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Yoichi Kimura — 35 Patents

Canon: 17 patents #3,944 of 19,416Top 25%
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha: 4 patents #3,475 of 10,731Top 35%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 2 patents #9,741 of 21,551Top 50%
HCHitachi Chemical Company: 2 patents #701 of 1,946Top 40%
SCSeikosha Co.: 1 patents #184 of 312Top 60%
UNUnitika: 1 patents #257 of 620Top 45%
Fujitsu Limited: 1 patents #14,843 of 24,456Top 65%
Panasonic: 1 patents #13,316 of 21,108Top 65%
MMMinebea Mitsumi: 1 patents #239 of 442Top 55%
MCMitsumi Electric Co.: 1 patents #527 of 935Top 60%
NINikon: 1 patents #1,647 of 2,493Top 70%
Osaka, JP: #948 of 24,344 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Yoichi Kimura has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at Canon. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in November 2022. Yoichi Kimura ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Yoichi Kimura in Osaka, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1997.peak 41980: 1 patents19801990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911994: 1 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 4 patents1998: 3 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 3 patents2002: 3 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 2 patents20042006: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents2020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11499876 Strain gauge and sensor module Satoshi Sato, Shigeyuki Adachi, Eiji Misaizu, Atsushi Kitamura, Toshiaki Asakawa +1 more 2022-11-15
10859325 Heat exchanger 2020-12-08
RE48003 Image display unit and image forming apparatus including the same Kunihisa Chiba, Kazuyuki Ogida 2020-05-19
9473652 Image display unit and image forming apparatus including the same Kunihisa Chiba, Kazuyuki Ogida 2016-10-18
9268973 Sensor output correction circuit, sensor output correction device, and sensor output correction method Konosuke YAMAMOTO 2016-02-23
8902157 Image display unit and image forming apparatus including the same Kunihisa Chiba, Kazuyuki Ogida 2014-12-02
8553266 Digital multifunction printer for mounting removable external storage device and image data storage system Kunihisa Chiba, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kazuyuki Ohgida 2013-10-08
8221511 Hydrogen producing apparatus Yutaka Yoshida, Kunihiro Ukai, Tomonori Aso, Akira Maenishi 2012-07-17 $49,000
7113308 Method and apparatus for recording images based on measured vibration 2006-09-26 $82,000
6804479 Image forming apparatus with test pattern for image control 2004-10-12 $134,000
6715334 Apparatus and method for manufacturing thick-walled bent pipe Hiroyasu Fukushima 2004-04-06
6615016 Transfer medium bearing member and image forming apparatus employing transfer medium bearing member 2003-09-02 $138,000
6450001 Method and apparatus for manufacturing thick-walled bent pipe 2002-09-17
6442356 Image forming apparatus Haruhiko Omata, Yoshikuni Ito 2002-08-27 $223,000
6385426 Image forming apparatus having contact area between recording material bearing member and transfer means that is less than contact area between image bearing member and recording material Masahiro Inoue, Haruhiko Omata, Shinya Suzuki 2002-05-07 $102,000
6314251 Image forming apparatus Fumiteru Gomi, Satoru Fukushima, Makoto Ohki, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Kouichi Hashimoto +1 more 2001-11-06 $122,000
6226486 Image forming apparatus with electrically grounded roller Yoshikuni Itou, Masahiro Inoue, Yuji Bessho 2001-05-01 $148,000
6178307 Attraction member and image forming apparatus using the same 2001-01-23 $294,000
6128460 Image forming system for conveying recording material Yoshikuni Ito, Haruhiko Omata 2000-10-03 $221,000
6010778 Coating composition utilizing modified sol having tin oxide-tungsten oxide complex colloid particles and lens coated therewith Toshihiko Horibe, Koji Watanabe 2000-01-04
5937245 Image forming apparatus having an improved system for removing residual toner Masahiro Inoue, Yoshikuni Itou 1999-08-10 $159,000
5911100 Image forming apparatus having transfer drum with peeling member Takashi Hasegawa, Satoshi Tamura 1999-06-08 $207,000
5827626 Production of color filter Yuji Kobayashi, Shigeo Tachiki, Toshihiko Akahori, Syoichi Sasaki, Kouji Yamazaki 1998-10-27 $178,000
5821016 Colored image forming material and color filter obtained therefrom Tsutomu Satoh, Shigeo Tachiki, Yuji Kobayashi, Toshihiko Akahori, Syoichi Sasaki +1 more 1998-10-13 $169,000
5742873 Image forming apparatus and oil cleaning member Takahiro Kubo, Takeshi Menjo, Takashi Hasegawa, Kazuo Suzuki, Satoshi Tamura 1998-04-21 $58,000