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Japan: Top Digital Payments Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

  • With 1,756 Digital Payments related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Toshiba Corp holds the most number of Digital Payments patents in Japan, of which 79.6% was contributed by its subsidiary Toshiba TEC Corp.

  • The second largest number of Digital Payments related patents were published by Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd with 1,533 patents. The third largest number of Digital Payments related patents were published by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc with 1,223 patents, of which 46.8% was contributed by its subsidiary The Japan Research Institute Ltd. The fourth largest number of Digital Payments related patents were published by Hitachi Ltd with 1,083 patents. The fifth largest number of Digital Payments related patents were published by Furukawa Co Ltd with 924 patents, of which 64.8% was contributed by its subsidiary Fujitsu Ltd.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Toshiba Corp, Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc, Hitachi Ltd, and Furukawa Co Ltd, together held 6,519 Digital Payments patents during the period.

Japan: Top Digital Payments Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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