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Shinichi Obata — 69 Patents

Sony: 49 patents #493 of 25,231Top 2%
Hitachi: 9 patents #4,654 of 28,497Top 20%
MCMitsui Mining & Smelting Co.: 6 patents #80 of 838Top 10%
HSHitachi Video And Information Systems: 3 patents #39 of 269Top 15%
MAMaxell: 3 patents #182 of 437Top 45%
CCClarion Co.: 1 patents #397 of 721Top 60%
Saitama, JP: #81 of 10,685 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #29,979 of 4,157,543Top 1%
69 Patents All Time
Shinichi Obata has been granted 69 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2025. Shinichi Obata ranks #29,979 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.72%). Patent records list Shinichi Obata in Saitama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2021Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2004.peak 91994: 2 patents19941995: 1 patents1997: 2 patents1998: 1 patents19982000: 4 patents2001: 7 patents2002: 3 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 9 patents2005: 5 patents20052006: 3 patents2007: 6 patents2008: 2 patents20082009: 4 patents2010: 2 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 4 patents2013: 2 patents2015: 2 patents20152017: 1 patents2019: 3 patents2021: 1 patents2021

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 69 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12457686 Roughened copper foil, copper-cladded laminate board, and printed wiring board Ayumu Tateoka, Ryutaku Kaneyama, Yasuji Hara, Yasuo Sato, Chun-Ming Li 2025-10-28
10915186 Projection video display apparatus and video display method Mitsuhiro Kitani, Takashi Matsubara, Takehiro NIIKURA, Takashi Kanemaru 2021-02-09
10521050 Projection video display apparatus and video display method Mitsuhiro Kitani, Takashi Matsubara, Takehiro NIIKURA, Takashi Kanemaru 2019-12-31
10452206 Projection video display device and video display method Takashi Kanemaru, Mitsuhiro Kitani, Takashi Matsubara, Takehiro NIIKURA 2019-10-22
10326842 Terminal connection device, processing information execution system, processing information execution method Takashi Matsumoto, Yasushi Nagai, Susumu Kojima 2019-06-18
9585261 Manufacturing method of multilayer printed wiring board Ayumu Tateoka, Toshiyuki Shimizu 2017-02-28
9138964 Surface-treated copper foil Shinya Hiraoka, Fumiaki Hosokoshi, Ayumu Tateoka, Hideaki Matsushima, Koichi Miyake +2 more 2015-09-22
9066459 Manufacturing method of multilayer printed wiring board Ayumu Tateoka, Toshiyuki Shimizu 2015-06-23
D694799 Camera Xiaofeng F. Song, Takatoshi Nakamura, Takahiro Tsuge, Daisuke Ishii, Tomonari Murakami +1 more 2013-12-03
D685318 Rechargeable battery 2013-07-02
8341217 Portable recording and/or reproducing device, reproducing method, and recording/reproducing method Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba 2012-12-25
D665340 Rechargeable battery 2012-08-14
D654850 Rechargeable battery 2012-02-28
8098695 Multiplexed audio data decoding apparatus and receiver apparatus Yukio Fujii, Hiroaki Shirane, Eiji Yamamoto 2012-01-17 $136,000
8014759 Information processor Hironori Komi 2011-09-06 $103,000
8010596 Portable record and/or reproducing device, reproducing method, and recording/reproducing method Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba 2011-08-30 $164,000
7970815 Portable record and/or reproduce device, method of reproducing, and method of recording and reproducing Shuichi Miyazaki, Yoshitaka Ukita, Fumihiko Yoshii, Masahiko Fujiyoshi, Masayuki Chiba 2011-06-28 $260,000
D620036 Camera 2010-07-20
D611901 Battery 2010-03-16
D605681 Camera lens 2009-12-08
7583886 Information processor Hironori Komi 2009-09-01 $128,000
D597579 Camera 2009-08-04
D588058 Battery 2009-03-10
7447241 Multiplexed audio data decoding apparatus and receiver apparatus Yukio Fujii, Hiroaki Shirane, Eiji Yamamoto 2008-11-04 $125,000
D565536 Combined radio receiver and clock 2008-04-01