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Masaki Takahashi — 299 Patents

Sony: 32 patents #1,063 of 25,231Top 5%
Ricoh Company: 30 patents #621 of 9,818Top 7%
Canon: 28 patents #2,052 of 19,416Top 15%
MCMokumeganeya Co.: 26 patents #1 of 1Top 100%
Tdk: 25 patents #186 of 3,796Top 5%
Panasonic: 21 patents #937 of 21,108Top 5%
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba: 18 patents #1,659 of 21,451Top 8%
SCSumitomo Chemical: 15 patents #265 of 4,033Top 7%
Honda Motor Co.: 13 patents #1,372 of 21,052Top 7%
SESeiko Epson: 8 patents #2,198 of 7,774Top 30%
TPTohoku Pioneer: 7 patents #32 of 312Top 15%
FRFujikura Rubber: 7 patents #6 of 61Top 10%
IHIhi: 6 patents #122 of 1,178Top 15%
FCFujikura Composites: 6 patents #1 of 15Top 7%
Pioneer: 6 patents #298 of 1,730Top 20%
OSOlympus Medical Systems: 5 patents #122 of 833Top 15%
FCFuji Electric Co.: 5 patents #472 of 2,643Top 20%
AKAsahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha: 5 patents #67 of 1,220Top 6%
TKToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha: 4 patents #629 of 1,664Top 40%
NCNippon Signal Co.: 4 patents #7 of 78Top 9%
KOKomatsu: 4 patents #479 of 2,087Top 25%
NCNitto Kohki Co.: 3 patents #51 of 144Top 40%
UNUnicharm: 3 patents #250 of 624Top 45%
Hitachi: 2 patents #13,405 of 28,497Top 50%
IIIfire Ip: 2 patents #14 of 47Top 30%
KMKonica Minolta: 2 patents #1,382 of 2,718Top 55%
GJGkn Driveline Japan: 2 patents #9 of 25Top 40%
Nsk: 2 patents #645 of 1,559Top 45%
Fujitsu Limited: 2 patents #10,930 of 24,456Top 45%
LSLsip: 2 patents #1 of 30Top 4%
ACAlps Electric Co.: 2 patents #822 of 2,177Top 40%
MMMurata Machinery: 2 patents #128 of 397Top 35%
SHShift Holding: 2 patents #13 of 13Top 100%
EDEpson Imaging Devices: 1 patents #70 of 141Top 50%
CECelgard: 1 patents #86 of 126Top 70%
Nec: 1 patents #7,928 of 14,502Top 55%
KUKeio University: 1 patents #190 of 781Top 25%
KYKyb: 1 patents #177 of 347Top 55%
Mazda Motor: 1 patents #2,563 of 4,755Top 55%
MKMeiji Seika Kaisha: 1 patents #353 of 752Top 50%
MIMinolta: 1 patents #729 of 1,109Top 70%
JJJvc Victor Company Of Japan: 1 patents #9 of 22Top 45%
NCNippon Tansan Gas Co.: 1 patents #4 of 7Top 60%
NINishiyama: 1 patents #9 of 13Top 70%
NBNohmi Bosai: 1 patents #51 of 90Top 60%
OIOiles: 1 patents #134 of 253Top 55%
AIAisin: 1 patents #310 of 1,000Top 35%
SCShikoku Kakoki Co.: 1 patents #55 of 103Top 55%
Sumitomo Electric Industries: 1 patents #13,249 of 21,551Top 65%
TWThe Westaim: 1 patents #8 of 17Top 50%
TKToyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha: 1 patents #76 of 182Top 45%
UNUnknown: 1 patents #29,356 of 83,584Top 40%
VJVictor Company Of Japan: 1 patents #818 of 1,489Top 55%
ECEyetech Co.: 1 patents #2 of 27Top 8%
Yokohama, JP: #20 of 49,234 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #1,323 of 4,157,543Top 1%
299 Patents All Time
Masaki Takahashi has been granted 299 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in September 2025. Masaki Takahashi ranks #1,323 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.03%). Patent records list Masaki Takahashi in Yokohama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 31 patents in 2013.peak 311995: 2 patents19951996: 5 patents1997: 5 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 5 patents2000: 2 patents2001: 2 patents20012002: 3 patents2003: 3 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 5 patents2007: 3 patents20072009: 1 patents2010: 13 patents2011: 5 patents20112012: 8 patents2013: 31 patents2014: 18 patents20142015: 20 patents2016: 24 patents2017: 16 patents20172018: 16 patents2019: 10 patents2020: 17 patents20202021: 11 patents2022: 10 patents2023: 8 patents20232024: 15 patents2025: 13 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 299 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12416878 Information storage system including a plurality of terminals Yasufumi Takahashi, Kunihiro Ohyama, Masayuki Yamane, Takeshi Uchitani, Tadashi Hayakawa +5 more 2025-09-16
12372483 System for non-destructively inspecting baggage, method for nondestructively inspecting baggage, program, and recording medium Yosuke Tsuji, Shinya Saito, Tatsuro Hayashi, Eishi Kawasaki, Kazuaki Takayama 2025-07-29
12362078 Photosensitive conductive paste, laminated electronic component, and method of manufacturing laminated electronic component Yuya ISHIMA, Akira Suda, Takashi Suzuki, Hidenobu Umeda 2025-07-15
12352707 Baggage inspection device Kazuaki Takayama, Yutaka Hasebe, Chihaya OGAWA, Kiyotaka Uchida, Yoshiyuki IKEMOTO +2 more 2025-07-08
12330624 Truck mounting of engine battery and motor Toru Kawai, Runa Nakamura 2025-06-17
12271619 Information processing device and application execution method for managing an application execution environment Syunsuke Bamba, Makoto Sunayama, Keiichi Aoki 2025-04-08
12254348 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium for performing inference processing using an inference model Yohei Nakata, Yasunori Ishii, Tomoyuki OKUNO 2025-03-18
12249453 Multilayer coil component Yusuke Nagai, Kazuhiro EBINA, Kouichi Kakuda, Kunihiko KAWASAKI, Shinichi Kondo +4 more 2025-03-11
12244124 Rotary electric drive unit Takahiro Uneme, Ryuta WAKABAYASHI, Takahiro KOZEKI 2025-03-04
12222724 Mobile body control device, mobile body control program, and mobile body Kazuhiro Kuno, Yutaka Watanabe, Ayanori YOROZU, Shunichi Sekiguchi 2025-02-11
12222664 Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus including an entrance seal which contacts an image bearer Kei Saito, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Yuuki Tsuchiya 2025-02-11
12217905 Electronic component Hidenobu Umeda, Kaori Sasaki, Nami ENOMOTO 2025-02-04
12191515 Metal-air battery and method of using the same 2025-01-07
12183946 Separator for power storage device Tomoya Tagawa 2024-12-31
12140554 Inspection system Kazuaki Takayama, Yutaka Hasebe, Eishi Kawasaki, Kiyotaka Uchida, Chihaya OGAWA +1 more 2024-11-12
12086580 Information processing device, delivery server, and function execution method Takuya Kawasaki 2024-09-10 $641,000
12044633 Inspection system Kazuaki Takayama, Takeshi Kitajima, Eishi Kawasaki, Yutaka Hasebe 2024-07-23
12019886 Storage management apparatus, storage management method, and program Keiichi Aoki 2024-06-25 $773,000
11977980 Information processing method and information processing system Kazunobu Ishikawa, Yusuke TSUKAMOTO, Shota Onishi 2024-05-07
11973240 Metal-air battery and method of using the same 2024-04-30
11955662 Separator for electric storage device Shinya Hamasaki, Shohei Mori, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Kenji Ebara, Changqing Wang Adams 2024-04-09
11954328 Storage management device, storage management method, and program Keiichi Aoki 2024-04-09 $582,000
11943964 Light-emitting device including a light-transmitting interconnect located over a substrate Junji Taguchi, Hiroki Tan, Noriaki WAKI 2024-03-26
11926502 Transport device Kentarou Adachi, Takafumi Kaneda, Hayase Minoura 2024-03-12
11899930 Storage management apparatus, storage management method, and program Keiichi Aoki 2024-02-13 $515,000