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Masashi Seto — 16 Patents

MOMolex: 14 patents #97 of 1,726Top 6%
Sony: 3 patents #10,793 of 25,231Top 45%
UCUnion Machinery Co.: 1 patents #5 of 21Top 25%
Zama, JP: #51 of 615 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Masashi Seto has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at Molex. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in February 2007. Masashi Seto ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Masashi Seto in Zama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2007Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1997.peak 31989: 1 patents19891994: 2 patents19941996: 2 patents19961997: 3 patents19971999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents20042007: 1 patents2007

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7180996 Card system Yasuhiro Ishikawa 2007-02-20
6767138 Optical receptacle Akihiro Miyachi, Kazuhiro Shimada, Hideo Tamura 2004-07-27
6709166 Connector assembly with multi-part housing Akihiro Miyachi, Kazuhiro Shimada, Hideo Tamura, Kenji Watanabe 2004-03-23 $1,144,000
6609833 Latching system for connector assemblies Akihiro Miyachi, Kenji Watanabe 2003-08-26
6527450 Latching system for connector assemblies Akihiro Miyachi, Kenji Watanabe 2003-03-04
6267513 Fail-safe optical connector Kenji Watanabe 2001-07-31
6162083 Electrical connector system for flat circuitry 2000-12-19
5895287 Flat cable connector Shinsuke Kunishi, Minoru Fukushima 1999-04-20
5695359 Zero insertion force electrical connector for flat cable Mitsuo Fujikura, Minoru Fukushima, Shinsuke Kunishi 1997-12-09
5695360 Zero insertion force electrical connector for flat cable Shinsuke Kunishi 1997-12-09
5634810 Printed circuit board mounted electrical connector assembly Toshihiro Niitsu 1997-06-03
5507657 Electrical connector cover Shinichi Aihara, Kouichi Inoue 1996-04-16
5498167 Board to board electrical connectors Shinichi Aihara, Kouichi Inoue 1996-03-12
5306168 Floating type electric connector Shinsuke Kunishi 1994-04-26
5277621 Electric connector terminal mount 1994-01-11
4808113 Connector for flexible flat cable Akira Kanesige 1989-02-28 $2,256,000