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 126–150 of 171 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
4904173 Plastic molding device for a semiconductor element Itaru Matsuo 1990-02-27
4865823 Method for recovering gallium Yukinori Minagawa, Kunihiko Yamaguchi, Kazumasa Arai, Gouichi Muramatsu 1989-09-12
4866767 Subscriber line interface circuit Hiroshi Tanimoto, Satoru Yoshida 1989-09-12
4769924 Liquid absorbing apparatus Toyohiko Hikota, Shigeki Iwamoto, Tatsuo Kimura, Masao Masuda 1988-09-13
4767475 Wear resistant rails having capability of preventing propagation of unstable rupture Kozo Fukuda, Tsunemi Wada, Shinichi Nagahashi, Yoshio Saito, Masahiro Ueda 1988-08-30
4764954 Automatic gain control in a loudspeaker telephone set Masayuki Tsurusaki, Yasuji Sato, Takeshi Horiuchi, Hisashi Yamada, Akira Maekawa 1988-08-16
4755124 Plastic molding device for a semiconductor element Itaru Matsuo 1988-07-05
4740079 Method of and apparatus for detecting foreign substances Mitsuyoshi Koizumi, Yoshimasa Ohshima 1988-04-26
4735563 Apparatus for sealing a semiconductor element in a resin Tethuya Uchida, Toru Kidera 1988-04-05
4725925 Circuit board Kazuo Hirota, Akira Murata, Fumiuki Kobayashi, Takaji Takenaka 1988-02-16
4707075 Very-low-temperature fiberscope Eiji Fukushima, Kazuo Sanada, Sadao Chigira 1987-11-17
4689277 Rare earth phosphor and radiographic image conversion screen Yukinori Minagawa, Keiko Matsuo, Etsuo Shimizu 1987-08-25
4684313 Wrist device of industrial robot Yoshihiko Minematsu, Masayuki Yamamoto, Kenichiro Sakamoto 1987-08-04
4680552 Apparatus for measuring impurities in super-pure water without exposure to surrounding atmosphere Kozo Shirato, Kazuo Hiraizumi, Kazuyasu Kawashima, Shinya Okuyama, Masashi Kobayashi +5 more 1987-07-14
4678932 Snubber circuit for GTO thyristor Yuzuru Yonehata 1987-07-07
4673772 Electronic circuit device and method of producing the same Ryohei Satoh, Muneo Oshima, Suguru Sakaguchi, Akira Murata, Kazuo Hirota 1987-06-16
4658416 Automatic call transfer system capable of carrying out call transfer without manual operation 1987-04-14
4634046 Control system using combined closed loop and duty cycle control functions 1987-01-06
4627786 Industrial robot Yoshihiko Minematsu, Kenichiro Sakamoto, Masayuki Yamamoto 1986-12-09
4602150 Locking and unlocking device Makoto Nishikawa 1986-07-22
4594106 Spraying materials containing ceramic needle fiber and composite materials spray-coated with such spraying materials Kazuhisa Niwano, Tetsunori Minato, Yastami Oka 1986-06-10
4591492 Method of manufacturing crystalline silicon carbide employing acid pretreated rice husks Tadashi Kawabe, Masafumi Kobune 1986-05-27
4561269 Key-exchangeable lock 1985-12-31
4536419 Method for forming tapered films Hitoshi Kubota, Susumu Aiuchi 1985-08-20
4535009 Method for producing a composite sheet material Hideo Nakamura, Shunji Mizuguchi 1985-08-13