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Research &Development and Intellectual Property
In IP management, we have worked to train expert IP personnel, to promote man-
agement of Toshiba Group‘s IP as a whole, and to prepare and maintain IP-related
regulations.
IMPORTANT PATENTS AND COMMENDATIONS FOR INVENTIONS
Toshiba Group has a large patent portfolio covering all areas of its business.
Toshiba’s high-tech capabilities have earned positive evaluations. In FY2007, the Japan
Institute of Invention and Innovation recognized the Group’s achievements in con-
tributing to the progress of science and technology and the development of industry
with the following awards at the National Commendation for Invention.
The Asahi Shimbun Invention Prize: Patent number 2642362
“Invention of MRI system that acquires high-quality images with EPI (Echo Planar Imaging) method”
The 21st Century Encouragement of Invention Prize: Patent number 3811142
“Invention of novel rare-earth complexes and application to emission devices”
The Invention Prize: Patent number 3346902
“Invention of stitched-pole magnetic heads for ultra-small size mobile HDDs and ultra-large
capacity HDDs”
Japanese patent
registrations
(2007)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Ranking No. of
registrations
Matsushita
Electric
Industrial
Toshiba
Ricoh
Hitachi
Canon
Sony
Seiko Epson
Denso
Fujitsu
Honda
4,760
3,425
2,813
2,722
2,654
2,641
2,627
2,611
2,512
2,464
Results shown above are based on
survey through PATOLIS
U.S. patent
registrations
(2007)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Ranking
No. of
registrations
IBM
Samsung
Electronics
Canon
Matsushita
Electric
Industrial
Intel
Microsoft
Toshiba
Sony
Micron
Hewlett-
Packard
3,148
2,725
1,987
1,941
1,865
1,637
1,549
1,481
1,476
1,470
Source: U.S. IFI Co., Inc.
Digital Products Segment
HDD .................................................
Notebook PCs ...........................
MPEG-4 ..........................................
DVD ..................................................
Electronics Devices Segment
DRAM ..............................................
NAND Flash memory ............
Social Infrastructure Segment
Equipment for diagnostic
imaging systems ......................
IC cards ..........................................
Nuclear power generation ...
Home Appliances Segment
Washing machines .................
Inventions related to GMR (Giant Magneto Resistive) heads
Inventions related to BIOS (Basic Input Output System),
mounting and energy conservation
Inventions related to standard-compliant encoding of moving
Inventions related to optical disks and playback and recording
Inventions related to circuit structures and their manufacture
Inventions related to circuit structures and their manufacture
Inventions related to X-ray CT systems and diagnostic ultrasound
imaging systems
Inventions related to access control to data memory
Inventions related to nuclear power plant
Inventions related to DD (direct drive) methodology and noise sup-
pression technology
Number of
Patent
Applications
Japan
U.S.
China
1,390
990
330
Corporate
Laboratories Digital Products Electronic
Devices
Social
Infrastructure
Home
Appliances Total
1,550
910
260
2,010
1,220
150
2,570
360
270
410
10
30
7,930
3,490
1,040
NUMBER OF PATENT APPLICATIONS BY BUSINESS SEGMENT (FY2007)