Murata Selected as a Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator for 2nd Year in a Row

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Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was selected as one of the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2023 by Clarivate in February 2023. This is the second consecutive year that Murata has received this recognition.

The Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators is a list of the world’s top 100 innovative companies and organizations, selected by analyzing intellectual property based not only on quantity but also on four evaluation criteria: success rate, global reach, influence, and scarcity. This information is derived from an intellectual property database held by Clarivate, a global information services company.

Since Murata conducts integrated production from materials to products, it creates a variety of intellectual property out of its R&D and business activities. These results are utilized in Murata’s business by actively filing for and acquiring patents and other intellectual property rights around the world. Moreover, Murata has established intellectual property bases outside Japan and put in place a system to quickly file applications and acquire rights on intellectual property created locally.

Specifically, in fiscal 2022, Murata focused its efforts on the development of intellectual property human resources and the formulation and implementation of intellectual property strategies together with its business divisions.

Murata’s inclusion among the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators is a recognition of its ability to create innovation and its global protection of intellectual property.

Murata will continue to actively protect its intellectual property and leverage the intellectual property it holds while promoting innovation leading to the provision of new value. In this way, Murata will contribute to society and push forward with the aim of continuously improving its corporate value through innovative products and technologies that lead the industry.

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