From: "Minoru Mochizuki" <minmo..@..ythm.ocn.ne.jp>
Date: 2010-02-09 08:58:42
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Subject: RE: patent translation depression?
Date: 2010-02-09 08:58:42
Message ID: <000c01caa91a$a4d5f690$ee81e3b0$@ocn.ne.jp>
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Subject: RE: patent translation depression?
According to an article on Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported today (2/9/2010),
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) announced the result of
their tabulation of patent applications during 2009, in particular, the top
ten applicants as follows:
Ranking Company Country Number of Applications
1 Panasonic Japan 1891
2 華為技術 China 1847
3 Robert Bosch Germany 1586
4 Philips Netherlands 1295
5 Qualcomｍ USA 1280
6 Erikson Sweden 1240
7 LG Electronics S. Korea 1090
8 NEC Japan 1069
9 Toyota Japan 1068
10 Sharp Japan 997
What surprised me was that companies such as Canon and Ricoh are no longer
sharing the top ten list. I thought they were the leading contenders 10
years ago among Japanese companies. Something is changing. I wonder if hay
days of image-related technology are over.
Minoru Mochizuki
-----Original Message-----
From: honya..@..oglegroups.com [mailto:honya..@..oglegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Michael Smith
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 4:00 PM
To: Honyaku E<>J translation list
Subject: patent translation depression?
However, and I am looking at this upside-down, a graph one of them is
holding seems to show that domestic Japanese patent applications fell
something over 30% in 2009 vs 2008. Of course, it is among these that
patents are selected for overseas filing (i.e., the ones that I
translate). I tried looking this up at the JPO HP, but couldn't find
any recent statistics. Does anyone else have concrete numbers? My
income was off about 10% last year, but that is within acceptable
variation. But should I look forward to a more dramatic fall this
year? So far January and February are pretty normal. Or will
companies still file the name number of overseas patents anyway?
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) announced the result of
their tabulation of patent applications during 2009, in particular, the top
ten applicants as follows:
Ranking Company Country Number of Applications
1 Panasonic Japan 1891
2 華為技術 China 1847
3 Robert Bosch Germany 1586
4 Philips Netherlands 1295
5 Qualcomｍ USA 1280
6 Erikson Sweden 1240
7 LG Electronics S. Korea 1090
8 NEC Japan 1069
9 Toyota Japan 1068
10 Sharp Japan 997
What surprised me was that companies such as Canon and Ricoh are no longer
sharing the top ten list. I thought they were the leading contenders 10
years ago among Japanese companies. Something is changing. I wonder if hay
days of image-related technology are over.
Minoru Mochizuki
-----Original Message-----
From: honya..@..oglegroups.com [mailto:honya..@..oglegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Michael Smith
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 4:00 PM
To: Honyaku E<>J translation list
Subject: patent translation depression?
However, and I am looking at this upside-down, a graph one of them is
holding seems to show that domestic Japanese patent applications fell
something over 30% in 2009 vs 2008. Of course, it is among these that
patents are selected for overseas filing (i.e., the ones that I
translate). I tried looking this up at the JPO HP, but couldn't find
any recent statistics. Does anyone else have concrete numbers? My
income was off about 10% last year, but that is within acceptable
variation. But should I look forward to a more dramatic fall this
year? So far January and February are pretty normal. Or will
companies still file the name number of overseas patents anyway?