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Hideya Inoue — 80 Patents

NINikon: 71 patents #16 of 2,493Top 1%
NKNippon Kogaku K.K.: 4 patents #88 of 382Top 25%
Shimano: 4 patents #285 of 759Top 40%
NNNiko Nv: 1 patents #1 of 15Top 7%
NCNikon-Essilor Co.: 1 patents #7 of 29Top 25%
Yokohama, JP: #527 of 49,234 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #22,625 of 4,157,543Top 1%
80 Patents All Time
Hideya Inoue has been granted 80 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nikon. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in May 2025. Hideya Inoue ranks #22,625 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.54%). Patent records list Hideya Inoue in Yokohama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1983 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 1998.peak 71983: 1 patents19831984: 3 patents1990: 1 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 3 patents1993: 4 patents1995: 4 patents19951996: 5 patents1997: 6 patents1998: 7 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 2 patents2010: 3 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 1 patents2016: 4 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 3 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 4 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 4 patents2024: 2 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 80 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12316950 Portable information device having real-time display with relevant information Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2025-05-27
12247841 Navigation device, vehicle, navigation method, and non-transitory storage medium Shoei Nakamura, Takayuki Kasuya 2025-03-11
12211377 Information control system and vehicle having mobile communication device Koji Yamagaki 2025-01-28
12125276 Imaging device and information acquisition system in which an acquired image and associated information are held on a display 2024-10-22 $18,859,000
11979654 Portable information device having real-time display with relevant information Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2024-05-07 $26,756,000
11836194 Mobile information device, image pickup device, and information acquisition system Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2023-12-05 $33,749,000
11741706 Imaging device and information acquisition system in which an acquired image and associated information are held on a display 2023-08-29 $19,273,000
11647276 Portable information device having real-time display with relevant information Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2023-05-09 $19,706,000
11615135 Search supporting system, search supporting method and search supporting program Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada, Yutaka Iwasaki +1 more 2023-03-28 $20,940,000
11455798 Imaging device and information acquisition system in which an acquired image and associated information are held on a display 2022-09-27
11445117 Portable information device having real-time display with relevant information Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2022-09-13
11250047 Retrieval support system, retrieval support method and retrieval support program Masami KUMAZAWA, Koji Yamagaki 2022-02-15
11048941 Imaging device and information acquisition system in which an acquired image and associated information are held on a display 2021-06-29
11017453 Glasses selling system, lens company terminal, frame company terminal, glasses selling method, and glasses selling program Yasuteru FUKAWA, Koji Yamagaki 2021-05-25
10977938 Signal control apparatus and signal having the same Koji Yamagaki 2021-04-13
10917575 Portable information device having real-time display with relevant information Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2021-02-09
10846323 Search supporting system, search supporting method and search supporting program Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada, Yutaka Iwasaki +1 more 2020-11-24
10462455 Display apparatus, display method, and computer readable recording medium Hirohisa Taira, Koji Yamagaki 2019-10-29
10452914 Imaging device and information acquisition system in which an acquired image and associated information are held on a display 2019-10-22
10430471 Mobile information device, image pickup device, and information acquisition system Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2019-10-01
10043207 Glasses selling system, lens company terminal, frame company terminal, glasses selling method, and glasses selling program Yasuteru FUKAWA, Koji Yamagaki 2018-08-07
9934251 Search supporting system, search supporting method and search supporting program Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada, Yutaka Iwasaki +1 more 2018-04-03
9886027 Lens manufacturing system, lens manufacturing method, computer program, lens design data use management system, lens design data use management device, lens processing management device, lens processing management method, lens processing management system, lens design data use management program, and lens processing management program Yoshinori Yoshida, Yukio Honma, Koji Yamagaki 2018-02-06
9756253 Imaging device and information acquisition system in which an acquired image and associated information are held on a display 2017-09-05
9743003 Portable information device having real-time display with relevant information Toru Iwaoka, Michiko NOBORISAKA, Masayuki HATORI, Tomohide Hamada 2017-08-22