Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Minoru Sato

Canon: 27 patents #2,142 of 19,416Top 15%
TOToto: 26 patents #14 of 1,113Top 2%
Fujitsu Limited: 9 patents #3,538 of 24,456Top 15%
SESeiko Epson: 9 patents #2,012 of 7,774Top 30%
SCSanyo Electric Co.: 8 patents #678 of 6,347Top 15%
TWTokyo Automatic Machinery Works: 7 patents #1 of 58Top 2%
OLOlympus: 7 patents #693 of 3,097Top 25%
ACAlps Electric Co.: 7 patents #261 of 2,177Top 15%
NMNihon Micronics: 6 patents #27 of 171Top 20%
Mitsubishi Electric: 6 patents #4,940 of 25,717Top 20%
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 6 patents #4,898 of 21,451Top 25%
JTJtekt: 4 patents #427 of 1,969Top 25%
Tdk: 4 patents #1,273 of 3,796Top 35%
OSOlympus Medical Systems: 3 patents #222 of 833Top 30%
UNUnknown: 3 patents #7,366 of 83,584Top 9%
Hitachi: 3 patents #10,712 of 28,497Top 40%
Sony: 2 patents #12,963 of 25,231Top 55%
ACAlps Alpine Co.: 2 patents #150 of 525Top 30%
KOKonica: 2 patents #962 of 1,958Top 50%
MCMitsui & Co.: 1 patents #15 of 67Top 25%
NANamics: 1 patents #52 of 113Top 50%
NLNoritake Co., Limited: 1 patents #133 of 334Top 40%
KOKomatsu: 1 patents #1,163 of 2,087Top 60%
KSKawasaki Steel: 1 patents #889 of 1,922Top 50%
KMKawasaki Motors: 1 patents #91 of 203Top 45%
Honda Motor Co.: 1 patents #12,035 of 21,052Top 60%
SCShoei Chemical: 1 patents #72 of 128Top 60%
TKTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.: 1 patents #216 of 436Top 50%
HCHonda Canada: 1 patents #13 of 21Top 65%
TCTohoku Electric Power Company: 1 patents #65 of 246Top 30%
FLFujitsu Nagano Systems Engineering Limited: 1 patents #3 of 8Top 40%
FUFujirebio: 1 patents #93 of 219Top 45%
Casio Computer Co.: 1 patents #1,284 of 1,970Top 70%
Yamaha Motor: 1 patents #1,283 of 2,310Top 60%
ACAsahi Kasei Chemicals: 1 patents #262 of 543Top 50%
ACAjinomoto Co.: 1 patents #1,164 of 2,190Top 55%
Overall (All Time): #6,211 of 4,157,543Top 1%
150 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 101–125 of 150 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6181898 Developing apparatus 2001-01-30
6173561 Steam cooling method for gas turbine combustor and apparatus therefor Yuichi Kobayashi, Kouichi Akagi, Mitsuru Inada 2001-01-16
6156318 Method of counteracting harmful effects of histamine Masaaki Takeuchi, Naohiko Sato 2000-12-05
6131007 Developing device, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Seiji Yamaguchi, Atsushi Numagami, Yoshiyuki Batori 2000-10-10
6112878 Automobile manufacturing line Soichiro Uchimura, Yuzo Uenohara, Michael Oatridge, Donald Wesley Gallagher, Mark Earle 2000-09-05
6104894 Developer container Yoshikazu Sasago 2000-08-15
6075957 Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Yoshiyuki Batori, Isao Ikemoto 2000-06-13
6055530 Document information management system, method and memory 2000-04-25
6050328 Heat exchanger and air conditioner using same Naoki Shikazono, Toshio Hatada, Masaaki Itoh, Hideyuki Kimura, Sumiyoshi Takeda +4 more 2000-04-18
6017160 Printer sheet feed device having controller Tadashi Nakamura 2000-01-25
5974288 Electrophotographic image forming apparatus 1999-10-26
5966566 Recycle method for process cartridge and image forming apparatus Kazuyoshi Odagawa, Hiroo Kobayashi, Isao Ikemoto, Masahiko Yashiro, Toshiyuki Karakama +2 more 1999-10-12
5958419 Antihistaminic substance of stevia origin Masaaki Takeuchi, Naohiko Sato 1999-09-28
5940658 Toner frame and process cartridge Akiyoshi Yokoi, Yoshiyuki Batori 1999-08-17
5911096 Image forming apparatus on which a process cartridge is detachably mounted and a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an image forming apparatus including a grip portion Yoshiyuki Batori 1999-06-08
5900356 Silver halide color photographic material 1999-05-04
5870654 Process cartridge remanufacturing method and process cartridge Kazuyoshi Odagawa, Hiroo Kobayashi, Shinichi Sasaki, Satoshi Kurihara 1999-02-09
5802433 Toner frame, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus Isao Ikemoto 1998-09-01
5765286 Reconditioning method for developing roller Satoshi Kurihara, Katsunori Yokoyama, Akira Suzuki 1998-06-16
5586892 Electrically connecting structure 1996-12-24
5585889 Process cartridge and image forming apparatus Kazuo Shishido, Hiroo Kobayashi, Akira Higeta, Hironobu Isobe, Shigeo Miyabe +1 more 1996-12-17
5528341 Process cartridge with rotary member having bearing attachment portions of different diameters, and method for refusing such a rotary member Kazuo Shishido, Hiroaki Miyake, Yoshiya Nomura, Kenji Matsuda 1996-06-18
5502954 Flap folding device of wrapping machine Heiemon Akiyama, Masafumi Hamaguchi, Hiroaki Kikuta 1996-04-02
5489458 Flooring material for wiring Isao Nakashima, Kenji Abe, Hideo Maeyama, Hirohiko Ishiwatari 1996-02-06
5452056 Image forming apparatus, process cartridge mountable within it and method for attaching photosensitive drum to process cartridge Yoshiya Nomura, Hiroo Kobayashi, Akira Higeta, Hironobu Isobe, Kazuo Shishido +2 more 1995-09-19