Business Equipment has a grant to application ratio of 0.296, which is approximately 1 patent granted for every 3.383 patent applications.
Japan is the top country/region for patent coverage with a total of 501,247 patents.
USA comes in 2nd with a total of 113,989 patents.
European Patent Office rounds up the top 3 with a total of 28,833 patents.
The ranking below shows some of the most valuable and important patents in this industry.
| Rank | Patent | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | US20110239022A1 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME |
| 2 | US8454141 | Liquid container and liquid supplying system |
| 3 | TWI391797B | PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT |
| 4 | EP1993003B1 | Toner supply container and toner supply system |
| 5 | EP1977289A1 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS |
This shows the top companies in this industry based on their patent output, providing an approximation of each their innovation rate.
