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Minoru Ando — 19 Patents

FAFanuc: 7 patents #433 of 1,735Top 25%
Ngk Spark Plug Co.: 6 patents #306 of 1,594Top 20%
MKMurata Kikai: 2 patents #175 of 454Top 40%
TCTamron Co.: 2 patents #47 of 138Top 35%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 1 patents #13,249 of 21,551Top 65%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Minoru Ando has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Fanuc. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in February 2014. Minoru Ando ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Minoru Ando in Nagoya, MH, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2006.peak 31989: 1 patents19891992: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931998: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992003: 1 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 2 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8643944 Infrared zooming lens 2014-02-04
8264785 Imaging lens Takahiro Mitsuhashi 2012-09-11
7830935 Laser Eiji Kobayashi, Satoshi Kagiwada 2010-11-09
7586969 Method for discriminating anomaly in gas composition and discharge excitation type gas laser oscillator Akira Egawa, Hajime Ikemoto 2009-09-08
7436872 High frequency discharge excited gas laser oscillator Akira Egawa, Hajime Ikemoto 2008-10-14
7348517 Laser cutting apparatus with a high quality laser beam Akira Egawa, Atsushi Mori 2008-03-25
7257136 Laser apparatus Atsushi Mori, Ryoma Okazaki 2007-08-14
7172483 Method of making metallic shell for spark plug, method of making spark plug having metallic shell and spark plug produced by the same Takaaki Mizoguchi, Akira Suzuki 2007-02-06 $30,000
7154925 Gas laser oscillator Akira Egawa 2006-12-26
7149237 Laser oscillator Akira Egawa, Takeshi Watanabe 2006-12-12
7013696 Method of making a flanged tubular metallic part Shigahisa Saida 2006-03-21 $54,000
D468712 Hard disc video recorder 2003-01-14
5962957 Spark plug for internal combustion engine Yutaka Tanaka, Mitsutaka Yoshida 1999-10-05
5815945 Pit membrane-broken wood drying method and apparatus 1998-10-06
5760533 Spark plug for an internal combustion engine Yoshiaki Saiki, Mitsutaka Yoshida 1998-06-02
5257308 Pair facsimile devices Michiyoshi Washio 1993-10-26
5210457 Outer electrode for spark plug and a method of manufacturing thereof Takafumi Oshima 1993-05-11
5128986 Pair facsimile devices Michiyoshi Washio 1992-07-07
4882925 Method of making terminal nut for ignition plug by plastic working Tsugumi Ichie 1989-11-28