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Minoru Kato — 99 Patents

NINikon: 39 patents #67 of 2,493Top 3%
Canon: 25 patents #2,421 of 19,416Top 15%
NCNippondenso Co.: 5 patents #465 of 3,479Top 15%
Toyota: 4 patents #6,797 of 26,838Top 30%
MCMyotoku Co.: 3 patents #4 of 12Top 35%
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 3 patents #8,069 of 21,451Top 40%
JRJapan Synthetic Rubber: 3 patents #110 of 558Top 20%
HCHitachi Ulsi Systems Co.: 3 patents #305 of 867Top 40%
RTRenesas Technology: 3 patents #990 of 3,337Top 30%
Mitsubishi Electric: 2 patents #11,187 of 25,717Top 45%
Hitachi: 2 patents #13,405 of 28,497Top 50%
NRNidec Read: 2 patents #15 of 61Top 25%
NSNippon Soken: 2 patents #546 of 1,540Top 40%
YUYupo: 2 patents #29 of 72Top 45%
NSNishimura Seisakusho: 1 patents #3 of 11Top 30%
ISIsekikaihatsukohki: 1 patents #17 of 37Top 50%
Denso: 1 patents #6,940 of 11,792Top 60%
OKOkuma: 1 patents #106 of 233Top 50%
SCSanyo Electric Co.: 1 patents #3,644 of 6,347Top 60%
TIToyota Industries: 1 patents #1,298 of 955Top 140%
Kariya, JP: #15 of 4,822 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #14,805 of 4,157,543Top 1%
99 Patents All Time
Minoru Kato has been granted 99 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nikon. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in March 2024. Minoru Kato ranks #14,805 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.36%). Patent records list Minoru Kato in Kariya, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 1997.peak 121980: 2 patents19801983: 1 patents1986: 2 patents1987: 7 patents19871988: 8 patents1989: 6 patents1990: 4 patents19901991: 2 patents1992: 2 patents1993: 4 patents19931994: 4 patents1995: 6 patents1996: 9 patents19961997: 12 patents1998: 8 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 3 patents2008: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 3 patents2012: 2 patents20122021: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 99 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11933837 Inspection jig, and inspection device Makoto Fujino 2024-03-19
11009523 Probe, inspection jig, and inspection apparatus Tadakazu Miyatake, Akio Hayashi, Masaki NAGANUMA, Matthias Joseph Chin Chieh Chia, Cheng Ghee Ong +1 more 2021-05-18
8237818 Camera 2012-08-07
8158250 Stretched film of void-containing thermoplastic resin and process for producing the same Takatoshi Nishizawa, Hidenori Okuyama 2012-04-17
8085333 Digital camera 2011-12-27
8012570 Printing paper Ichiro Ohkawachi, Akira Iwai 2011-09-06
7872362 Vehicle-use power supply control apparatus Takashi Senda 2011-01-18
7785021 Retractable lens camera 2010-08-31
7681545 Starting apparatus for internal combustion engine and automobile Nobuyuki Taki 2010-03-23 $2,879,000
7546199 Shut-down control device of internal combustion engine 2009-06-09 $2,431,000
7472016 Start control apparatus for internal combustion engine Masaki Takeyama, Makoto Nakamura, Rentaro Kuroki 2008-12-30 $2,145,000
7380745 Winding device of slitter Keizo Narita, Hiroshi Kimura 2008-06-03
6757201 Nonvolatile memory, IC card and data processing system Yuki Matsuda, Kenya Otani, Takeo Kon 2004-06-29 $194,000
6687164 Nonvolatile memory, IC card and data processing system Yuki Matsuda, Kenya Otani, Takeo Kon 2004-02-03 $239,000
6683809 Nonvolatile memory, IC card and data processing system Yuki Matsuda, Kenya Otani, Takeo Kon 2004-01-27 $247,000
6605021 Positionable-axle bicycle ergometer Kando Kobayashi 2003-08-12
6332060 Camera with vibration compensation device varying the compensating action in accordance with the focal length of a lens and the distance to the subject Hidenori Miyamoto, Yoshio Imura, Sueyuki Ohishi, Nobuhiko Terui, Tatsuo Amanuma 2001-12-18
6272288 Vibration correction system for a camera Yoshihiro Takeuchi, Hidenori Miyamoto, Isao Soshi, Junichi Omi 2001-08-07
6157786 Magnetic head element, magnetic head, pressure plate using magnetic head element or magnetic head, and camera using pressure plate Masayuki Fujimura, Masato Odagiri 2000-12-05 $207,000
5999747 Camera with device to prevent image blurs Yoshio Imura, Hidenori Miyamoto, Isao Soshi, Junichi Omi 1999-12-07
5930042 Optical lens barrel with an optical lens group shiftable perpendicular to and parallel with an optical axis and method of use Hidenori Miyamoto, Isao Soshi, Junichi Omi 1999-07-27
5905918 Displacement mechanism control device in a camera Toshiyuki Nakamura, Tatsuo Amanuma, Hidenori Miyamoto 1999-05-18
5826114 Camera equipped with a device for focus adjustment during times of camera vibration and the like Hidenori Miyamoto, Junichi Omi, Isao Soshi 1998-10-20
5815749 Control device for preventing red-eye effect on camera Daiki Tsukahara, Kiyosada Machida, Noriyasu Kotani, Hideya Inoue 1998-09-29
5765047 Lens shutter camera having a zoom viewfinder mechanism and an adjustable strobe light generating unit Hidenori Miyamoto, Isao Soshi, Junichi Omi 1998-06-09