Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Osaka, JP· latest recorded location
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha is named on 26,795 US grants and 22,546 published applications in this corpus. Its most frequent classification is G02F (Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of).
- Granted patents
- 26,795
- Published applications
- 22,546
- Inventors
- 13,279
- Granted in 2026 so far
- 385
- Most recent grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 40 | 0 |
| 1979 | 51 | 0 |
| 1980 | 99 | 0 |
| 1981 | 110 | 0 |
| 1982 | 112 | 0 |
| 1983 | 133 | 0 |
| 1984 | 166 | 0 |
| 1985 | 170 | 0 |
| 1986 | 230 | 0 |
| 1987 | 311 | 0 |
| 1988 | 305 | 0 |
| 1989 | 399 | 0 |
| 1990 | 503 | 0 |
| 1991 | 472 | 0 |
| 1992 | 452 | 0 |
| 1993 | 421 | 0 |
| 1994 | 503 | 0 |
| 1995 | 449 | 0 |
| 1996 | 402 | 0 |
| 1997 | 449 | 0 |
| 1998 | 627 | 0 |
| 1999 | 596 | 0 |
| 2000 | 645 | 0 |
| 2001 | 603 | 277 |
| 2002 | 535 | 588 |
| 2003 | 552 | 534 |
| 2004 | 577 | 693 |
| 2005 | 519 | 681 |
| 2006 | 706 | 680 |
| 2007 | 712 | 699 |
| 2008 | 622 | 673 |
| 2009 | 662 | 1105 |
| 2010 | 820 | 1133 |
| 2011 | 889 | 1208 |
| 2012 | 1142 | 1508 |
| 2013 | 1161 | 1235 |
| 2014 | 1124 | 940 |
| 2015 | 1013 | 1258 |
| 2016 | 844 | 808 |
| 2017 | 693 | 917 |
| 2018 | 657 | 902 |
| 2019 | 835 | 1501 |
| 2020 | 1052 | 1251 |
| 2021 | 848 | 899 |
| 2022 | 647 | 843 |
| 2023 | 453 | 655 |
| 2024 | 568 | 604 |
| 2025 | 531 | 489 |
| 2026 | 385 | 465 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Technology areas
Share of 49,341 documents
- G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of9,280
- H04NPictorial communication7,296
- G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to5,336
- H04WWireless communication networks4,925
- G06FComputing and data processing4,763
- G03GElectrography4,088
- H04LDigital communication3,991
- G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus3,323
- H10DInorganic electric semiconductor devices3,090
- H10KOrganic electric solid-state devices2,334
Recent patents
- Heating cooking apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,753,926 B2
- Image forming apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,499 B2
- Display device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,657 B2
- Methods of collision resolution between multiple high priority PUCCHs with HARQ-ACK and a low priority PUSCH6 Oct 2026US 12,756,506 B2
- Control system, image forming apparatus, terminal apparatus, and control method6 Oct 2026US 12,756,787 B2
- Heating cooker8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309338 A1
- Device for applying voltage to liquid8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309975 A1
- Array substrate and display device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310039 A1
- Image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310128 A1
- Processing apparatus and display method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310327 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thin film transistor and matrix display device3,999US 6,563,174 B22003
- Data transmission system and data transmitting method1,435US 8,140,417 B22012
- Interconnect structure for stacked semiconductor device573US 6,465,892 B12002
- Vapor growth apparatus and vapor growth method capable of growing good productivity560US 5,730,802 A1998
- Plasma process device547US 6,446,573 B22002