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Minoru Asakawa — 27 Patents

KOKonica: 12 patents #157 of 1,958Top 9%
KMKonica Minolta: 10 patents #260 of 2,718Top 10%
KMKonica Minolta: 5 patents #412 of 1,361Top 35%
Hachioji, JP: #228 of 2,869 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Minoru Asakawa has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Konica. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in September 2023. Minoru Asakawa ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Minoru Asakawa in Hachioji, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2006.peak 31990: 1 patents19901991: 2 patents1992: 1 patents19921993: 1 patents1994: 1 patents19942000: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 3 patents2009: 2 patents20092011: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132015: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 2 patents20202022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–27 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
4996625 Power source unit for image recording apparatus Utami Soma, Yasufumi Koseki 1991-02-26
4973799 Printed circuit board for use with an image forming apparatus Utami Soma, Yasufumi Koseki 1990-11-27