Shark plush toys are facing discontinuation, what is the patent situation of IKEA?

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Recently, IKEA shark plush toys are no longer available for purchase. , this is A British consumer found while searching on the IKEA UK website. It is reported that is currently off the shelves due to supply problems. may resume sales for a short period of time after .

Shark plush toys are facing discontinuation, what is the patent situation of IKEA? - DayDayNews

IKEA's Shark plush toys is very popular in Asia, and people usually arrange it with 1span11_span2. Into a photo of doing "human" things, and then , such as , let the shark toy arrange to have dinner with the family or work on a laptop.

According to the data of Wisdom Bud , as of the latest, IKEA and its affiliates have a total of 2022 patent applications in 126 countries/regions (see Figure 1 for details) , of which, invention patents account for 66.52%. From the perspective of patent trends, IKEA's patent applications were peak years in 2003 and 2004. The annual patent applications exceeded 200, and the year when the number of patent applications exceeded 200 in recent years was 2019. According to the sunburst diagram of the patented wisdom buds, IKEA’s patented technologies in recent years have mainly focused on technical fields such as packaging materials, thermoplastic materials, household parts, workstations, protrusions, supports, connecting devices, conveyors, etc. (see figure for details) 2).

Shark plush toys are facing discontinuation, what is the patent situation of IKEA? - DayDayNews

FIG. 1: Ikea patent trend

Shark plush toys are facing discontinuation, what is the patent situation of IKEA? - DayDayNews

FIG. 2: Ikea patent sun FIG

(Remarks: The data included in the Smartbuds Global Patent Database includes patents that have been published in 126 countries / regions,Generally speaking, a patent can be searched from application to publication, it takes 4 to 18 months)

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