Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
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Minoru Tanaka

HIHitachi: 22 patents #1,535 of 28,497Top 6%
Mitsubishi Electric: 15 patents #1,633 of 25,717Top 7%
SESeiko Epson: 11 patents #1,668 of 7,774Top 25%
JSJfe Steel: 10 patents #175 of 1,401Top 15%
SOSony: 6 patents #6,793 of 25,231Top 30%
JSJsr: 5 patents #221 of 1,137Top 20%
KTKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 5 patents #5,683 of 21,451Top 30%
Nichia: 5 patents #398 of 1,531Top 30%
JCJms Co.: 5 patents #15 of 184Top 9%
TKTateho Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha: 4 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
SCShiroki Kogyo Co.: 4 patents #1 of 31Top 4%
FCFuji Photo Optical Co.: 4 patents #132 of 509Top 30%
TIToyota Industries: 4 patents #358 of 1,610Top 25%
TIToray Industries: 4 patents #687 of 3,690Top 20%
TCTachibana Eletech Co.: 4 patents #2 of 14Top 15%
Fujitsu Limited: 4 patents #7,093 of 24,456Top 30%
ASAsics: 3 patents #108 of 285Top 40%
AZAzbil: 3 patents #59 of 257Top 25%
FUFujifilm: 3 patents #1,989 of 4,519Top 45%
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha: 3 patents #4,164 of 10,731Top 40%
SCStanley Electric Co.: 3 patents #245 of 1,072Top 25%
MCMitsubishi Chemical: 3 patents #1,511 of 3,022Top 50%
YCYamatake-Honeywell Co.: 2 patents #37 of 169Top 25%
Canon: 2 patents #12,681 of 19,416Top 70%
MKMitsubishikaseikogyo Kabushiki Kaisha: 2 patents #2 of 49Top 5%
TLToyota Central R&D Labs: 2 patents #528 of 1,657Top 35%
MIMitutoyo: 2 patents #351 of 721Top 50%
FUFujikura: 2 patents #518 of 1,407Top 40%
NCNippon Kokan Co.: 1 patents #290 of 735Top 40%
NCNippon Light Metal Company: 1 patents #203 of 499Top 45%
NSNippon Steel: 1 patents #2,111 of 4,423Top 50%
NMNisshin Flour Milling: 1 patents #178 of 320Top 60%
RIRailway Technical Research Institute: 1 patents #70 of 233Top 35%
RIRimtec: 1 patents #8 of 20Top 40%
Honda Motor Co.: 1 patents #12,035 of 21,052Top 60%
HMHitachi Medical: 1 patents #371 of 680Top 55%
TOToyota: 1 patents #15,335 of 26,838Top 60%
FUFujinon: 1 patents #170 of 339Top 55%
TATaisei: 1 patents #56 of 224Top 25%
TETeac: 1 patents #255 of 440Top 60%
TCTeijin Seiki Co.: 1 patents #75 of 143Top 55%
TCToagosei Co.: 1 patents #155 of 338Top 50%
TLTokyo Electron Limited: 1 patents #3,538 of 5,567Top 65%
ECElectric Power Development Co.: 1 patents #44 of 132Top 35%
TCToyoda Gosei Co.: 1 patents #1,271 of 2,296Top 60%
TCT&S Co.: 1 patents #9 of 21Top 45%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
Yamaha Motor: 1 patents #1,283 of 2,310Top 60%
PAPanasonic: 1 patents #13,264 of 21,108Top 65%
JCJ.S.T. Mfg. Co.: 1 patents #144 of 255Top 60%
KCKonishiroku Photo Industry Co.: 1 patents #532 of 894Top 60%
KOKasei Optonix: 1 patents #58 of 142Top 45%
KCKumahira Safe Co.: 1 patents #5 of 15Top 35%
MKMino Ganryo Kagaku: 1 patents #5 of 5Top 100%
JRJapan Synthetic Rubber: 1 patents #256 of 558Top 50%
NENec: 1 patents #7,889 of 14,502Top 55%
IIIzumi Industries: 1 patents #5 of 10Top 50%
Overall (All Time): #4,709 of 4,157,543Top 1%
171 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 76–100 of 171 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6108618 Method for optically transmitting signals in measurement units and measurement system employing the optical transmission method Masaru Fujii 2000-08-22
6103111 Tourmaline composite grains and apparatus using them Yoshinori Kakamu, Hikohiro Sano 2000-08-15
6094268 Projection exposure apparatus and projection exposure method Yoshitada Oshida, Tetsuzo Tanimoto 2000-07-25
6078877 Method for optically transmitting signals in measurement units and measurement system employing the optical transmission method Masaru Fujii 2000-06-20
5965640 Acrylic rubber composition Nobutoshi Kobayashi 1999-10-12
5958600 Circuit board and method of manufacturing the same Hideo Sotokawa, Akira Yabushita, Takashi Inoue, Hidetaka Shigi, Mamoru Ogihara +2 more 1999-09-28
5868949 Metalization structure and manufacturing method thereof Hideo Sotokawa, Masashi Nishiki, Eiji Matsuzaki, Hidetaka Shigi, Toshio Terouchi +2 more 1999-02-09
5774098 Indicator Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hiroshi Honjo, Masaru Fujii 1998-06-30
5751353 Switching apparatus for TV lens unit switching Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Mori 1998-05-12
5731066 Electronic circuit device Akihiro Ando, Osamu Yamada, Ryohei Satoh, Takashi Inoue, Masahide Okamoto +2 more 1998-03-24
5700432 Fluidized-bed reactor and a temperature-controlling method for the fluidized-bed reactor Chi Wai Hui 1997-12-23
5649254 Film winding mechanism for a camera Ryosuke Mori, Kazunori Miyashita 1997-07-15
D373458 Shoe sole Tsutomu Otani 1996-09-10
D369672 Shoe sole Yoshio Yamashita 1996-05-14
D368795 Shoe sole Yutaka Nagai 1996-04-16
5479231 Film advancing mechanism 1995-12-26
5473194 Chip carrier having through hole conductors Tsuneo Kawai, Takao Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Fujita 1995-12-05
5471050 Photoelectric conversion method and apparatus thereof Ikuo Nishimoto 1995-11-28
5449239 Impact dot head with resiliently mounted wire guide Osamu Koshiishi, Takashi Asada, Masaki Shimomura 1995-09-12
5443297 Structure of side portion of vehicle body Tsutomu Shimizu 1995-08-22
5429166 Apparatus for regulating the pneumatic pressure of a motor vehicle tire Hidenobu Anzai, Moritaka Gotoh 1995-07-04
5401107 Component of printing head for wire-impact type dot printer and molding method thereof Kiyofumi Koike 1995-03-28
5366423 Small-sized reduction gear with radial beam between axially extending columns of a carrier Ryosuke Mori, Kazunori Miyashita 1994-11-22
5361178 Digital data recording apparatus 1994-11-01
5349242 Bidirectional switch circuit with automatic return-current path selector Hiroshi Tanimoto 1994-09-20