About

SONY has a total of 47 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1968. It filed its patents most often in China, United States and Austria. Its main competitors in its focus markets audio-visual technology, computer technology and digital networks are Harvest Imaging bvba, KUSAKA YOSUKE and PIXIM INC.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing SONYs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 China 42
#2 United States 3
#3 Austria 2

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SONYs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Xu Jun 3
#2 Tabatabai Ali 3
#3 Shigeyuki Yamashita 3
#4 Yasuharu Asano 2
#5 Onuki Jun 1
#6 Masafumi Kusakawa 1
#7 Tanabe Mitsuru 1
#8 Masayuki Yokoyama 1
#9 Hiroshi Yoshihara 1
#10 Tomoyuki Ono 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
CN102131119A Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program