The Applicant / Patent Holder "SONY CORPORATION" had 5 patent application filings in the most recent period (2023-01-01 to 2023-03-31). This is a significantly decreased of -4 filings (-44.4%) over 9 they had in the same period of the previous year (2022-01-01 to 2022-03-31).
The highest number of filings in 2014 with 2,674 cases, and their lowest number in 2022 with 40 cases.
The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2018 to 2023, 5,063 cases in total) is 844, and the median is 428. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 1.1, and there have been very big fluctuations in the number of filings from year to year.
Index | Value |
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Average | 844 patents |
Std Dev | 891 |
COV | 1.1 |
Year | Cases | YOY |
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2022 year | 40 cases | -76.5 % |
2021 year | 170 cases | -75.3 % |
2020 year | 687 cases | -66.0 % |
This report provides the latest patent analysis information (the IP landscape, including a patent map) on the patent search results of the US patent database for SONY CORPORATION for the period of the last 10 years (2014-01-01 to 2024-11-30). You can compare the information in this report with the trends in your competitors’ patent filings and technologies, and use it to search for important patents.
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This report includes basic information to help you understand the IP strategy and management of SONY CORPORATION, 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, their top coapplicants (joint research partners, alliance partners), and their most important patents. 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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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.
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The following foreign patent analysis reports have been found for SONY CORPORATION. The trends of patent filings of SONY CORPORATION for each country can be found by clicking on the Applicant/Patent Holder name next to each country.
Country | Applicant / Patent Holder |
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JP | ソニー株式会社 |
US | SONY CORPORATION |
EP | SONY CORPORATION |
PCT | SONY CORPORATION |
The changes in the number of patent filings of SONY CORPORATION over the last 20 years (US) 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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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 SONY CORPORATION 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).
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The following is a list of words (characteristic terms) often used in SONY CORPORATION patent applications. Characteristic terms with a higher importance are used in more patents/patent applications.
This patent analysis report was created for a patent search set of 14,550 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.
The number of patents and changes in the number of patents of other companies (competitors) in the same industry as SONY CORPORATION are shown below.
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Below is a patent map showing changes in the number of applications for US patents of 0 companies in the same industry over the past 20 years.
The changes in the number of patents shared with SONY CORPORATION’s top coapplicants are shown below.
By searching for the top coapplicants, you can discover what companies SONY CORPORATION is partnered with to develop technologies and use this information for R&D and intellectual property strategies.
Also, by looking at the change in the number of filings, you can see what companies SONY CORPORATION conducted joint research with in the past, and check the history of SONY CORPORATION’s alliances, partnerships, and joint research and development.
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Among the top coapplicants, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2022 to 2024) with 2 cases.
Name | Cases |
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SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC | 2 cases |
Among the top coapplicants, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2014 to 2024) with 278 cases, followed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC with 72 cases.
Name | Cases |
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SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC | 278 cases |
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC | 72 cases |
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC | 54 cases |
SONY ELECTRONICS INC | 44 cases |
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC | 21 cases |
SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB | 7 cases |
Below is a ranking of the number of US patent applications by SONY CORPORATION’s top 6 coapplicants over the last 20 years.
Below is a patent map showing the changes in the numbers of US patent filings by SONY CORPORATION’s top 6 coapplicants over the last 20 years.
SONY CORPORATION filed 44 joint applications with SONY ELECTRONICS INC for the analysis period (2014 to 2024).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2018 to 2023, 3 cases in total) is 0.5, and the median is 0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 1.5, and there have been very big fluctuations in the number of filings from year to year.
The highest number of filings in 2014 with 34 cases, and their lowest number in 2022 with 0 cases.
Index | Value |
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Average | 0.5 patents |
Std Dev | 0.8 |
COV | 1.5 |
Year | Cases | YOY |
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2019 year | 1 cases | -50.0 % |
2018 year | 2 cases | - |
2017 year | 0 cases | -100 % |
SONY CORPORATION filed 278 joint applications with SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC for the analysis period (2014 to 2024).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2018 to 2023, 34 cases in total) is 5.7, and the median is 2.5. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 1.2, and there have been very big fluctuations in the number of filings from year to year.
The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2020 to 2023). The highest number of filings in 2014 with 115 cases, and their lowest number in 2022 with 1 cases.
Index | Value |
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Average | 5.7 patents |
Std Dev | 6.6 |
COV | 1.2 |
Year | Cases | YOY |
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2022 year | 1 cases | -66.7 % |
2021 year | 3 cases | +50.0 % |
2020 year | 2 cases | -77.8 % |
SONY CORPORATION filed 21 joint applications with SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC for the analysis period (2014 to 2024).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 10 years (2013 to 2023, 48 cases in total) is 4.4, and the median is 0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 2.0, and there have been very big fluctuations in the number of filings from year to year.
The highest number of filings in 2014 with 17 cases, and their lowest number in 2022 with 0 cases.
Index | Value |
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Average | 4.4 patents |
Std Dev | 8.7 |
COV | 2.0 |
Year | Cases | YOY |
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2015 year | 4 cases | -76.5 % |
2014 year | 17 cases | -37.0 % |
2013 year | 27 cases | - |
SONY CORPORATION filed 7 joint applications with SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB for the analysis period (2014 to 2024).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 10 years (2013 to 2023, 21 cases in total) is 1.9, and the median is 0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 2.3, and there have been very big fluctuations in the number of filings from year to year.
The highest number of filings in 2014 with 7 cases, and their lowest number in 2022 with 0 cases.
Index | Value |
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Average | 1.9 patents |
Std Dev | 4.3 |
COV | 2.3 |
Year | Cases | YOY |
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2014 year | 7 cases | -50.0 % |
2013 year | 14 cases | - |
SONY CORPORATION filed 54 joint applications with SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC for the analysis period (2014 to 2024).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2018 to 2023, 19 cases in total) is 3.2, and the median is 2.5. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 1.0, and there have been very big fluctuations in the number of filings from year to year.
The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2020 to 2023). The highest number of filings in 2014 with 11 cases, and their lowest number in 2022 with 0 cases.
Index | Value |
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Average | 3.2 patents |
Std Dev | 3.2 |
COV | 1.0 |
Year | Cases | YOY |
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2021 year | 1 cases | -75.0 % |
2020 year | 4 cases | -55.6 % |
2019 year | 9 cases | +80.0 % |
The following shows US patents held by SONY CORPORATION that have had an invalidation trial against them demanded or an opposition filed against them by a third party, and SONY CORPORATION’s US 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 SONY CORPORATION 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.
If you want to search for more detailed information, you can use Patent Integration to retrieve and download by company cited patents/patent applications or patents undergoing invalidation trials. You can quickly extract important patents from a patent set that includes multiple competitors by cross-referencing with other keywords and patent classifications. Please consider using it for searches for important patents/patent applications.
Of the patent applications filed in the last 10 years (2014-12-01 to 2024-11-30), 1 patents/patent applications were invalidation trial more than once in the examination process of other patent applications. The mean of the number of invalidation trial is 1.0. The most invalidation trial patent is USP9621897 "Image processing device and image processing method" (1 times) .
- | No. | Title | |
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1 | USP9621897 | Image processing device and image processing method | 1 times |
Of the patent applications filed in the last 10 years (2014-12-01 to 2024-11-30), 7,158 patents/patent applications were cited more than once in the examination process of other patent applications. The mean of the number of cited is 4.8. The most cited patent is USP9805472 "System and method for smoke detection during anatomical surgery" (233 times) , and the next most cited patent is USP9905000 "Method and system for surgical tool localization during anatomical surgery" (230 times) .
- | No. | Title | |
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1 | USP9805472 | System and method for smoke detection during anatomical surgery | 233 times |
2 | USP9905000 | Method and system for surgical tool localization during anatomical surgery | 230 times |
3 | USP9723635 | NFC collision avoidance with controllable NFC transmission delay timing | 182 times |
4 | USP9894179 | Electronic device and coordination device and method for implementing coordinated transmission between the same | 139 times |
5 | USA2018/0263710 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM | 123 times |
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