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Noboru Kawabata — 6 Patents

Sony: 6 patents #6,820 of 25,231Top 30%
Kagoshima, JP: #55 of 469 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Noboru Kawabata has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in July 2023. Noboru Kawabata ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Noboru Kawabata in Kagoshima, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2015.peak 32014: 1 patents20142015: 3 patents20152016: 1 patents20162023: 1 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11693204 Imaging device and method of manufacturing imaging device Junichi Tokunaga, Yuuji Kishigami, Yoshihiro Nabe 2023-07-04
9305958 Solid-state image sensing apparatus and electronic apparatus to improve quality of an image Hiroki Hagiwara, Keiji Sasano, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yuki Tuji, Tsuyoshi Watanabe +5 more 2016-04-05 $893,000
9070610 Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus Keiji Sasano, Hiroaki Tanaka, Hiroki Hagiwara, Yuki Tsuji, Tsuyoshi Watanabe +5 more 2015-06-30 $561,000
8952412 Method for fabricating a solid-state imaging package 2015-02-10 $362,000
8947593 Solid-state image sensing apparatus and electronic apparatus to improve image quality of an image Hiroki Hagiwara, Keiji Sasano, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yuki Tuji, Tsuyoshi Watanabe +5 more 2015-02-03 $331,000
8711280 Solid-state image sensing apparatus and electronic apparatus Hiroki Hagiwara, Keiji Sasano, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yuki Tuji, Tsuyoshi Watanabe +5 more 2014-04-29 $171,000