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Hiroshi Kimura — 278 Patents

Hitachi: 40 patents #499 of 28,497Top 2%
Mitsubishi Electric: 24 patents #727 of 25,717Top 3%
MCMita Industrial Co.: 24 patents #7 of 891Top 1%
TCToshiba Silicone Co.: 16 patents #2 of 169Top 2%
TCTokyo Rope Mfg. Co.: 16 patents #1 of 144Top 1%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 14 patents #1,767 of 21,551Top 9%
KCKyodo Yushi Co.: 11 patents #1 of 191Top 1%
Panasonic: 10 patents #2,600 of 21,108Top 15%
RERenesas Electronics: 9 patents #397 of 4,529Top 9%
HAHughes Aircraft: 8 patents #132 of 2,963Top 5%
LSLsi: 5 patents #767 of 3,238Top 25%
MIMitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated: 5 patents #267 of 1,543Top 20%
Yamaha Motor: 5 patents #351 of 2,310Top 20%
Nsk: 5 patents #309 of 1,559Top 20%
FCFuji Electric Co.: 5 patents #472 of 2,643Top 20%
EXExedy: 4 patents #61 of 223Top 30%
IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
MCMabuchi Motor Co.: 4 patents #26 of 228Top 15%
CCCosmo Oil Co.: 3 patents #49 of 229Top 25%
TITakeda Chemical Industries: 3 patents #379 of 1,420Top 30%
TCToho Tenax Co.: 3 patents #5 of 48Top 15%
FIFujifilm Business Innovation: 3 patents #2,684 of 1,659Top 165%
ALAvago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited: 2 patents #297 of 1,094Top 30%
KCKao Soap Co.: 2 patents #42 of 203Top 25%
GIG-C Dental Industrial: 2 patents #26 of 89Top 30%
YOYorozu: 2 patents #6 of 59Top 15%
KCKobelco Cranes Co.: 2 patents #18 of 55Top 35%
SCSuminoe Textile Co.: 2 patents #4 of 50Top 8%
Honda Motor Co.: 2 patents #8,527 of 21,052Top 45%
HCHitachi Engineering Co.: 2 patents #103 of 572Top 20%
SOSocionext: 2 patents #127 of 541Top 25%
Sony: 2 patents #13,023 of 25,231Top 55%
ICIkegami Tsushinki Co.: 2 patents #15 of 89Top 20%
LGLion Group: 2 patents #101 of 587Top 20%
UCUbe-Nitto Kasei Co.: 2 patents #17 of 70Top 25%
UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
TCTohoku Electric Power Company: 1 patents #65 of 246Top 30%
TCTokyo Gas Co.: 1 patents #144 of 412Top 35%
TSTorex Semiconductor: 1 patents #6 of 16Top 40%
VJVictor Company Of Japan: 1 patents #818 of 1,489Top 55%
ACAsahi Glass Co.: 1 patents #1,233 of 2,251Top 55%
YUYokohama National University: 1 patents #11 of 55Top 20%
KOKomatsu: 1 patents #1,191 of 2,087Top 60%
YCYamaha Motor Co.: 1 patents #6 of 83Top 8%
ACAshimori Industry Co.: 1 patents #73 of 185Top 40%
APAvago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #883 of 2,004Top 45%
CHChuo Hatsujo: 1 patents #58 of 122Top 50%
DADaicel: 1 patents #265 of 523Top 55%
DCDaisan Kasei Co.: 1 patents #5 of 21Top 25%
Denso: 1 patents #6,940 of 11,792Top 60%
DCDowa Electronics Materials Co.: 1 patents #148 of 241Top 65%
DCDowa Mining Co.: 1 patents #157 of 324Top 50%
ECEarth Chemical Co.: 1 patents #16 of 64Top 25%
FCFujimori Kogyo Co.: 1 patents #43 of 112Top 40%
HQHeraeus Quarzglas: 1 patents #147 of 287Top 55%
HCHitachi Car Engineering Co.: 1 patents #275 of 465Top 60%
ISIst: 1 patents #20 of 49Top 45%
KAKao: 1 patents #1,961 of 3,221Top 65%
KIKisco: 1 patents #4 of 21Top 20%
KUKyushu University, National University: 1 patents #221 of 767Top 30%
MIMitsuba: 1 patents #291 of 618Top 50%
MKMitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K.K.: 1 patents #5 of 82Top 7%
MDMitsubisih Denki: 1 patents #26 of 381Top 7%
MCMitsui Chemicals: 1 patents #1,270 of 2,279Top 60%
NGNihon Shinku Gijutsu: 1 patents #54 of 128Top 45%
NSNishimura Seisakusho: 1 patents #3 of 11Top 30%
OCOki Electric Industry Co.: 1 patents #1,459 of 2,807Top 55%
OSOlympus Medical Systems: 1 patents #501 of 833Top 65%
OCOlympus Optical Co.: 1 patents #1,517 of 2,334Top 65%
RTRenesas Technology: 1 patents #1,991 of 3,337Top 60%
SSSanwa Shutter: 1 patents #17 of 45Top 40%
SLSeven Dreamers Laboratories: 1 patents #10 of 14Top 75%
SCShin-Etsu Quartz Products Co.: 1 patents #77 of 149Top 55%
SHShinwa: 1 patents #7 of 23Top 35%
SCShowa Electric Wire & Cable Co.: 1 patents #42 of 169Top 25%
SISumitomo Light Metal Industries: 1 patents #103 of 254Top 45%
TCTakiron Co.: 1 patents #20 of 69Top 30%
TTThe University Of Tokyo: 1 patents #1,000 of 2,633Top 40%
TCThreebond Co.: 1 patents #61 of 172Top 40%
Overall (All Time): #1,574 of 4,157,543Top 1%
278 Patents All Time
Hiroshi Kimura has been granted 278 US patents while listed as an inventor at Hitachi. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2024. Hiroshi Kimura ranks #1,574 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.04%). Patent records list Hiroshi Kimura in Noda, CA, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2000.peak 141993: 8 patents19931994: 8 patents1995: 10 patents1996: 11 patents19961997: 8 patents1998: 12 patents1999: 7 patents19992000: 14 patents2001: 9 patents2002: 9 patents20022003: 5 patents2004: 7 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 4 patents2009: 4 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 9 patents2012: 8 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 6 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 6 patents2017: 4 patents2018: 12 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 6 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents2024: 3 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 278 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12059702 Coating device, coating method, and method for manufacturing photoconductor Hiroaki Ogawa, Masaru Agatsuma, Akihiko Nakamura, Takaakira SASAKI 2024-08-13
12045775 Part management apparatus, part management system, part management method, and computer readable recording medium Yasuhito TAKEI, Atsushi Fujikawa, Tsutomu KAMIYAMAGUCHI, Fumihiro YOSHINO, Ryosuke ITOYAMA +2 more 2024-07-23 $174,000
11916442 Rotor, rotary electric machine, method of manufacturing rotor, and method of collecting permanent magnet Yasuhito TAKEI, Atsushi Kubota 2024-02-27 $194,000
11414680 Method for inserting desired DNA fragment into site located adjacent to binding domain of DNA-binding protein Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Akihito Harada, Hitoshi Kurumizaka, Tetsuya Handa, Yuko Sato +1 more 2022-08-16 $602,000
11204572 Image forming apparatus Hirooki Oka, Tetsuo Hara, Joji SAITO, Haruhiko Kojima 2021-12-21
RE48450 Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same Kazuma Onishi, Yoshitaka Otsu, Tetsuya Nitta, Shinichiro Yanagi, Katsumi Morii 2021-02-23
10817762 Printing device and non-transitory computer readable medium Yusuke Chika, Akinori KASHIWAGI 2020-10-27
RE48187 Grease composition for rolling bearing Atsushi Yokouchi, Jun Kuraishi, Youichiro Sugimori, Yasunobu Fujita, Michiharu Naka +1 more 2020-09-01
10633512 Sheet adhesive and adhesion process using the same Yoshihide Arai 2020-04-28
10611876 Epoxy-amine adduct, thermoplastic resin composition, sizing agent, sizing agent coated carbon fiber, and fiber-reinforced composite material Hiroko Inoue, Hiroto Tanigawa, Masanori Sakane, Toshihiko Nijukken, Tomio Ozaki +3 more 2020-04-07
10596870 Vehicular arm component manufacturing method and vehicular arm component Masaharu Matsumoto, Junichi Seki, Tomo TSUCHIDA 2020-03-24
D873116 Cable clamp shaped with a wave form Shunji Hachisuka, Daisuke Manabe, Hiroyuki Shimmura, Yukio Kitada, Ryo Yamashita 2020-01-21
10382234 Continuous time pre-cursor and post-cursor compensation circuits HaoQiong Chen, Yehui Sun 2019-08-13
10377964 Magneto-rheological grease composition Shinya Kondo, Tetsuo Ogawa, Makoto Hayama, Koji Maesaka, Shin Morishita +2 more 2019-08-13
10298890 Vehicle display device Kenichiro Karikomi, Keiichi Iwashima, Yoshihisa Hasegawa 2019-05-21
10240661 End fixing structure of composite wire rod Daisuke Manabe, Shunji Hachisuka, Fumihiro Matsuda, Nobuhiro Kai, Hiroyuki Shimmura +1 more 2019-03-26
10193714 Continuous time pre-cursor and post-cursor compensation circuits HaoQiong Chen, Yehui Sun 2019-01-29
10074740 Semiconductor device Hideaki Tsuchiya, Takashi Ide, Yorinobu Kunimune 2018-09-11
D826037 Tool for fixing a tension member of composite strand for prestressed concrete reinforcement and post tensioning concrete structure Daisuke Manabe, Shunji Hachisuka, Yoshihiro Tamura 2018-08-21
D825320 Tool for fixing a tension member of composite strand for prestressed concrete reinforcement and post tensioning concrete structure Daisuke Manabe, Shunji Hachisuka, Fumihiro Matsuda, Kohsuke Ashiduka 2018-08-14
D823676 Tool for fixing a tension member of composite strand for prestressed concrete reinforcement and post tensioning concrete structure Daisuke Manabe, Shunji Hachisuka, Yoshihiro Tamura 2018-07-24
D821857 Tool for fixing a tension member of composite strand for prestressed concrete reinforcement and post tensioning concrete structure Daisuke Manabe, Shunji Hachisuka, Fumihiro Matsuda, Kohsuke Ashiduka 2018-07-03
9996099 Bias generator circuit, voltage generator circuit, communications device, and radar device 2018-06-12
9969041 Deformable thin object spreading device and method Yoshimasa Endo, Hiroshi Kitagawa 2018-05-15
D815940 Tool for fixing a tension member of composite strand for prestressed concrete reinforcement and post tensioning concrete structure Daisuke Manabe, Shunji Hachisuka, Fumihiro Matsuda, Kohsuke Ashiduka 2018-04-24