Japan Tobacco Inc patents

Japan Tobacco Inc holds 1,327 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,327
Recent patents512
First publicationJan 6, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201542
201642
201751
201859
201994
2020135
2021169
2022147
2023121
2024337
2025117
202613
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201542
201642
201751
201859
201994
2020135
2021169
2022147
2023121
2024337
2025117
202613

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A24F40/50492
A24F40/10491
A24F40/20427
A24F40/53401
A24F40/40384

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Japan Tobacco Inc have in patentsdb?
Japan Tobacco Inc is linked to 1,327 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Japan Tobacco Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (1,258); Electricity (503); Physics (275).
Is Japan Tobacco Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 337 in 2024 and 117 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.