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Kazuhito Shimura — 10 Patents

NINisca: 7 patents #45 of 371Top 15%
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha: 3 patents #4,164 of 10,731Top 40%
Canon: 3 patents #11,284 of 19,416Top 60%
RKRiso Kagaku: 2 patents #230 of 551Top 45%
TIToray Industries: 1 patents #2,000 of 3,690Top 55%
Yamanashi, JP: #380 of 1,957 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Kazuhito Shimura has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nisca. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in January 2020. Kazuhito Shimura ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Kazuhito Shimura in Yamanashi, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2015.peak 21994: 1 patents19942008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents20112012: 1 patents20122015: 2 patents20152017: 1 patents20172018: 1 patents20182020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10544004 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same Satoru Matsuki, Daiki Komiyama 2020-01-28
10118790 Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same Satoru Matsuki, Daiki Komiya 2018-11-06 $22,000
9725275 Sheet binding processing apparatus and image forming system having the same Satoru Matsuki, Daiki Komiyama 2017-08-08 $58,000
9150378 Sheet stack tray having sheet pressurizing member Seiji Ono, Makoto Shimizu, Akira Sugiyama 2015-10-06
9008568 Sheet storing apparatus, post-processing apparatus and image forming system having the same Makoto Shimizu, Akira Sugiyama 2015-04-14
8226080 Sheet post-processing apparatus and image formation system provided with the apparatus Ryo Morita, Takeharu Takusagawa, Toshikazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Mukoyama, Eiji Fukasawa 2012-07-24
7949294 Image forming apparatus with switchback transport path in the stapling unit Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita +4 more 2011-05-24
7684750 Image forming apparatus Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita +4 more 2010-03-23 $164,000
7450874 Image forming apparatus Jinichi Nagata, Naofumi Okada, Kouzou Yamaguchi, Susumu Hashimoto, Toshiki Ohgita +4 more 2008-11-11
5296906 Electrophotographic apparatus capable of selectively using cut sheet and continuous paper and method therefor Shigehiro Hano, Jun Inagaki, Yoshihiro Chujo, Takanobu Hagiwara, Eizo Kanaya +9 more 1994-03-22