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Katsutoshi Ando — 43 Patents

Sony: 25 patents #1,521 of 25,231Top 7%
TIToray Industries: 14 patents #113 of 3,690Top 4%
Honda Motor Co.: 4 patents #5,328 of 21,052Top 30%
CCCemedine Co.: 1 patents #31 of 60Top 55%
NCNihon Parkerizing Co.: 1 patents #112 of 330Top 35%
Yokohama, JP: #1,754 of 49,234 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #69,380 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43 Patents All Time
Katsutoshi Ando has been granted 43 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in April 2023. Katsutoshi Ando ranks #69,380 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Katsutoshi Ando in Yokohama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2013.peak 81986: 1 patents19861987: 1 patents1989: 1 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 2 patents1993: 2 patents1994: 1 patents19941995: 2 patents1996: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2003: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052009: 2 patents2010: 1 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 6 patents2013: 8 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2016: 4 patents2023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11618839 Structure adhesive composition exhibiting favorable thread breakage and capable of stitch coating Daisuke Makino, Atsuhiko SUZUKI, Yuusuke Murachi, Koji Oda 2023-04-04
9519953 Image processing of a color image produced by a one-chip pixel unit using interpolation of color components produced by the one-chip pixel unit Akihiro Okumura, Ichiro Fujisawa, Takashi Tsuchiya 2016-12-13 $817,000
9380276 Image processing apparatus and method, and program Ichiro Fujisawa, Akihiro Okumura, Takashi Tsuchiya 2016-06-28 $567,000
9275444 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program to prevent degradation of image quality Takashi Tsuchiya, Akihiro Okumura, Ichiro Fujisawa 2016-03-01 $328,000
9256923 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program Akihiro Okumura, Ichiro Fujisawa, Takashi Tsuchiya 2016-02-09 $538,000
9064294 Image processing apparatus and method Takahiro Fukuhara 2015-06-23 $772,000
8670624 Information processing apparatus and method Takahiro Fukuhara 2014-03-11 $288,000
8611686 Coding apparatus and method Takahiro Fukuhara, Koji Hara 2013-12-17 $128,000
8594427 Method and apparatus for reducing memory capacity in encoding image data Takahiro Fukuhara 2013-11-26 $210,000
8503809 Information processing apparatus and method to entropy code upon processing of predetermined number of precincts Takahiro Fukuhara 2013-08-06 $171,000
8433147 Encoding apparatus and method, and decoding apparatus and method Takahiro Fukuhara 2013-04-30 $146,000
8422806 Information processing apparatus and information processing method for reducing the processing load incurred when a reversibly encoded code stream is transformed into an irreversibly encoded code stream Takahiro Fukuhara, Junya Araki 2013-04-16 $109,000
8422553 Information processing device and method Takahiro Fukuhara 2013-04-16 $109,000
8395634 Method and apparatus for processing information Takahiro Fukuhara 2013-03-12 $148,000
8369635 Information processing device and method Takahiro Fukuhara, Yuuki Tanaka, Naoto Nishimura 2013-02-05 $93,000
8320693 Encoding device and method, decoding device and method, and transmission system Takahiro Fukuhara, Kazuhisa Hosaka 2012-11-27 $58,000
8279932 Information processing apparatus and method Takahiro Fukuhara, Junya Araki 2012-10-02 $76,000
8281314 Information processing device and method Takahiro Fukuhara 2012-10-02 $76,000
8260068 Encoding and decoding device and associated methodology for obtaining a decoded image with low delay Takahiro Fukuhara 2012-09-04 $95,000
8249375 Information processing apparatus and method Takahiro Fukuhara, Yuuki Tanaka 2012-08-21 $88,000
8204331 Information processing apparatus and method to reduce delay in image decoding Takahiro Fukuhara 2012-06-19 $110,000
8031960 Wavelet transformation device and method, wavelet inverse transformation device and method, program, and recording medium Takahiro Fukuhara, Naoto Nishimura, Yuuki Tanaka 2011-10-04 $117,000
8000548 Wavelet transformation device and method, wavelet inverse transformation device and method, program, and recording medium for performing wavelet transformation at a plurality of division levels Takahiro Fukuhara, Naoto Nishimura, Yuuki Tanaka 2011-08-16 $178,000
7907785 Image processing apparatus and image processing method Takahiro Fukuhara, Naoto Nishimura, Yuuki Tanaka, Katsuharu Shimura, Hiroo Takahashi 2011-03-15 $369,000
7701365 Encoding device and method, composite device and method, and transmission system Takahiro Fukuhara, Kazuhisa Hosaka 2010-04-20 $281,000