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Seiko Epson
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Seiko Epson
— 33,506 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#25
of
105,732
Top 1%
7,774
inventors
33,506
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 1,679 patents in 2014.
peak 1,679
1996: 204 patents
1996
1997: 247 patents
1998: 337 patents
1999: 327 patents
1999
2000: 428 patents
2001: 534 patents
2002: 663 patents
2002
2003: 809 patents
2004: 876 patents
2005: 899 patents
2005
2006: 1,261 patents
2007: 1,240 patents
2008: 1,281 patents
2008
2009: 1,382 patents
2010: 1,484 patents
2011: 1,565 patents
2011
2012: 1,514 patents
2013: 1,539 patents
2014: 1,679 patents
2014
2015: 1,634 patents
2016: 1,667 patents
2017: 1,428 patents
2017
2018: 1,314 patents
2019: 1,363 patents
2020: 1,337 patents
2020
2021: 1,238 patents
2022: 1,252 patents
2023: 1,147 patents
2023
2024: 1,028 patents
2025: 773 patents
2025
Top Inventors at Seiko Epson
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
7,774
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Satoshi Shinada
201
1
Takashi Takeda
201
3
Taku Ishizawa
195
#4
Nobuaki Hashimoto
194
#5
Ken Ikuma
173
#6
Hitotoshi Kimura
170
#7
Atsushi Kobayashi
166
#8
Yujiro Nomura
158
#9
Tatsuya Shimoda
150
#10
Kesatoshi Takeuchi
144
#10
Tadahiro Mizutani
144
#12
Koichi Akiyama
139
#13
Motoki Takabe
136
#14
Toshio Kumagai
128
#15
Eiju Hirai
125
#16
Hisashi Miyazawa
123
#17
Toshiaki Kakutani
121
#18
Minoru Usui
120
#19
Masayuki Takagi
118
#20
Munehide Kanaya
117
#21
Ryuichi Shiohara
113
#21
Takeshi Koshihara
113
#23
Akira Morita
111
#24
Tsuyoshi Sano
107
#25
Akira Komatsu
106
#26
Fujio Akahane
105
#26
Toshiaki Miyao
105
#28
Kenji Watanabe
104
#29
Masatoshi Yonekubo
102
#30
Hidetoshi Kodama
99
#30
Izumi Nozawa
99
#30
Teruhiko Fujisawa
99
#33
Keitaro Nakano
97
#34
Hiromu Miyazawa
94
#34
Jing Xiao
94
#34
Ryoichi Nozawa
94
#37
Mitsutoshi Miyasaka
93
#37
Shoma Kudo
93
#39
Naomi Kimura
92
#39
Shunichi Seki
92
#41
Hitoshi Ota
91
#41
Koichi Otsuki
91
#43
Kunio Tabata
90
#44
Yasushi Mizoguchi
88
#45
Tsuneyuki Sasaki
87
#46
Hidekazu Kobayashi
86
#46
Toru Matsuyama
86
#48
Kiyohiko Takemoto
85
#48
Takeo Seino
85
#48
Toshiaki Hashizume
85
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