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Muneyasu Maeda — 7 Patents

Sony: 5 patents #7,811 of 25,231Top 35%
U.S. Philips: 2 patents #2,558 of 8,851Top 30%
Philips: 1 patents #3,761 of 7,731Top 50%
Yokohama, JP: #13,421 of 49,234 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Muneyasu Maeda has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in April 2013. Muneyasu Maeda ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Muneyasu Maeda in Yokohama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 2000.peak 12000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents20032007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents20082013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8427910 Storing audio-centered information with a multi-level table-of-contents (TOC) mechanism having redundant sub-TOCs Johannes M. M. Verbakel, Johannes J. Mons, Yoshizumi Inazawa, Tadao Suzuki 2013-04-23 $130,000
7471431 Hologram device and hologram recording/reproducing method Kunihiko Hayashi, Nobuhiro Kihara 2008-12-30 $1,001,000
7263051 Storing audio-centered information with a multi-level table-of contents (TOC) mechanism having redundant sub-TOCs Johannes M. M. Verbakel, Johannes J. Mons, Yoshizumi Inazawa, Tadao Suzuki 2007-08-28 $1,534,000
6580679 Recording medium, reproduction method/ apparatus with multiple table of contents 2003-06-17 $415,000
6370090 METHOD, DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STRUCTURE FOR STORING AUDIO-CENTERED INFORMATION WITH A MULTI-LEVEL TABLE-OF-CONTENTS (TOC) MECHANISM AND DOUBLING OF AREA-TOCS, A DEVICE FOR USE WITH SUCH MECHANISM AND A UNITARY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING SUCH MECHANISM Johannes M. M. Verbakel, Johannes J. Mons, Yoshizumi Inazawa, Tadao Suzuki 2002-04-09
6275457 Recording medium and reproducing apparatus 2001-08-14 $819,000
6072759 Recording medium with format for preventing unauthorized copying, and reproducing apparatus for same Tadao Suzuki 2000-06-06 $1,868,000