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Toru Kobayashi — 83 Patents

KOKonica: 14 patents #132 of 1,958Top 7%
Hitachi: 10 patents #4,209 of 28,497Top 15%
Canon: 7 patents #7,879 of 19,416Top 45%
Mazda Motor: 6 patents #636 of 4,755Top 15%
NSNidec Servo: 5 patents #5 of 83Top 7%
Honda Motor Co.: 5 patents #4,418 of 21,052Top 25%
KSKonica Minolta Sensing: 4 patents #6 of 57Top 15%
ACAjinomoto Co.: 4 patents #463 of 2,190Top 25%
YAYazaki: 4 patents #1,048 of 3,427Top 35%
FAFanuc: 3 patents #813 of 1,735Top 50%
FCFutaba Industrial Co.: 3 patents #21 of 167Top 15%
ASAdvanced Softmaterials: 2 patents #8 of 31Top 30%
KEKeihin: 1 patents #237 of 596Top 40%
JCJapan Servo Co.: 1 patents #92 of 161Top 60%
MMMitsubishi Mining: 1 patents #886 of 2,247Top 40%
HCHitachi Ulsi Systems Co.: 1 patents #577 of 867Top 70%
NCNisshin Steel Co.: 1 patents #240 of 514Top 50%
NCNissin Food Products Co.: 1 patents #10 of 41Top 25%
OCOki Semiconductor Co.: 1 patents #202 of 526Top 40%
RIRigaku: 1 patents #152 of 239Top 65%
SCSanyo Electric Co.: 1 patents #3,644 of 6,347Top 60%
SESeiko Epson: 1 patents #5,551 of 7,774Top 75%
TCToyoda Gosei Co.: 1 patents #1,271 of 2,296Top 60%
YCYamada Manufacturing Co.: 1 patents #83 of 164Top 55%
HSHitachi Automotive Systems: 1 patents #965 of 1,636Top 60%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
HCHisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co.: 1 patents #188 of 383Top 50%
Ricoh Company: 1 patents #6,943 of 9,818Top 75%
BLBridgestone Tire Company Limited: 1 patents #196 of 438Top 45%
Overall (All Time): #21,013 of 4,157,543Top 1%
83 Patents All Time
Toru Kobayashi has been granted 83 US patents while listed as an inventor at Konica. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in December 2025. Toru Kobayashi ranks #21,013 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.51%). Patent records list Toru Kobayashi in Tokyo, OH, JP.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 83 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12496792 Production method for optical laminate Zhen Huang, Kanon Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Yuko Kibushi 2025-12-16
12455403 Optical laminate, article and method of manufacturing optical laminate Zhen Huang, Kanon Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Yuko Kibushi 2025-10-28
12212732 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium Toshitaka Aiba, Yuki Tsuihiji 2025-01-28
12087325 Image capture device, recording device, and display control device Hidenobu Akiyoshi, Akihiro Tanabe 2024-09-10
11928408 Machine learning device, learning model generating method, insulation resistance estimating device, and control device Yuuki Morishita 2024-03-12 $23,550,000
11849100 Information processing apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium Toshitaka Aiba, Shuhei Iino, Takumi Uehara, Atsuto Noda 2023-12-19
11761412 Start controller for engine Hirotaka Yamakawa, Hiromu Sugano, Kenji Tanimura, Daisuke Shimo 2023-09-19 $150,000
11741994 Image capture device, recording device, and display control device Hidenobu Akiyoshi, Akihiro Tanabe 2023-08-29
11628516 Welding method 2023-04-18
11542907 Stop position controller for engine Hirotaka Yamakawa, Hiromu Sugano, Kenji Tanimura, Daisuke Shimo 2023-01-03 $107,000
11496027 Motor Yoshifumi Kuwano 2022-11-08
11381798 Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 2022-07-05 $39,000
11308991 Image capture device, recording device, and display control device Hidenobu Akiyoshi, Akihiro Tanabe 2022-04-19 $36,000
11305381 Welding method 2022-04-19
11213915 Joining method Koji Yamaguchi 2022-01-04
11171472 Electronic controller Masato Saito, Michihito Watarai 2021-11-09
11168631 Method and device for controlling compression ignition engine Kanae Fuki, Kotaro Takahashi, Hiromu Sugano, Masahiro Tateishi, Ryohei Karatsu +2 more 2021-11-09 $280,000
11158186 System for controlling a plurality of devices using a CNC device Yoshiki Satou 2021-10-26
11116955 Method for producing microneedle device Toshiyuki Matsudo, Shinpei NISHIMURA, Seiji Tokumoto, Tetsuji Kuwahara 2021-09-14
D927423 Motor Yoshifumi Kuwano 2021-08-10
10890122 Method and device for controlling starting of engine Kanae Fuki, Kotaro Takahashi, Hiromu Sugano, Masahiro Tateishi, Ryohei Karatsu +2 more 2021-01-12 $303,000
10883464 Method and device for controlling compression ignition engine Kanae Fuki, Kotaro Takahashi, Hiromu Sugano, Masahiro Tateishi, Ryohei Karatsu +2 more 2021-01-05 $514,000
10801494 Hydraulic control apparatus and hydraulic control method Yuji Senbongi, Kenichi Fujiki, Ken Kaneko, Takahiro Satou, Haruyo Kobayashi +5 more 2020-10-13
10778994 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium Takuma Mikawa 2020-09-15 $38,000
10061364 Method for cooling storage device Tadaharu Maeda, Syun Nakayama 2018-08-28