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Akira Okabe — 23 Patents

Applied Materials: 6 patents #1,938 of 7,310Top 30%
EPEpicrew: 6 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
Hitachi: 5 patents #7,560 of 28,497Top 30%
KOKomatsu: 3 patents #637 of 2,087Top 35%
HCHitachi Engineering & Services Co.: 2 patents #17 of 129Top 15%
SCSumitomo Seika Chemicals Co.: 1 patents #180 of 365Top 50%
Canon: 1 patents #14,969 of 19,416Top 80%
Yaidu, JP: #1 of 88 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Akira Okabe has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1985 and the most recent in June 2025. Akira Okabe ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Akira Okabe in Yaidu, JP.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12327724 Vapor deposition device and method of producing epitaxial wafer 2025-06-10
11459041 Suction traveling device Toshio Ohashi, Takuya AKAGI, Yuichi Takazakura 2022-10-04
11427928 Lower side wall for epitaxtail growth apparatus Yoshinobu Mori 2022-08-30 $41,861,000
D926715 Support for a wafer for fabricating a semiconductor Yukio Takenaga 2021-08-03
10443129 Epitaxial growth device Yoshinobu Mori 2019-10-15 $25,920,000
10222779 Semiconductor wafer position display system, semiconductor wafer position display method, and semiconductor wafer position display program Masanori Tanoguchi 2019-03-05
10072354 Lower side wall for epitaxial growth apparatus Yoshinobu Mori 2018-09-11 $27,448,000
9945516 Method for preserving quality of nitric oxide Junichi Kawakami, Masahiro Komatsu, Yukiyoshi Sawatani 2018-04-17
9663873 Ceiling portion for epitaxial growth apparatus Yoshinobu Mori 2017-05-30 $21,030,000
9627943 Motor cooling structure and motor Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Okamoto, Teiichirou Chiba, Natsuki Watanabe 2017-04-18
9583990 Electrical motor Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Ryo Ono, Natsuki Watanabe, Teiichirou Chiba 2017-02-28
9252523 Interlock mechanism of motor, and motor Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Teiichirou Chiba 2016-02-02
9250196 Imaging device, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and semiconductor manufacturing method Masanori Tanoguchi, Junichi Tomizawa 2016-02-02
9096949 Susceptor support portion and epitaxial growth apparatus including susceptor support portion Yoshinobu Mori 2015-08-04 $15,119,000
8888087 Susceptor support portion and epitaxial growth apparatus including susceptor support portion Yoshinobu Mori 2014-11-18 $27,822,000
D693782 Lid for epitaxial growing device Yoshinobu Mori 2013-11-19
8199192 Observation unit 2012-06-12
7386534 Answer system for technical support, and technical support method Tooru Horie, Hiraku Ikeda, Kinichi Suzuki 2008-06-10 $239,000
6999903 Remote monitoring diagnostic system and method thereof Hiraku Ikeda, Zenji Yamaguchi, Akiyo Ichihashi 2006-02-14 $132,000
6853959 Remote monitoring diagnostic system and method thereof Hiraku Ikeda, Zenji Yamaguchi, Akiyo Ichihashi 2005-02-08 $95,000
6472607 Electronic circuit board with known flow soldering warp direction Keisuke Someya 2002-10-29 $65,000
4793132 Apparatus for cooling steam turbine for use in single-shaft combined plant 1988-12-27 $47,000
4519207 Combined plant having steam turbine and gas turbine connected by single shaft Haruo Urushidani, Katsuto Kashiwahara 1985-05-28 $45,000