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Minoru Shimojo — 17 Patents

Canon: 17 patents #3,944 of 19,416Top 25%
Tokyo, JP: #9,037 of 90,295 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Minoru Shimojo has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Canon. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in February 2005. Minoru Shimojo ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Minoru Shimojo in Tokyo, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2000.peak 41993: 1 patents19931995: 3 patents19951997: 1 patents19971999: 2 patents19992000: 4 patents20002001: 2 patents20012003: 2 patents20032005: 2 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6852400 Endless belt electrophotography, process for producing the endless belt, and image forming apparatus having the endless belt Akihiko Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akira Shimada, Atsushi Tanaka, Tsunenori Ashibe +2 more 2005-02-08 $156,000
6846601 Negatively chargeable toner, image-forming method and process cartridge Satoshi Matsunaga 2005-01-25 $243,000
6592803 Process for producing belt-shaped member from a die-extruded film having a film thickness, die gap relationship Akihiko Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akira Shimada, Atsushi Tanaka, Tsunenori Ashibe +2 more 2003-07-15 $237,000
6541174 Method using toner and developer for developing electrostatic image Hirohide Tanikawa, Toshiaki Nakahara, Keita Nozawa, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Rika Shinba +2 more 2003-04-01 $118,000
6303072 Process of making an endless belt Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akihiko Nakazawa, Akira Shimada, Atsushi Tanaka, Tsunenori Ashibe +2 more 2001-10-16 $176,000
6187496 Toner and developer for developing electrostatic image, process for production thereof and image forming method Hirohide Tanikawa, Toshiaki Nakahara, Keita Nozawa, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Rika Shinba +2 more 2001-02-13 $224,000
6144830 Intermediate transfer member and electrophotographic apparatus including same Takashi Kusaba, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Akihiko Nakazawa, Akira Shimada, Atsushi Tanaka +1 more 2000-11-07 $165,000
6094556 Intermediate transfer member and image forming apparatus Atsushi Tanaka, Akira Shimada, Hiroyuki Osada, Tsunenori Ashibe, Hidekazu Matsuda 2000-07-25 $323,000
6078773 Image forming apparatus and intermediate transfer member Akira Shimada, Hiroyuki Osada, Atsushi Tanaka, Tsunenori Ashibe 2000-06-20 $387,000
6077638 Toner and developer for developing electrostatic image, process for production thereof and image forming method Hirohide Tanikawa, Toshiaki Nakahara, Keita Nozawa, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Rika Shinba +2 more 2000-06-20 $387,000
5995794 Image forming apparatus and intermediate transfer belt Hiroyuki Osada, Akira Shimada, Atsushi Tanaka, Tsunenori Ashibe 1999-11-30 $115,000
5978638 Intermediate transfer belt and image forming apparatus adopting the belt Atsushi Tanaka, Akira Shimada, Hiroyuki Osada, Tsunenori Ashibe 1999-11-02 $133,000
5605778 Toner with wax component for developing electrostatic image Tsutomu Onuma, Satoshi Matsunaga, Manabu Ohno 1997-02-25 $73,000
5447813 Toner for developing electrostatic image and image forming method Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Toshiaki Nakahara, Masami Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Mizoe 1995-09-05 $16,000
5436701 Image forming method, image forming apparatus and apparatus unit Toshiaki Nakahara, Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Masami Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Mizoe 1995-07-25 $23,000
5418102 Developer for developing electrostatic image, image forming method, toner imager fixing method and image forming apparatus Takaaki Kotaki, Yoshihiko Hyosu, Ryoichi Fujita, Makoto Kanbayashi 1995-05-23 $18,000
5250382 Toner for developing electrostatic image, and image fixing method Takaaki Kohtaki, Tsuyoshi Takiguchi 1993-10-05 $17,000