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Masaki Ando — 22 Patents

Sony: 10 patents #4,425 of 25,231Top 20%
SCSumitomo Metal Mining Co.: 4 patents #155 of 736Top 25%
Toyota: 3 patents #8,470 of 26,838Top 35%
Honda Motor Co.: 3 patents #6,619 of 21,052Top 35%
SCStanley Electric Co.: 1 patents #550 of 1,072Top 55%
NCNippon Steel Engineering Co.: 1 patents #27 of 107Top 30%
CLCentral Glass Company, Limited: 1 patents #505 of 968Top 55%
Tokyo, JP: #6,653 of 90,295 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Masaki Ando has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in May 2025. Masaki Ando ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Masaki Ando in Tokyo, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2011.peak 42009: 3 patents20092010: 2 patents20102011: 4 patents20112012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents20182023: 1 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12304860 Thick film resistor paste, thick film resistor, and electronic component Takahito Nagano 2025-05-20
12283408 Thick film resistor paste, thick film resistor, and electronic component 2025-04-22
12263778 Bracket attachment structure Yuuri Oyabu, Yuki SASANUMA, Takato Watanabe, Keishi SHIOMI 2025-04-01
12249447 Thick film resistor paste, thick film resistor, and electronic component Takahito Nagano 2025-03-11
12024466 Thick film resistor paste, thick film resistor, and electronic component 2024-07-02
11881604 Fuel cell system Toshihiko Yoshida, Adam Z. Weber 2024-01-23 $2,078,000
11839906 Ultrasonic treatment apparatus Eri HOSHIBA, Hiromitsu Date, Shinji Tokumaru, Shintaro Obara, Yuta Ozaki +1 more 2023-12-12
10113509 Carburetor for internal combustion engine Koichi Sakurai, Eiichi Utsugi, Hitoshi Abe, Takashi Suzuki, Katsuya Tajima +1 more 2018-10-30 $397,000
9991529 Fuel cell system and operating method of a fuel cell Shigeki Hasegawa, Kenichi Hamada 2018-06-05 $371,000
9778401 Optical element and imaging apparatus Akito Kuriyama, Isamu Konishiike, Kazumasa Yagi, Keisuke Ootsu, Tatsuya NAKATSUJI +2 more 2017-10-03 $391,000
9752534 Fuel supply apparatus for engine Tetsuya Arai, Katsuki Honma 2017-09-05 $273,000
8547643 Optical element and imaging apparatus Tadahiro Ohishi, Keita Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2013-10-01 $137,000
8334813 Automotive glass antenna Shingo Tadokoro, Masanori Kaihatsu 2012-12-18
8064139 Apparatus for manufacturing optical element, method of manufacturing optical element, optical element, and imaging device 2011-11-22 $116,000
7944618 Optical element and imaging apparatus Tadahiro Ohishi, Keita Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2011-05-17 $259,000
7935239 Liquid moving apparatus Tadahiro Ohishi, Keita Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2011-05-03 $320,000
7871733 Fuel cells having a water guide element Kotaro Ikeda 2011-01-18 $3,703,000
7701644 Optical element and imaging apparatus Tadahiro Ohishi, Keita Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2010-04-20 $281,000
7697213 Optical element and imaging apparatus Tadahiro Ohishi, Keita Tanaka, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2010-04-13 $344,000
7621682 Optical device, lens-barrel, image pickup apparatus and electronic apparatus Rei Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2009-11-24 $719,000
7573524 Liquid crystal light control element, lens barrel, and imaging device Takumi Tsuji, Toru Udaka, Kazuhiro Tanaka 2009-08-11 $908,000
7525571 Image processing system, image pickup device and method, and recording medium using representative image data Hiroshi Masuda, Osamu Date 2009-04-28 $626,000