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Yoshikazu Sugiyama — 26 Patents

NINikon: 6 patents #659 of 2,493Top 30%
Shimano: 4 patents #285 of 759Top 40%
RTRenesas Technology: 3 patents #990 of 3,337Top 30%
Hitachi: 3 patents #10,718 of 28,497Top 40%
CCClarion Co.: 2 patents #253 of 721Top 40%
FIFujimi Incorporated: 2 patents #88 of 216Top 45%
ICIshikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co.: 1 patents #251 of 611Top 45%
HCHitachi Media Electronics Co.: 1 patents #130 of 214Top 65%
HHHitachi High-Technologies: 1 patents #1,617 of 1,917Top 85%
Nec: 1 patents #7,928 of 14,502Top 55%
Kiyosu, JP: #29 of 413 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
Yoshikazu Sugiyama has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nikon. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in October 2025. Yoshikazu Sugiyama ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list Yoshikazu Sugiyama in Kiyosu, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2015.peak 41996: 1 patents19961999: 1 patents2005: 2 patents20052007: 2 patents2008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 3 patents20162019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 2 patents20222025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12447533 Powder material for use in additive layer manufacturing, additive layer manufacturing method using same, and molded article Junya Yamada, Hiroyuki Ibe, Nobuaki KATO, Yuta KATO 2025-10-21
12208446 Powder material for use in additive layer manufacturing, additive layer manufacturing method using same, and molded article Junya Yamada, Hiroyuki Ibe, Nobuaki KATO, Yuta KATO 2025-01-28
11404912 Power reception unit, power transmission unit, and wireless power transfer device Katsuei Ichikawa, Yasuo Yahagi, Takatoshi Shirosugi 2022-08-02
11370434 Inter-vehicle communication device and driving assistance device Tomonori Tanaka, Keisuke Mutou 2022-06-28
11018528 Wireless power transmission/reception system, power conversion device including the same, and power conversion method Katsuei Ichikawa, Yasuaki Norimatsu 2021-05-25
10880709 Vehicle-to-vehicle communication device, vehicle-to-vehicle communication system and vehicle-to-vehicle communication method Tomonori Tanaka, Keisuke Mutou, Wataru Kimura, Makoto Takeshima 2020-12-29
10228548 Catadioptric photographic lens 2019-03-12
9395525 Catadioptric imaging lens Miho Matsumoto, Yoshikazu Hirayama, Kinya Kato 2016-07-19
9337822 Switch circuit, mass spectrometer, and control method for switch circuit Ryo Kadoi 2016-05-10
9248885 Derailleur Atsuhiro Emura, Kenkichi Inoue 2016-02-02
8968129 Chain guide assembly with deflectable contact member Atsuhiro Emura, Hideki Ikemoto 2015-03-03
8961342 Chain guide assembly with movable member Atsuhiro Emura, Hideki Ikemoto 2015-02-24
8933878 Display apparatus and display method Yutaka Ichihara 2015-01-13
8932162 Bicycle front derailleur Atsuhiro Emura 2015-01-13
8872984 Tuner module, and mobile communication terminal Masaaki Yamada 2014-10-28
8615268 Wireless communications device, and method and program for determining reception level of the wireless communications device Katsuya Miyata 2013-12-24
8075860 Thermal spray powder and method for forming a thermal spray coating Junya Kitamura, Hiroyuki Ibe 2011-12-13
7945232 Multiband wireless device and semiconductor integrated circuit Satoshi Adachi, Yusaku Katsube, Masazumi Tone, Taku Takaki 2011-05-17 $135,000
7805123 RF transceiver using hopping frequency synthesizer Isao Ikuta, Yusaku Katsube 2010-09-28 $125,000
7453703 Electronic component module having electronic component with piezoelectric device Taku Takaki 2008-11-18 $186,000
7280811 Multimode wireless terminal and wireless transmitter-receiver unit Masaki Noda, Makoto Katagishi, Yutaka Igarashi 2007-10-09 $207,000
7263189 Data transmission and receiving apparatus for digital broadcast signals which include control information Shigeru Yoneda, Hiroyuki Koreeda, Takumi Okamura, Kenji Katsumata, Takahiro Sato 2007-08-28 $225,000
6916225 Monitor, method of monitoring, polishing device, and method of manufacturing semiconductor wafer Yasushi Ohuchi 2005-07-12
6894839 Illumination optical system and laser processor having the same Miyuki Masaki, Takehito Yagi 2005-05-17 $241,000
5914782 Differential polarization interference microscope for surface feature imaging 1999-06-22