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Fumiyoshi Abe — 38 Patents

Sony: 37 patents #815 of 25,231Top 4%
Atsugi, JP: #80 of 1,522 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #84,675 of 4,157,543Top 3%
38 Patents All Time
Fumiyoshi Abe has been granted 38 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in August 2012. Fumiyoshi Abe ranks #84,675 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.0%). Patent records list Fumiyoshi Abe in Atsugi, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2007.peak 81982: 2 patents19821983: 1 patents1984: 1 patents19841985: 1 patents1987: 2 patents19871988: 1 patents1989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents1994: 2 patents19941995: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2006: 7 patents20062007: 8 patents2008: 5 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 38 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8244097 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program 2012-08-14 $83,000
7769085 Image data processing device and method Takuji Himeno, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Hiroyasu Tsuchida, Tomoyuki Miyakoshi 2010-08-03 $338,000
7551840 Video tape recorder and recording method Takuji Himeno, Toshinori Kouzai, Yonetaro Totsuka 2009-06-23 $715,000
7450817 Magnetic tape recording apparatus Toshitaka Yoshihiro 2008-11-11 $1,160,000
7421190 Video tape recorder and recording method Takuji Himeno, Toshinori Kouzai, Yonetaro Totsuka 2008-09-02 $959,000
7379659 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor Takuji Himeno, Yoichiro Tauchi, Toshinori Kouzai, Tsukasa Hashino, Hidehiko Teshirogi 2008-05-27 $1,123,000
7362954 Recording apparatus and method, recording medium, and program Munehiro Shimomura, Hiroki Matsui, Takuji Himeno 2008-04-22 $974,000
7321715 Picture data reproducing apparatus and method Kenji Yamasaki, Yasuhiro Goto 2008-01-22 $1,369,000
7289720 Magnetic tape recording apparatus and method, magnetic tape playback apparatus and method, format for magnetic tape, and storage medium product Yoichiro Tauchi, Yasutaka Kotani, Toshinori Kozai 2007-10-30 $1,254,000
7273741 Copper tolerant yeast and pectinases produced by the yeast Koki Horikoshi 2007-09-25
7242854 Magnetic tape recording apparatus and method, magnetic tape format, and recording medium therefor Toshinori Kouzai, Tomoo Hayakawa, Tsukasa Hashino 2007-07-10 $896,000
7239795 Picture data reproducing apparatus and method Kenji Yamasaki, Yasuhiro Goto, Munehiro Shimomura 2007-07-03 $1,095,000
7239801 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor Takuji Himeno, Yoichiro Tauchi, Toshinori Kouzai, Tsukasa Hashino, Hidehiko Teshirogi 2007-07-03 $1,095,000
7231137 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor Takuji Himeno, Yoichiro Tauchi, Toshinori Kouzai, Tsukasa Hashino, Hidehiko Teshirogi 2007-06-12 $1,509,000
7221856 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor Takuji Himeno, Yoichiro Tauchi, Toshinori Kouzai, Tsukasa Hashino, Hidehiko Teshirogi 2007-05-22 $1,012,000
7200324 Magnetic-tape recording apparatus and method, magnetic-tape reproduction apparatus and method, and recording medium Hidehiko Teshirogi, Keita Nakamatsu, Takaya Yamamura, Yasutaka Kotani, Tsukasa Hashino 2007-04-03 $995,000
7155114 Information recording apparatus and method, information reading apparatus and method, magnetic tape format, and recording medium Takuro Enomoto, Toshitaka Yoshihiro, Tomoo Hayakawa, Yoichiro Tauchi 2006-12-26 $724,000
7088911 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor Takuji Himeno, Yoichiro Tauchi, Toshinori Kouzai, Tsukasa Hashino, Hidehiko Teshirogi 2006-08-08 $748,000
7076156 Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor Takuji Himeno, Yoichiro Tauchi, Toshinori Kouzai, Tsukasa Hashino, Hidehiko Teshirogi 2006-07-11 $698,000
7058283 Magnetic tape tracking control apparatus and method, magnetic tape format, recording medium and program Toshitaka Yoshihiro 2006-06-06 $759,000
7027715 Magnetic-tape recording apparatus, magnetic-tape recording method, magnetic tape, and recording medium Toshitaka Yoshihiro, Takuro Enomoto, Tomoo Hayakawa 2006-04-11 $847,000
6996330 Magnetic tape recording apparatus and method, magnetic tape format, and recording medium therefor Toshinori Kouzai, Tomoo Hayakawa, Tsukasa Hashino 2006-02-07 $939,000
6996328 Magnetic tape recording apparatus and method, magnetic tape playback apparatus and method, format for magnetic tape, and storage medium product Yoichiro Tauchi, Yasutaka Kotani, Toshinori Kozai 2006-02-07 $939,000
6040693 User initiated magnetic head wear measuring and display system Seiichi Sakai, Teruyuki Yoshida 2000-03-21 $1,716,000
5963382 Methods of recording and reproducing and apparatus for recording and reproducing time codes 1999-10-05 $1,195,000