Source: Reiwa 2nd year patent application technology trend survey “autonomous driving”
Source: Reiwa 2nd year patent application technology trend survey “MaaS”
Toyota: No. 1 patent application in the world: Autonomous driving & MaaS
-Self-driving & MaaS patent, US-China restraint-
JPO: 2020 search
The Japan Patent Office summarized the status of patent applications in major countries / regions in the 2020 search.
The name of this survey is “2020 Patent Application Technology Trend Survey”
From 2014 to 2018, we investigated “patents filed by Japan and the United States, Europe (excluding Germany), Germany, China, and South Korea.”
“Autonomous driving” and “MaaS”:
In the related technology categories of “autonomous driving” and “MaaS”
“Toyota is in the lead over the US and China,” it became clear.
“Autonomous driving” Toyota leads:
Toyota leads in autonomous driving-related technology.
In the ranking of the number of applications by applicant in the autonomous driving-related technology category, Toyota ranked first with 4,247.
The ranking is as shown in the figure.
Number of applications ranking:
The second place is FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES in the United States with 3,067 cases.
The Japanese who ranked in the top 10
Denso (3rd place)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (4th)
Nissan Motor (8th)
Mitsubishi Electric (10th)
“MaaS” Toyota takes the lead:
Toyota leads in MaaS related technology.
Toyota is also the top MaaS-related technology in the ranking of the number of applications by applicant.
We have filed 647 applications.
Below is the ranking:
Second place is China’s DIDI CHINA TECHNOLOGY with 436 cases.
Hitachi ranked 6th
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ranked 7th
Mitsubishi Electric is in 9th place.
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