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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Kentaro Kimura — 23 Patents

Sony: 7 patents #6,060 of 25,231Top 25%
TTToshiba Lighting & Technology: 4 patents #128 of 486Top 30%
ADAdeka: 4 patents #104 of 499Top 25%
TATanita: 3 patents #51 of 216Top 25%
TCToppan Printing Co.: 2 patents #414 of 1,467Top 30%
TTThe Ritsumeikan Trust: 1 patents #34 of 141Top 25%
Mazda Motor: 1 patents #2,563 of 4,755Top 55%
Tokyo, JP: #6,320 of 90,295 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Kentaro Kimura has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in December 2025. Kentaro Kimura ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Kentaro Kimura in Tokyo, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2020.peak 52002: 2 patents20022004: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 5 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 1 patents2023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12506028 Member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus Tomohisa Mizoguchi, Keita Yamana, Kazuhiro Nobori, Yoshinobu Goto 2025-12-23
12330849 Liquid repellent layer-forming resin composition, and liquid repellent film, liquid repellent laminate, packaging material, and container using same Aki NAGAI, Ryo Tanaka, Kosuke Kinoshita, Hitomi FUKUTAKE 2025-06-17
12260290 Two-dimensional code, generation device, and reading device Takakuni Douseki, Yohei Fukumizu, Junichi Misawa 2025-03-25
12065557 Liquid-repellent layer forming resin composition, and liquid-repellent film, liquid- repellent laminate, packaging material, and container using same Aki NAGAI, Ryo Tanaka, Kosuke Kinoshita 2024-08-20
11754920 Thermal acid generator and resist composition using same Junya MIYAKE, Yoshitomo Takeuchi, Naomi Sato 2023-09-12
11307495 Thermal acid generator and resist composition using same Junya MIYAKE, Yoshitomo Takeuchi, Naomi Sato 2022-04-19
11128972 Information processing device, information processing method, and program Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki 2021-09-21 $1,609,000
10982610 Engine controller Keisuke Ohtsuka, Takeatsu Ito, Tomokuni Kusunoki 2021-04-20 $405,000
10782638 Heater and image forming apparatus Satoko Kato 2020-09-22
10754280 Heater and image forming apparatus Satoko Kato, Masahiko Tamai 2020-08-25
10719121 Information processing apparatus and information processing method Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Yasuyuki Koga, Atsushi Izumihara 2020-07-21 $660,000
10627753 Heater, image forming apparatus, and manufacturing method of heater Akio Tsubouchi, Yoshitatsu Matsui, Takanobu Ueno 2020-04-21
10609279 Image processing apparatus and information processing method for reducing a captured image based on an action state, transmitting the image depending on blur, and displaying related information Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara 2020-03-31 $652,000
10477336 Information processing device, information processing method, and program Tomohiko Gotoh, Shunsuke Mochizuki 2019-11-12 $752,000
9742988 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara 2017-08-22 $377,000
9639043 Heater and fixing device Satoko Kato, Takanobu Ueno 2017-05-02
9449364 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program to recognize circumstances of a subject from a moving image Yasuyuki Koga 2016-09-20 $458,000
9432532 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and medium using an action state of a user Atsushi Izumihara, Takuo Ikeda, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yasuyuki Koga, Tsubasa Tsukahara 2016-08-30 $442,000
8383862 Salt compound, cationic polymerization initiator and cationically polymerizable composition Shohei Fujita, Tomoya Tamachi 2013-02-26
8227624 Aromatic sulfonium salt compound Tetsuyuki Nakayashiki 2012-07-24
6679854 Postpartum supporting apparatus Yuka Honda, Hirokazu Ono 2004-01-20
6434422 Method and apparatus for judging recovery of physical condition in puerperium Shoji Tomoda, Syuji Ueda 2002-08-13
6369338 Weighing scale for determining the weight of a pregnant woman 2002-04-09