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Akira Higeta — 40 Patents

Canon: 40 patents #1,100 of 19,416Top 6%
NKNippon Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha: 2 patents #4 of 46Top 9%
Yokohama, JP: #1,957 of 49,234 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Akira Higeta has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Canon. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in December 2014. Akira Higeta ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Akira Higeta in Yokohama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2003.peak 71990: 1 patents19901992: 2 patents1993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 2 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 3 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 2 patents2002: 5 patents20022003: 7 patents2004: 4 patents20042006: 3 patents2007: 1 patents20072009: 2 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8905908 Lubricant supplying method, supporting member and rotatable member unit Minoru Matsuguma, Jun Miyamoto, Kenji Matsuda 2014-12-09 $37,000
7920806 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2011-04-05 $163,000
7660545 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2010-02-09 $484,000
7630661 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2009-12-08 $293,000
7489885 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2009-02-10 $1,434,000
7231161 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2007-06-12 $474,000
7092655 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2006-08-15 $484,000
7062199 Process cartridge remanufacturing method Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2006-06-13 $247,000
6999696 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2006-02-14 $254,000
6763209 Process cartridge remanufacturing method Satoshi Yasuda, Takayoshi Hoshi 2004-07-13 $257,000
6735404 Process cartridge and remanufacturing method therefor Satoshi Yasuda, Takayoshi Hoshi 2004-05-11 $212,000
6721520 Remanufacturing method for process cartridge Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2004-04-13 $206,000
6714751 Connecting pin for process cartridge, and process cartridge Noboru Koumura, Ryozo Yanagisawa 2004-03-30 $126,000
6643482 Remanufacturing method for process cartridge Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-11-04 $157,000
6643481 Remanufacturing method for process cartridge Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-11-04 $157,000
6615008 Remanufacturing method for process cartridge Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-09-02 $138,000
6577829 REMANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A PROCESS CARTRIDGE HAVING A TONER SEAL THAT IS UNSEALED UPON THE START OF USE OF THE CARTRIDGE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SEPARATING FIRST AND SECOND UNITS OF THE CARTRIDGE AND RECOUPLING THE UNITS WITHOUT REMOUNTING THE TONER SEAL Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-06-10 $262,000
6574445 Method of remanufacturing process cartridge including additional seal mounting step Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-06-03 $332,000
6519430 Remanufacturing method comprising developing blade dismounting and mounting steps Satoshi Yasuda, Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-02-11 $156,000
6505020 Remanufacturing method of process cartridge Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2003-01-07 $183,000
6493527 Process cartridge Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2002-12-10 $107,000
6473577 Process cartridge remanufacturing method Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2002-10-29 $65,000
6415111 Process cartridge and image forming apparatus having process cartridge that has a plurality of measuring electrode members 2002-07-02 $220,000
6400914 Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Shinya Noda, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiro Toma, Isao Ikemoto, Kazushi Watanabe 2002-06-04 $190,000
6397025 Process cartridge remanufacturing method Yoshiyuki Kakumi 2002-05-28 $225,000