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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 42
Thomson Reuters is an organiza-
tion that provides “intelligent
information” to businesses and
professionals.฀Based฀in฀New฀York฀
City, it also has major offices in
London and Eagan, Minnesota
and about 60,000 employees in
over 100 countries.
*
•฀Number฀of฀patents฀registered฀overseas
•฀Changes฀in฀R&D฀investment
FY2011 2012 2013
1.6
C
0
20
40
60
80
100
A
D
B
81.6
89.7
84.1
10.3 8.1
2.2
C
16.7 18.0
110.8 119.0 112.0
2.2
16.5
10.3
C
Other Basic Research
Imaging and Solutions Industrial Products
(JPY billions)
(Number of patents)
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
2,458
2,628 2,601
FY2011 2012 2013
➤ WEB฀2฀White Paper
:
www.ricoh.com/about/company/technology/whitepaper/
2012 THOMSON REUTERS
TOP 100
GLOBAL INNOVATORS
Continuous investment in R&D
The Ricoh Group consistently invests about 5%
to 6% of sales in R&D to continue bringing forth
innovations.฀R&D฀expenses฀for฀scal฀2013฀(ended฀
March฀31,฀2013)฀were฀112.0฀billion฀yen฀(about฀5.8%฀
of sales). Over 16% of this investment, or 18.0 billion
yen, went to basic research.
Initiatives for intellectual property
Intellectual property — the fruit of our R&D — is one
of our most valuable resources and a vital component
of฀Ricoh฀Brand฀Benets.฀We฀are฀also฀active฀in฀
acquiring and implementing intellectual property that
protects฀and฀grows฀our฀business.฀In฀scal฀2013,฀for฀
example, we published roughly 4,400 patents and
issued more than 25,000 patents in Japan and over
20,000 in other countries. Patents outside Japan
facilitate the global expansion of our business.
As a result, Ricoh was named one of 2012’s
Top 100 Global Innovators. The list, published by
Thomson Reuters*, ”identifies the most innovative
organizations in the world through a series of patent-
based metrics including overall innovation (patent)
activity, patent grant success rate, globalization and
influence.” Ricoh earned high praise for meeting the
selection standards “overall patent volume,” “global
reach of the portfolio” and “patent influence as
evidenced by citations,” recognizing the success of
our continuous technological innovation.
White papers
Ricoh฀publishes฀white฀papers฀that฀reveal฀our฀ap-
proach฀to฀innovation,฀as฀well฀as฀background฀on฀
our฀products,฀services฀and฀R&D฀initiatives.฀They฀
also฀provide฀our฀views฀on฀various฀topics,฀including฀
technology฀and฀market฀trends.฀These฀publications฀
help฀our฀customers฀and฀partners฀better฀understand฀
the฀value฀the฀Ricoh฀Group฀provides.฀The฀following฀
white฀papers฀are฀currently฀available,฀and฀we฀con-
tinue฀to฀add฀to฀the฀list. ➤ WEB฀2
•฀ ฀“฀Creating฀a฀Sustainable฀Society฀through฀
Environmental฀Management”
•฀ “฀Ricoh’s฀Unied฀Communication฀brings฀
Renovation฀to฀Collaboration”
•฀ ฀“฀Ricoh’s฀Next-Generation฀Machine฀Vision:฀
A฀Window฀on฀the฀Future”
Overview Action Data & Profile
Innovation
ISO26000 : •฀The฀environment฀฀•฀Consumer฀issues฀฀•฀Community฀development