Wacom Co., Ltd. Patent Application Trends in 2025

Wacom Co., Ltd. patent applications in 2025

Top 10 Technology Areas

• G06F3/03545 ({Pens or stylus})
  • Count: 94 patents
  • Example: 20240231512. STYLUS AND COLOR INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/0383 (Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry)
  • Count: 47 patents
  • Example: 20240427461. METHOD OF TRANSMITTING TRANSMISSION DATA FROM SENSOR CONTROLLER TO PEN, AND PEN (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/04162 ({for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware})
  • Count: 39 patents
  • Example: 20240231512. STYLUS AND COLOR INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/0442 ({using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for transmitting changes in electrical potential to be received by the digitiser})
  • Count: 38 patents
  • Example: 20240231512. STYLUS AND COLOR INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/0446 ({using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes})
  • Count: 27 patents
  • Example: 20240231512. STYLUS AND COLOR INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/0441 ({using active external devices, e.g. active pens, for receiving changes in electrical potential transmitted by the digitiser, e.g. tablet driving signals})
  • Count: 26 patents
  • Example: 20240427461. METHOD OF TRANSMITTING TRANSMISSION DATA FROM SENSOR CONTROLLER TO PEN, AND PEN (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/044 (by capacitive means)
  • Count: 18 patents
  • Example: 20240353961. SENSOR CONTROLLER AND STYLUS (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/046 (by electromagnetic means)
  • Count: 15 patents
  • Example: 20240231512. STYLUS AND COLOR INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/04166 ({Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally)
  • Count: 13 patents
  • Example: 20240427449. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DERIVING PEN POSITION AND REPORTING PEN POSITION TO HOST COMPUTER (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/038 (Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry)
  • Count: 12 patents
  • Example: 20240256089. PEN AND SENSOR CONTROLLER (Wacom Co., Ltd.)

Emerging Technology Areas

• G06F3/011 ({Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045536. CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06F3/0304 ({Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045536. CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G09B7/02 (EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240029577. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• H05K5/0039 (Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240152219. ELECTRONIC PEN (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• H01R13/6594 (the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240152219. ELECTRONIC PEN (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• H01R13/6581 (Shield structure)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240152219. ELECTRONIC PEN (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• H01R13/5213 (ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240152219. ELECTRONIC PEN (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G01L5/1623 (of pressure sensitive conductors (using piezoresistors)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240151600. PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED LOAD AND RESPONSE ACCURACY (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G01L9/0072 (Measuring steady of quasi-steady pressure of fluid or fluent solid material by electric or magnetic pressure-sensitive elements {()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240151600. PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED LOAD AND RESPONSE ACCURACY (Wacom Co., Ltd.)
• G06T2219/2004 (IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240221338. INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM (Wacom Co., Ltd.)

Top Inventors

• Takenori KANEDA (12 patents)
• Takeshi KOIKE (8 patents)
• Jun KADOWAKI (8 patents)
• Hideyuki HARA (8 patents)
• Tsukasa NOMI (8 patents)
• Yoshio NOMURA (7 patents)
• Kohei TANAKA (7 patents)
• Masayuki MIYAMOTO (6 patents)
• Hideki FUJIMAKI (6 patents)
• Sadao YAMAMOTO (5 patents)

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