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Hitachi High-Technologies
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Hitachi High-Technologies
— 2,891 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#269
of
105,732
Top 1%
2,457
inventors
2,891
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2024
Bar chart with a peak of 279 patents in 2014.
peak 279
2003: 5 patents
2003
2004: 27 patents
2005: 58 patents
2006: 101 patents
2006
2007: 98 patents
2008: 149 patents
2009: 143 patents
2009
2010: 207 patents
2011: 259 patents
2012: 265 patents
2012
2013: 233 patents
2014: 279 patents
2015: 231 patents
2015
2016: 215 patents
2017: 193 patents
2018: 164 patents
2018
2019: 178 patents
2020: 65 patents
2021: 4 patents
2021
2022: 7 patents
2023: 6 patents
2024: 4 patents
2024
Top Inventors at Hitachi High-Technologies
All Time
Showing
51–100
of
2,457
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
#49
Kenetsu Yokogawa
43
#49
Isao Yamazaki
42
#49
Yoshinori Nakayama
29
#54
Izumi Waki
27
#54
Ryoji Nishio
28
#56
Hiroshi Makino
26
#56
Satoshi Tomimatsu
26
#56
Takumichi Sutani
27
#56
Motohiro Yamazaki
48
#56
Kei Shimura
32
#61
Hideo Todokoro
26
#61
Yoshimasa Oshima
25
#61
Daisuke Shiraishi
33
#61
Hitoshi Tokieda
31
#61
Akitaka Makino
26
#66
Atsushi Takane
24
#66
Mitsuji Ikeda
26
#66
Tetsuya Watanabe
24
#66
Seiichiro Kanno
32
#66
Tetsuo Ono
29
#66
Yasushi Terui
25
#72
Hiroyuki Nakano
23
#72
Hiroya Ohta
28
#72
Hideyuki Yamamoto
23
#72
Tomohiro Shoji
27
#72
Akihisa Makino
46
#72
Sakuichiro Adachi
37
#72
Satomi Inoue
35
#72
Tatehito Usui
35
#72
Satoru Yamaguchi
32
#72
Akira Ikegami
30
#72
Satoshi Takahashi
29
#72
Hideki Kihara
24
#72
Hiroyuki Satake
24
#85
Hiroyuki Suzuki
22
#85
Ken Yoshioka
22
#85
Noritsugu Takahashi
25
#85
Takeshi Kawasaki
22
#85
Toshihide Agemura
36
#85
Masuyuki Sugiyama
33
#91
Katsuhiro Sasada
21
#91
Shinsuke Kawanishi
22
#91
Shuichi Nakagawa
31
#91
Yuko Sasaki
28
#91
Tomonori Nakano
24
#91
Junichi Tanaka
22
#91
Masahiro Watanabe
22
#98
Katsuaki Takahashi
21
#98
Makoto Ezumi
20
#98
Motohiko Yoshigai
20
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Most Valuable Patents
Patent
Est. Value
Year
Method and apparatus for inspecting pattern defects
$482K
2008
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2008
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$328K
2008
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$328K
2008
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$328K
2008
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