Brief Summary of Intellectual
Property Activities
FUJITSU LIMITED
2015.12.14
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Function of IP strategy
Fujitsu’s Intellectual Property strategy
Business strategy
Technology strategy
Business
IP strategy
Value of IP to the Business:
(1) IP confirms Fujitsu’s standing as a technology company
(2) IP provides values appropriate to each business
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Current standing of Fujitsu’s patents
Ranking in Number of Granted patents (2014)
■Japan
■U.S.
Canon Inc.
Mitsubish Electric Corporation
Panasonic Corp
IBM Corporation
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Canon Inc.
Sony Corp
Microsoft Corp
Toshiba Corp
Qualcomm Inc
Google Inc
LG Electronics Inc
Panasonic Corp
Apple Inc
General Electric Co
Fujitsu Ltd
Seiko Epson Corp
Ricoh Co Ltd
Intel Corp
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Toshiba Corp
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Fujitsu Ltd
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
DENSO CORPORATION
NEC Corporation
FUJIFILM Corporation
Seiko Epson Corporation
Hitachi Ltd.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Sony Corp
Sharp Corporation
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
KYOCERA Corporation
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
Hewlett Packard Development Co LP
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Samsung Display Co Ltd
All applicants were counted on the Patent Grants Issuance date
All applicants were counted on the Patent Grants Issuance date
Source: Data provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
Source: In-house investigation based on data published by Japan Patents Office
 We were ranked by the EPO as one of the top 50 companies for patent filing in 2014
 We have been awarded ”Top100 goofball innovator award” presented by THOMSON
REUTER for the fourth consecutive year
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Intellectual Property strategy
Ⅰ. File and obtain patents protecting inventions created from
R&D activities to protect Fujitsu technology and business
 Enhancing business flexibility through cross-licensing with other
companies
 Securing business competitive advantages via differentiation of
our products and services
Ⅱ. Planning and conducting new IP strategy for companywide IP utilization to further contribute to business
 Creating new market by offering IPRs
 Accelerating innovation by co-creation
 Creating Ecosystem
IP utilization
Creating
new market
Enforcement of
IPR
Accelerating
the innovation
Cross-license
Ecosystem
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Case1 Optical transport network
(IPR for protecting business)
Optical transport system : FLASHWAVE
 Core technologies of high-speed optical transport are protected
by patents
 Fujitsu’s optical transport network system protected by patents
contributes to stable carrier business
Cloud
FLASHWAVE
Data
Center
FLASHWAVE
Home
Enterprise
FLASHWAVE
Many core technologies
such as ROADM, OTN and
digital coherent optical
transmission,
are protected by patents
Mobile
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Case2 Biometrics authentication
(market creation)
Palm Vein Authentication
Standardization
Core Technology
Purpose
Purpose
Expansion of the market
Public use (government
procurement ）
Linkage
Approach
International standardization activity
Adding veins into existing spec(Face,
Finger print, Iris)
Value-added
Algorithm, censors
technology for high
authentication function
Products
ATM
machine
Face
Fingerprint
Iris
Entry
control
system
Informatio
n access
Vein
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Case3
Technology sales
(regional contribution)
Intellectual property matching activity
 Fujitsu supports the development of new business by small-medium
enterprise(SME) through licensing of Fujitsu's “sleeper patents.”
 Through this activity, Fujitsu builds a win-win relationships between
customers (e.g. SME and financial institutions) or local authorities and us
SME throughout the country
New
products,
services
Licensing
Licensable
patents
revitalizing
regional
economies
（tech.transfer）
increasing the
profits of SME
As a system
Subsidy for IP licensing
Supporting the
collaboration
between Fujitsu
and others
Local Authority
Creating business model
Industry/academia/
government cooperation
Foundation for the
Promotion of Industry
Media
University
Regional financial
institution
Financing,
business
support
publicity
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Providing the value through the IP ecosystem
Accelerating co-creation and Open innovation
Innovation
Software
house
Customer
Knowhow
Technology
Univ./
Research
Center
Idea
IPR
Equipment
manufacturer
Partner
Accelerating creation of the innovative products, services
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