The following table shows the ranking of Applicants in Japan. The ranking is based on the following conditions.

  • Technical field:  Food (meat products, noodle, chocolate, soup, etc.)
  • Status:  Japanese granted patents in 2017 (registration date).
  • Count:  The number of patents filed by each applicant was counted.
RankingNo.ApplicantEnglishList
160日清オイリオグループ株式会社Nisshin OilliO Group View
255花王株式会社Kao
353株式会社明治Meiji
440サントリーホールディングス株式会社Suntory Holdings
536キユーピー株式会社QP
630雪印メグミルク株式会社Snow Brand Meg Milk
730味の素株式会社Ajinomoto
830不二製油グループ本社株式会社Fuji Oil Group
926ネステク ソシエテ アノニムNestech
1026三栄源エフ・エフ・アイ株式会社San-Ei Gen
1123キッコーマン株式会社Kikkoman
1220株式会社東洋新薬TOYO SHINYAKU
1318理研ビタミン株式会社Riken Vitamin
1417サントリー食品インターナショナル株式会社Suntory Food
1517サッポロビール株式会社Sapporo Beer
1617不二製油株式会社Fuji Oil
1717日清食品ホールディングス株式会社Nissin Food Products
1816ジボダン エス エーGivaudan SA
1916アサヒビール株式会社Asahi Breweries
2016長谷川香料株式会社Hasegawa Hako
In preparing the table, a patent search expert conducted a patent search using patent classification and keywords (as necessary) in order to extract patents in specific technical field (here, Food field).
In the patent search, it was confirmed that a high-accuracy population (i.e., a population not including non-relevant fields) of patents was obtained. Subsequently, the population was used to create the table.
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