NIKON CORPORATION Patent Application Trends in 2025

NIKON CORPORATION patent applications in 2025

Top 10 Technology Areas

• H04N23/62 (Control of parameters via user interfaces)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20250039311. ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G02B27/646 (Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20250076611. ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS (Nikon Corporation)
• G02B15/1461 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250067964. VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G03B17/14 (APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250008221. CAMERA BODY, CAMERA ACCESSORY, AND SHARING RATIO TRANSMISSION METHOD (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G02B9/60 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250044569. MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS, MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUS (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G02B27/0025 (Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250044569. MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS, MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUS (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H04N25/75 (Circuitry for providing, modifying or processing image signals from the pixel array)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250080866. IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT UNIT FOR REDUCING CAPACITANCE (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G02B13/18 (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250060571. ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE ZOOM LENS (Nikon Corporation)
• G06T2207/30041 (Subject of image; Context of image processing)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20250029222. IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H04N5/772 ({the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure})
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20250039311. ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE (NIKON CORPORATION)

Emerging Technology Areas

• H01L21/67103 ({mainly by conduction})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014918. CORRECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, COATER AND DEVELOPER APPARATUS, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H01L21/67092 ({Apparatus for mechanical treatment (or grinding or cutting, see the relevant groups in subclasses)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014918. CORRECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, COATER AND DEVELOPER APPARATUS, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G06V20/695 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014367. IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G06V10/774 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014367. IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G06V10/28 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014367. IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE (NIKON CORPORATION)
• G06V20/698 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014367. IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H04N2201/3273 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014333. IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN WHICH AN ACQUIRED IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION ARE HELD ON A DISPLAY (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H04N2201/3253 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014333. IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN WHICH AN ACQUIRED IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION ARE HELD ON A DISPLAY (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H04N2101/00 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014333. IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN WHICH AN ACQUIRED IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION ARE HELD ON A DISPLAY (NIKON CORPORATION)
• H04N1/00323 (Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20250014333. IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN WHICH AN ACQUIRED IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION ARE HELD ON A DISPLAY (NIKON CORPORATION)

Top Inventors

• Azuna NONAKA (4 patents)
• Yasushi TANABE (4 patents)
• Masakazu SEKIGUCHI (2 patents)
• Masakazu Sekiguchi (2 patents)
• Wataru FUNAMIZU (2 patents)
• Tomoki ITO (2 patents)
• Ryo TAMOTO (2 patents)
• Keigo KOIDA (2 patents)
• Hiroshi KASAI (2 patents)
• Yuanting JI (2 patents)

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