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Hideki Imai — 30 Patents

Panasonic: 5 patents #5,184 of 21,108Top 25%
SCSanyo Electric Co.: 3 patents #1,910 of 6,347Top 35%
KKKabushiki Kaisya Advance Kaihatsu Kenkyujo: 2 patents #6 of 19Top 35%
NCNippon Shokubai Co.: 2 patents #486 of 1,108Top 45%
NCNishikawa Kasei Co.: 2 patents #4 of 32Top 15%
Sony: 2 patents #13,023 of 25,231Top 55%
CHChuo Hatsujo: 2 patents #39 of 122Top 35%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 2 patents #9,741 of 21,551Top 50%
Canon: 2 patents #12,732 of 19,416Top 70%
TTThe University Of Tokyo: 1 patents #1,000 of 2,633Top 40%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
YEYokogawa Electric: 1 patents #658 of 1,441Top 50%
Hitachi: 1 patents #17,777 of 28,497Top 65%
ACAdvance Co.: 1 patents #10 of 23Top 45%
SCSokkisha Co.: 1 patents #4 of 26Top 20%
MCMitsubishi Chemical: 1 patents #1,786 of 3,022Top 60%
HIHitachi Video Engineering, Incorporated: 1 patents #69 of 181Top 40%
Saitama, JP: #372 of 10,685 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #121,623 of 4,157,543Top 3%
30 Patents All Time
Hideki Imai has been granted 30 US patents while listed as an inventor at Panasonic. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in October 2020. Hideki Imai ranks #121,623 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.9%). Patent records list Hideki Imai in Saitama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1987.peak 31987: 3 patents19871988: 2 patents1989: 2 patents1991: 1 patents19911992: 2 patents1994: 2 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 2 patents1999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2009: 1 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 1 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents2020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 30 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D898675 Non-contact type data carrier Isao Soma, Kazuyoshi Takemura 2020-10-13
D761736 Non-contact type data carrier Isao Soma, Kazuyoshi Takemura 2016-07-19
8972300 Content distribution system Masao Nonaka, Toshihisa Nakano, Yuichi Futa, Motoji Ohmori, Kazukuni Kobara +1 more 2015-03-03
8601590 Content distribution system Toshihisa Nakano, Masao Nonaka, Yuichi Futa, Motoji Ohmori, Ryo Nojima +1 more 2013-12-03
8180059 Management apparatus, terminal apparatus, and copyright protection system Toshihisa Nakano, Nuttapong Attrapadung, Kazukuni Kobara 2012-05-15 $48,000
7936883 Quantum key distribution protocol Manabu Hagiwara, Makoto Eguchi 2011-05-03
7925893 Copyright protection system, modular exponentiation operation apparatus, and modular exponentiation operation method Toshihisa Nakano, Attrapadung Nuttapong, Kazukuni Kobara 2011-04-12 $82,000
7895436 Authentication system and remotely-distributed storage system Kazukuni Kobara, Seonghan Shin 2011-02-22
7617536 Unauthorized device detection device, unauthorized device detection system, unauthorized device detection method, program, recording medium, and device information update method Masao Nonaka, Toshihisa Nakano, Yuichi Futa, Motoji Ohmori, Takeshi Gomi +1 more 2009-11-10 $268,000
6910130 System for and method of unconditionally secure digital signature Goichiro Hanaoka, Junji Shikata, Yuliang Zheng 2005-06-21
6771486 Storage cell for surface mounting Koichi Morikawa, Masashige Ashizaki, Masayuki Shinjou 2004-08-03 $171,000
6635328 Integral skin foam molded article Tetsuo Shimabara, Kiyotaka Yanagisawa, Shigenori Kawanoue 2003-10-21
6194666 Push pull type control cable Takaaki Hayashida 2001-02-27
6151983 Conduit for a control cable Yoshio Misaki, Masahiro YASUI 2000-11-28
6001761 Ceramics sheet and production method for same Kazuo Hata, Norikazu Aikawa, Tetuya Yasaka 1999-12-14
5533413 Equipment diagnosis system Yasunori Kobayashi, Shin Tanabe, Tatsuo Fukuda, Masazumi Miyazawa, Moriyuki Wani 1996-07-09
5512977 Copying machine with encryption function 1996-04-30
5395812 Silver catalyst for production of ethylene oxide and method for production of the catalyst Shinichi Nagase, Hirohiko Tanabe 1995-03-07
5349171 Bar code reader Seiichiro Tamai, Keiichi Kobayashi, Takahiro Yamao 1994-09-20 $78,000
5325373 Apparatus for encoding and decoding reed-solomon code Keiichi Iwamura, Yasunori Dohi 1994-06-28 $25,000
5127359 Holding apparatus for work to be coated Shoji Kannari 1992-07-07
5093839 Frequency diversity receiving system based on cancellation of C/A code in GPS Ryuji Kohno, Hefeng Wang 1992-03-03
5016276 Common cryptokey generation system and communication system using common cryptokeys Tutomu Matumoto 1991-05-14
4839649 Signal processing system Minoru Sasaki 1989-06-13
4827489 Decoding device for digital signals Nobukazu Doi, Morishi Izumita, Seiichi Mita, Akira Saito, Hiroto Yamauchi +2 more 1989-05-02 $68,000