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Hong Kong: Top Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 85 patents published between 2002 and 2022, SoftBank Group Corp holds the most number of patents in the Retail & Wholesale sector in Hong Kong.

  • The second largest number of patents were published by Sony Group Corp with 36 related patents. The third largest number of patents were published by Automattic Inc with 15 related patents. The fourth largest number of patents were published by Microsoft Corp with 15 related patents, of which 80.0% was contributed by its subsidiary Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. The fifth largest number of patents were published by The Nielsen Company with 12 related patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., SoftBank Group Corp, Sony Group Corp, Automattic Inc, Microsoft Corp, and The Nielsen Company, together held 163 patents during the period.

Hong Kong: Top Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (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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