光学的変換技術 (JP Patent Analysis Report) (JP SDGs Patent Report)

The Theme Code "光学的変換技術" had 56 patent application filings in the most recent period (2024-01-01 to 2024-10-31). This is a with an increasing trend transition of +9 filings (19.1%) over 47 they had in the same period of the previous year (2023-01-01 to 2023-10-31).

The highest number of filings in 2022 with 105 cases, and their lowest number in 2023 with 59 cases.

The mean of the number of filings over the last 4 years (2021 to 2024, 316 cases in total) is 79.0, and the median is 76.0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.22, and filings have been moderate fluctuations.

Filing information for the last 4 years (2021 to 2024)
Index Value
Average 79.0 patents
Std Dev 17.3
COV 0.22

The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).

Filing trends for the last 3 years
Year Cases YOY
2025 year 14 cases -79.7%
2024 year 69 cases +16.95%
2023 year 59 cases -43.8%

This report provides the latest patent analysis information (the IP landscape, including a patent map) on the patent search results of the JP patent database for 光学的変換技術[2F103] for the period of the last 6 years (2020 to 2025). You can compare the information in this report with the trends in your competitors’ patent filings and technologies.

This service provides, free of charge, a patent analysis report based on the latest patent data (Japanese, U.S., European, and PCT application publications) for use in patent searches, patent analysis, and IP landscaping. The service is offered by "Patent Integration" a firm specializing in patent search/patent analysis.

This report includes basic information to help you understand the IP strategy and management of 光学的変換技術, such as changes in the number of patents/patent applications they have filed, comparisons of the numbers of patents/patent applications filed by their peers and competitors, and their top coapplicants (joint research partners, alliance partners). It can be used in various intellectual property business operations such as IP landscaping, patent search/patent analysis, preparation of intellectual property business evaluation reports, selection of M&A candidates, and selection of alliance partners.

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He is a patent attorney at a patent office. He specializes in invention counseling, patent filing, and intellectual property strategies for start-up companies and new businesses in the fields of software, information technology and artificial intelligence. He runs a patent course for beginners on Udemy, an online course provider.

After studying physics at the University of Tokyo as a doctoral student, he was engaged in intellectual property analysis and technology trend research as an in-house patent attorney at a precision equipment manufacturer and at Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc..

Introduction

The concept of the "IP landscape" (IPL) has been attracting attention recently.

An IP landscape is not limited to patent information, but also integrates and analyzes business information (e.g., non-patent information such as papers, news releases, stock information, and market information). Intellectual-property-based business management is realized through the analysis of intellectual property information applied to the formulation of management strategies and business strategies. This is a comprehensive approach that includes but not limited to planning of open and closed strategies, selecting M&A candidates, searching for alliance partners, and formulating intellectual property strategies, through the exploitation of intellectual property information.

IP landscaping usually includes patent search and patent analysis. In patent search and patent analysis, it is important to grasp the market position of each company and the overall technological trends and development trends for each technology. More specifically, it is important to understand what intellectual property your own company and other companies hold, what the strengths and weaknesses of other companies are, and how other companies are trying to exploit their intellectual property. In other words, it is important to understand both the business strategy and the intellectual property strategy of each company.

Foreign Patent Analysis Report

By clicking, you can check the patent application trends in each country of 光学的変換技術.

Patent Filing Trends in Each Country

Foreign Patent Analysis Report

The following foreign patent analysis reports have been found for 光学的変換技術. The trends of patent filings of 光学的変換技術 for each country can be found by clicking on the Applicant/Patent Holder name next to each country.

Patent Filing Trends in Each Country
Country Applicant / Patent Holder

光学的変換技術, Changes in the Number of JP Patents/Patent Applications

The changes in the number of patent filings of 光学的変換技術 over the last 6 years (JP) are shown below.

The change in the number of patents/patent applications is the most basic index in patent analysis. By examining the change in the number of patents/patent applications, you can see the status of technological development and R&D focus for each company or technology. It should be noted that since there is a one and a half year lag between the filing and the laying open of patent applications, it is not possible to analyze the situation more recently than one and half years prior to the present.

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Filing trend data
光学的変換技術 JP patent filing trend (unit: cases)
Year Cases
2021 83
2022 105
2023 59
2024 69
2025 14

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Patent landscaping is a visualization of the distribution of patent filings (application focus areas) for each technical keyword. Mountains and islands indicated by heatmap contours represent clusters of patent applications filed, and red areas on the heatmap indicate many patent filings relating to the keyword.

The patent landscape for 光学的変換技術 gives an intuitive understanding of what patent filings they have made and what technical position is to be established. By selecting filing year checkboxes and filtering, you can track their past filing trends (what technical area they have focused on).

By selecting applicant/patent holder checkboxes and filtering, you can visually grasp the technical areas of the filings for each applicant and the partnerships or alliances formed. Please use it as a guide for patent analysis and IP landscaping.

In addition, by visually representing the patent data in this manner, you can convincingly show the technical positions of your company and its competitors to your management and business strategists in order to formulate management strategies and business strategies.

Characteristic Terms (Importance)

The following is a list of words (characteristic terms) often used in 光学的変換技術 patent applications. Characteristic terms with a higher importance are used in more patents/patent applications.

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Search Set (Analysis Patents)

This patent analysis report was created for a patent search set of 330 cases retrieved by applying the following search formula and analysis period to the following patent database. Patent information such as a patent analysis result, a patent map, and a patent landscape can be freely used for patent searches, analysis, and work on intellectual property strategies, including IP landscaping.

Patent Database
JP Publications/Granted Patents
Patent Search Formula
Theme Code:
光学的変換技術[2F103]
Patent Analysis Period
2020〜2025
Number of Patents
330 patents

Analysis results are determined on the basis of patent gazette data issued by the patent office in each country.

Same industry / competition company information  (JP)

The patent information of the higher applicant in the technical theme 光学的変換技術 is shown below. By comparing the number of patents of each company, you can check the research and development status of each company's past and present technical themes and the position of each company in the technical theme.

記事監修:佐藤 寿

佐藤総合特許事務所 代表弁理士

佐藤 寿のコメント

同業や競合企業が特許に注力している分野を知ることで、自社の戦略や製品開発の方向性を把握することができます。また、競合企業の特許出願件数の増減傾向を知ることで、競合関係の変化や動向を把握することができます。例えば直近10年間の出願件数の順位と直近3年間の出願件数の順位とを比較することで、順位の上下による業界内でのポジショニングの変動を把握することができます。このような情報をもとに、知財戦略において最も重要な自社の出願戦略を見直すことができます。なお、パテントインテグレーションレポートでは、国内及び主要国の企業や注目技術分野などの出願件数上位1000件までのテーマでレポートを作成しているので、ここに挙がっていない関連する他の企業や技術分野と比較することで、より有益な示唆を得ることもできます。

Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).

Comparing the number of applications of each company, 横河電機株式会社 has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025) with 11 cases, followed by NTT株式会社 with 8 cases.

Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).
Name Cases
横河電機株式会社 11 cases
NTT株式会社 8 cases
沖電気工業株式会社 5 cases
エヌイーシーラボラトリーズアメリカインク 4 cases
キヤノン株式会社 4 cases
日本電気株式会社 2 cases

Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2020 to 2025).

Comparing the number of applications of each company, NTT株式会社 has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2020 to 2025) with 29 cases, followed by エヌイーシーラボラトリーズアメリカインク with 25 cases.

Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2020 to 2025).
Name Cases
NTT株式会社 29 cases
エヌイーシーラボラトリーズアメリカインク 25 cases
日本電気株式会社 25 cases
横河電機株式会社 19 cases
沖電気工業株式会社 19 cases
キヤノン株式会社 15 cases

Same industry / competition company JP patent filing ranking

記事監修:佐藤 寿

佐藤総合特許事務所 代表弁理士

佐藤 寿のコメント

同業や競合企業の長期的な特許出願件数の推移から、長期トレンドと出願件数の山や谷を確認することができます。これにより、例えば研究開発の活発化傾向・減退化傾向、突発的な開発集中時期等を特定することができ、自社の特許出願や知財戦略に対する見直しを行うことができます。また、競合企業の製品や技術開発の傾向を知ることで、自社の新規開発や商品開発の位置づけを把握することができます。なお、このグラフにおいても直近の期間については未公開の期間が存在する可能性があるために、未公開の期間に出願されると予測される出願件数を補って動向を把握する必要があります。

Same industry / competition company, Change in the Number of JP Patents

Below is a patent map showing changes in the number of applications for JP patents of 6 companies in the same industry over the past 6 years.

Ranking data
Competitor filing ranking
Name Cases
NTT株式会社 29
エヌイーシーラボラトリーズアメリカインク 25
日本電気株式会社 25
横河電機株式会社 19
沖電気工業株式会社 19
キヤノン株式会社 15
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Top company information  (JP)

The patent information of the higher applicant in the technical theme 光学的変換技術 is shown below. By comparing the number of patents of each company, you can check the research and development status of each company's past and present technical themes and the position of each company in the technical theme.

記事監修:佐藤 寿

佐藤総合特許事務所 代表弁理士

佐藤 寿のコメント

同業や競合企業が特許に注力している分野を知ることで、自社の戦略や製品開発の方向性を把握することができます。また、競合企業の特許出願件数の増減傾向を知ることで、競合関係の変化や動向を把握することができます。例えば直近10年間の出願件数の順位と直近3年間の出願件数の順位とを比較することで、順位の上下による業界内でのポジショニングの変動を把握することができます。このような情報をもとに、知財戦略において最も重要な自社の出願戦略を見直すことができます。なお、パテントインテグレーションレポートでは、国内及び主要国の企業や注目技術分野などの出願件数上位1000件までのテーマでレポートを作成しているので、ここに挙がっていない関連する他の企業や技術分野と比較することで、より有益な示唆を得ることもできます。

Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).

among the top coapplicants, 横河電機株式会社 has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025) with 11 cases, followed by NTT株式会社 with 8 cases.

Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).
Name Cases
横河電機株式会社 11 cases
NTT株式会社 8 cases
沖電気工業株式会社 5 cases

Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2020 to 2025).

among the top coapplicants, NTT株式会社 has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2020 to 2025) with 29 cases, followed by 横河電機株式会社 with 19 cases.

Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2020 to 2025).
Name Cases
NTT株式会社 29 cases
横河電機株式会社 19 cases
沖電気工業株式会社 19 cases

Top company JP patent filing ranking

Below is a ranking of the number of JP patent applications by 光学的変換技術’s top 3 coapplicants over the last 6 years.

記事監修:佐藤 寿

佐藤総合特許事務所 代表弁理士

佐藤 寿のコメント

同業や競合企業の長期的な特許出願件数の推移から、長期トレンドと出願件数の山や谷を確認することができます。これにより、例えば研究開発の活発化傾向・減退化傾向、突発的な開発集中時期等を特定することができ、自社の特許出願や知財戦略に対する見直しを行うことができます。また、競合企業の製品や技術開発の傾向を知ることで、自社の新規開発や商品開発の位置づけを把握することができます。なお、このグラフにおいても直近の期間については未公開の期間が存在する可能性があるために、未公開の期間に出願されると予測される出願件数を補って動向を把握する必要があります。
Ranking data
Top co-applicant filing ranking
Name Cases
NTT株式会社 29
エヌイーシーラボラトリーズアメリカインク 25
日本電気株式会社 25

Top company, Change in the Number of JP Patents

Below is a patent map showing the changes in the numbers of JP patent filings by 光学的変換技術’s top 3 coapplicants over the last 6 years.

Ranking data
Top co-applicant filing ranking
Name Cases
NTT株式会社 29
エヌイーシーラボラトリーズアメリカインク 25
日本電気株式会社 25
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Top company details

Trends in filing of joint patent applications with 横河電機株式会社

光学的変換技術 filed 19 joint applications with 横河電機株式会社 for the analysis period (2020 to 2025).

The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2020 to 2024, 18 cases in total) is 3.6, and the median is 4.0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.5, and filings have been large fluctuations.

The number of filings has been increasing for the last 3 years (2023 to 2025). The highest number of filings in 2024 with 6 cases, and their lowest number in 2020 with 1 cases.

Filing information for the last 5 years (2020 to 2024)
Index Value
Average 3.6 patents
Std Dev 1.6
COV 0.5
Filing trends for the last 3 years
Year Cases YOY
2025 year 1 cases -83.3%
2024 year 6 cases +50.0%
2023 year 4 cases +33.3%

Trends in filing of joint patent applications with NTT株式会社

光学的変換技術 filed 29 joint applications with NTT株式会社 for the analysis period (2020 to 2025).

The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2020 to 2024, 27 cases in total) is 5.4, and the median is 5.0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.4, and filings have been large fluctuations.

The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2023 to 2025). The highest number of filings in 2021 with 9 cases, and their lowest number in 2023 with 2 cases.

Filing information for the last 5 years (2020 to 2024)
Index Value
Average 5.4 patents
Std Dev 2.4
COV 0.4
Filing trends for the last 3 years
Year Cases YOY
2025 year 2 cases -50.0%
2024 year 4 cases +100%
2023 year 2 cases -71.4%

Trends in filing of joint patent applications with 沖電気工業株式会社

光学的変換技術 filed 19 joint applications with 沖電気工業株式会社 for the analysis period (2020 to 2025).

The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2020 to 2024, 19 cases in total) is 3.8, and the median is 4.0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.5, and filings have been large fluctuations.

The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2023 to 2025). The highest number of filings in 2022 with 7 cases, and their lowest number in 2023 with 1 cases.

Filing information for the last 5 years (2020 to 2024)
Index Value
Average 3.8 patents
Std Dev 1.9
COV 0.5
Filing trends for the last 3 years
Year Cases YOY
2025 year 0 cases -100%
2024 year 4 cases +300%
2023 year 1 cases -85.7%

Information on important patents (JP)

The following shows JP patents held by 光学的変換技術 that have had an invalidation trial against them demanded or an opposition filed against them by a third party, and 光学的変換技術’s JP patents/patent applications of high importance cited by Examiners in patent examination processes.

By noting the most important patents, you can obtain knowledge of the competitive business environment in which 光学的変換技術 is placed (e.g., whether it is a fiercely competitive environment or an oligopolistic market and the like). In general, it can be understood that a company with a large number of demands for invalidation trials is developing their business in a business environment where IP disputes are common.

Glossary

Cited
Indicates that the patent/patent application has been cited (by Examiners) in notices of reasons for rejection in the examination process of other (Japanese, U.S., or European) patent applications. The higher the number of citations, the more important the patent/patent application is considered to be.
Request for invalidation trial
Indicates that a third party has requested a procedure to invalidate the patent. It is likely to affect the business of third parties and is considered to be of high importance.
Opposition
Indicates that a third party has filed a petition with the Patent Office to hear the validity of the patent again. Like the trial for invalidation, it is considered to be of high importance.
Information provision
Indicates that a third party has provided the Patent Office with useful information for examination for the patent filed. It is usually considered to be of high importance because it is done to prevent the patent from being granted.
Browsing request
Indicates that a third party has requested the Patent Office to view the patent bag (a set of documents exchanged between the Patent Office and the applicant). The bag is often checked prior to trial for invalidation, opposition, and provision of information, and is considered to be a highly important patent.

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