Recruit Holdings has a total of 647 patents globally, out of which 110 have been granted. Of these 647 patents, more than 41% patents are active. Japan is where Recruit Holdings has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by the United States of America and Europe. Parallelly, Japan seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Recruit Holdings.
Recruit Holdings was founded in the year 1960. Recruit Holdings offers services for temporary staffing, marketing via media and human resource technology. The business runs the online job and corporate informational sites Glassdoor and Indeed, respectively. In Japan and abroad, Recruit Holdings provides advertising services, HR solutions, and temporary employment services. As of March 2023, Recruit has a market cap of $41.34 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Recruit Holdings which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Recruit Holdings patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Recruit Holdings patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Recruit Holdings have?
The founder Minegishi Masumi, Yoshihiro Kitamura have 0, 110 patents and CEO Hisayuki Idekoba have 0 patents.
How many patents does Recruit Holdings have?
Recruit Holdings has a total of 647 patents globally. These patents belong to 422 unique patent families. Out of 647 patents, 268 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Recruit Holdings File Every Year?
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 Grant | Recruit Holdings Applications Filed | Recruit Holdings Patents Granted |
| 2023 | – | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 17 |
| 2021 | 28 | 8 |
| 2020 | 28 | 9 |
| 2019 | 47 | 14 |
| 2018 | 68 | 17 |
| 2017 | 112 | 12 |
| 2016 | 157 | 2 |
| 2015 | 61 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | – | 4 |
| 2011 | – | 3 |
How many Recruit Holdings patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Recruit Holdings File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Recruit Holdings Filed Patents
| Country | Patent |
| Japan | 407 |
| United States Of America | 43 |
| Europe | 42 |
| Australia | 3 |
| Korea (South) | 3 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of Recruit Holdings Patents Located?
10 Best Recruit Holdings Patents
JP2008046987A is the most popular patent in the Recruit Holdings portfolio. It has received 63 citations so far from companies like Casio Computer, Yahoo and Microsoft.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Recruit Holdings:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| JP2008046987A | 63 |
| JP2004029943A | 51 |
| US20080065633A1 | 50 |
| US8099415B2 | 43 |
| JP2003022314A | 39 |
| JP2007047884A | 37 |
| JP2017004390A | 34 |
| JP2017102886A | 30 |
| JP2004260573A | 29 |
| JP2003208535A | 29 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Recruit Holdings patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Recruit Holdings invention. They couldn’t because Recruit Holdings had protected those before them.
Examiners at the USPTO referred 10 Recruit Holdings patents in 83 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).
The top citing companies in the Recruit Holdings patent portfolio are Microsoft, IBM and Suinno.
List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Recruit Holdings –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Recruit Holdings Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| Microsoft | 8 | 18 |
| IBM | 5 | 11 |
| Suinno | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | |
| Vmware | 2 | 7 |
| Surfin Mouse | 1 | 4 |
| Slack Technologies | 1 | 2 |
| Saba Software | 1 | 2 |
| Futures | 1 | 1 |
| Stepstone | 1 | 1 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Recruit Holdings Patents
What Percentage of Recruit Holdings US Patent Applications were Granted?
Recruit Holdings (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 11 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 3 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 27.27%.
Below are the key stats of Recruit Holdings patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Recruit Holdings?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Morgan Lewis & Bockius | 8 | 12.5% |
| Haynes And Boone | 2 | 100% |
| Ampacc Law Group | 1 | 0% |