Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has a total of 108349 patents globally, out of which 54479 have been granted. Of these 108349 patents, more than 57% patents are active. Japan is where Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by United States of America and Europe, it has generated an annual revenue of $109.475 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, Japan seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone was founded in the year 1985 by Government of Japan. Company is doing business in providing a variety of telecommunication services, including telephone, telegraph, leased circuits, data communication, terminal equipment sales, and related services. The Company provides both local and long distance telephone services within Japan. As of December 2021, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has a market cap of $100.537 Billion.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Nippon Telegraph and Telephone’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Nippon Telegraph and Telephone’s patent portfolio.

How many patents does Nippon Telegraph and Telephone have?

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has a total of 108349 patents globally. These patents belong to 66357 unique patent families. Out of 108349 patents, 62267 patents are active.

How many Nippon Telegraph and Telephone patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Worldwide Legal Trends

Patent Families

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patent Portfolio

How Many Patents did Nippon Telegraph and Telephone File Every Year?

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patent Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantNippon Telegraph and Telephone Applications FiledNippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents Granted
201159883874
201254824118
201355564622
201440964675
201540933312
201642823520
201756842968
201854853021
201962512970
202035602712
20217312542

How Many Patents did Nippon Telegraph and Telephone File in Different Countries?

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patent Portfolio Worldwide Filing Top 10 Countries

Countries in which Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Filed Patents

CountryPatents
Japan60945
United States Of America9565
Europe7107
China7019
Korea (South)2214
Germany1250
India1191
Canada924
Brazil919
Australia851
Russia830
Taiwan793
Singapore449
Spain444
Mexico398
Indonesia334
Vietnam301
Thailand174
Poland142
Philippines142
Turkey134
Portugal123
Austria107
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)100
Malaysia77
Denmark56
Peru50
Hungary49
Israel47
Chile45
New Zealand41
Norway39
Africa58
United Kingdom36
Colombia22
France12
Ireland6
Argentina4
Czech Republic3
Italy3
Slovenia2
Croatia2
Cyprus2
San Marino1
Egypt1
Jordan1
Eurasia1
Morocco1
Saudi Arabia1
Netherlands1

Where are Research Centers of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents Located?

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone R&D Centers

10 Best Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents

US20020075844A1 is the most popular patent in the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone portfolio. It has received 970 citations so far from companies like Ethicon, Cilag Gmbh and Seal Shield.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US20020075844A1970
US8107925B2613
US20030135582A1408
US20020165773A1401
US20020095588A1362
US20030211842A1333
US20050066037A1297
US20030161265A1290
US20040076333A1283
US20020108062A1268

Which Companies are using Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents to Advance their Research?

If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.

The top citing companies in the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone patent portfolio are Qualcomm, Samsung and Ericsson.

List of the top forward citing Companies –

CompanyNumber of Patents
Qualcomm814
Samsung684
Ericsson542
Huawei509
LG Electronics458
Fujitsu435
Sony306
Nec Corp280
Apple218
IBM200

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patent Portfolio

Top Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US7292227B283
US20020165773A170
US10833994B241
US20090183098A135
US20020075844A135
US7880726B230
US7503014B228
US20110131520A127
US20120159337A124
US20090019535A123

What Percentage of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone US Patent Applications were Granted?

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 3722 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 2733 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 91.93%.

Below are the key stats of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationSuccess Rate
Harness Dickey Troy47086.54%
Oblon Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt L L P44394.65%
Workman Nydegger23590.48%
Fish & Richardson P C Tc173100.00%
Womble Bond Dickinson Us Llp13092.37%
Faegre Drinker Ntt124100.00%
Slater Matsil Llp Ntt86100.00%
Xsensus Llp86100.00%
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Llp East Coast8490.79%
Holtz Holtz & Volek Pc7388.89%

NTT, in collaboration with NTT Group companies and many people from other industries, conducts research and development on new technologies and addresses concerns linked to safety, disaster avoidance, and sustainable development, with the goal of resolving social issues.

The company became involved in data communications. NTT was a crucial element in Japan’s dominance of the computer microchip industry due to its demand for increasingly advanced electronics equipment and its capacity to deploy huge financial resources to assist technology research and development. Non-telephone linkage solutions for computer data systems and fiber-optic telecommunications networks were developed by the business in the 1980s. NTT was privatised in 1985, and since then, it has competed with other Japanese telecommunications providers.

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What are Nippon Telegraph and Telephone key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Nippon Telegraph and Telephone thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How Nippon Telegraph and Telephone search focus changed over the years?

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