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Sunao Aoki — 64 Patents

Sony: 31 patents #1,118 of 25,231Top 5%
Mitsubishi Electric: 23 patents #784 of 25,717Top 4%
OCOlympus Optical Co.: 4 patents #789 of 2,334Top 35%
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha: 3 patents #4,164 of 10,731Top 40%
MMMitsubishi Mining: 1 patents #886 of 2,247Top 40%
MIMitsuibshi Heavy Industries: 1 patents #4 of 121Top 4%
Yokohama, JP: #849 of 49,234 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #34,494 of 4,157,543Top 1%
64 Patents All Time
Sunao Aoki has been granted 64 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in March 2019. Sunao Aoki ranks #34,494 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.83%). Patent records list Sunao Aoki in Yokohama, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2000.peak 101992: 1 patents19921994: 2 patents1996: 1 patents1997: 2 patents19971998: 6 patents1999: 4 patents2000: 10 patents20002001: 10 patents2002: 6 patents2003: 3 patents20032005: 3 patents2006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072008: 1 patents2010: 2 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2019: 1 patents2019

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 64 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10234675 Stereoscopic imaging apparatus Masahiro Yamada 2019-03-19 $525,000
9110367 Stereoscopic imaging apparatus Masahiro Yamada 2015-08-18 $356,000
9025008 Stereoscopic image capturing apparatus Masahiro Yamada 2015-05-05 $564,000
8776369 Through-hole manufacturing method for cylindrical body wall and cylindrical body structure Junya Michinishi, Koichi Akagi, Shuichi Kajiwara, Katsunori Akiyama 2014-07-15
8639109 Stereoscopic imaging apparatus Masahiro Yamada 2014-01-28 $220,000
8416338 Imaging device and imaging method Hideo Nagasaka, Masahiro Yamada 2013-04-09 $122,000
8369018 Spatial image display device Masahiro Yamada 2013-02-05 $93,000
8274464 Active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display device Isao Asako, Junichi Morinaga, Kazunori Tanimoto 2012-09-25
8068130 Display panel and display apparatus Tatsuji Saitoh, Kenji Fujita, Toshihiro Matsumoto 2011-11-29
7948379 Optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus, remote controller, and content management method Kunihiko Miyake, Shinichiro Iimura, Nobuhiko Tsukahara 2011-05-24 $246,000
7874688 Deformable mirror device, deformable mirror plate Takahiro Miura, Masahiro Yamada 2011-01-25 $503,000
7837341 Deformable mirror device Masahiro Yamada 2010-11-23 $331,000
7655326 Thermal barrier coating material and method for production thereof, gas turbine member using the thermal barrier coating material, and gas turbine Taiji Torigoe, Kazutaka Mori, Ikuo Okada, Kouji Takahashi, Minoru Ohara +1 more 2010-02-02
7354663 Thermal barrier coating, manufacturing method thereof, turbine part and gas turbine Taiji Torigoe, Kazutaka Mori, Kouji Takahashi, Minoru Ohara 2008-04-08
7172787 Method of repairing a Ni-base alloy part Taiji Torigoe, Ikuo Okada, Kouji Takahashi, Minoru Ohara, Kengo Yamaguchi 2007-02-06
7064906 Optical pickup device with shielding to limit incident or emitted light Masahiro Yamada, Takahiro Miura, Takakiyo Kanazawa, Tetsu Watanabe 2006-06-20 $751,000
6966200 Evaporator and refrigerator Yoichiro Iritani, Akihiro Kawada, Koji Hirokawa, Yoshinori Shirakata, Wataru Seki 2005-11-22
6916551 Thermal barrier coating material, gas turbine parts and gas turbine Taiji Torigoe, Kazutaka Mori, Ikuo Okada, Kouji Takahashi 2005-07-12
6898027 Optical element and manufacturing method for same Masahiro Yamada, Takahiro Miura, Takakiyo Kanazawa, Tetsu Watanabe 2005-05-24 $489,000
6668538 Steam cooled gas turbine system with regenerative heat exchange Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuo Uematsu, Keizo Tsukagoshi 2003-12-30
6530208 Steam cooled gas turbine system with regenerative heat exchange Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuo Uematsu, Keizo Tsukagoshi 2003-03-11
6522621 Disc cassette Kiyoshi Ohmori, Takakiyo Kanazawa, Takatsugu Funawatari 2003-02-18 $441,000
6497115 Evaporator and refrigerator Yoshinori Shirakata, Yoichiro Iritani, Koji Hirokawa, Akihiro Kawada, Wataru Seki 2002-12-24
6481967 Gas turbine moving blade Yasuoki Tomita, Yukihiro Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Suenaga, Hisato Arimura, Shunsuke Torii +3 more 2002-11-19
6452887 Disk drive Tatsuyuki Nakayama 2002-09-17 $576,000