TOTO LTD. Patent Application Trends in 2025

TOTO LTD. patent applications in 2025

Top 10 Technology Areas

• E03D11/08 (WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240287778. FLUSH TOILET (TOTO LTD.)
• E03D11/13 (WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR)
  • Count: 4 patents
  • Example: 20240287780. FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS (TOTO LTD.)
• H01L21/6833 (for supporting or gripping (for conveying)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240339351. ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK (TOTO LTD.)
• C23C16/4583 (COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (making metal-coated products by extrusion)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240279810. ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME (TOTO LTD.)
• E03D9/00 (Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories (hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl)
  • Count: 3 patents
  • Example: 20240324879. TOILET DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TOILET DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF A TOILET DEVICE (TOTO LTD.)
• B05D1/02 (performed by spraying)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240293841. STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME (TOTO LTD.)
• E03D9/08 (WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240287780. FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS (TOTO LTD.)
• H02N13/00 (Clutches or holding devices using electrostatic attraction, e.g. using Johnson-Rahbek effect)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240356465. ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK (TOTO LTD.)
• C04B35/44 (based on aluminates)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240166567. COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE (TOTO LTD.)
• G01N33/493 (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms)
  • Count: 2 patents
  • Example: 20240328135. TOILET DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOILET DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM (TOTO LTD.)

Emerging Technology Areas

• F24H1/54 (FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL (steam generation)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240318866. BATHTUB DEVICE (TOTO LTD.)
• H01J2237/3321 (ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240331985. ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK (TOTO LTD.)
• H01L21/6831 (for supporting or gripping (for conveying)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240331982. SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS (TOTO LTD.)
• H01L21/67011 (Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components {; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere (processes per se)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240331982. SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS (TOTO LTD.)
• H01J37/32477 (Gas-filled discharge tubes (heating by discharge)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240331982. SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS (TOTO LTD.)
• G06K7/1417 (using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light {()
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240330617. TOILET DEVICE, TOILET SYSTEM, METHOD FOR SETTING REMOTE OPERATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM (TOTO LTD.)
• G06K7/10297 ({arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 (cryptographic protocols)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240330617. TOILET DEVICE, TOILET SYSTEM, METHOD FOR SETTING REMOTE OPERATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM (TOTO LTD.)
• G06F21/31 (User authentication)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240330420. TOILET DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOILET DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF TOILET DEVICE (TOTO LTD.)
• B05D2490/50 (PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240326088. STRUCTURAL MEMBER (TOTO LTD.)
• G08C17/02 (TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240324879. TOILET DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TOILET DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF A TOILET DEVICE (TOTO LTD.)

Top Inventors

• Yutaka MOMIYAMA (6 patents)
• Jun SHIRAISHI (4 patents)
• Ikuo ITAKURA (4 patents)
• Yutaro TERADA (4 patents)
• Satoshi KAWADA (4 patents)
• Takamasa SUZUKI (4 patents)
• Junki HAMADA (4 patents)
• Yuuki SHINOHARA (3 patents)
• Hiroshi HASHIMOTO (3 patents)
• Shunya MIYAZAKI (3 patents)

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