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Yu Tanaka — 68 Patents

Sony: 24 patents #1,630 of 25,231Top 7%
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha: 16 patents #151 of 3,782Top 4%
Canon: 9 patents #6,770 of 19,416Top 35%
KMKonica Minolta: 7 patents #495 of 2,718Top 20%
KMKonica Minolta: 4 patents #503 of 1,361Top 40%
Toyota: 2 patents #11,016 of 26,838Top 45%
KIKurita Water Industries: 2 patents #86 of 384Top 25%
Fujitsu Limited: 1 patents #14,843 of 24,456Top 65%
ACAisin Aw Co.: 1 patents #1,133 of 2,011Top 60%
KUKyoto University: 1 patents #568 of 1,688Top 35%
Mazda Motor: 1 patents #2,563 of 4,755Top 55%
OMOmron: 1 patents #1,808 of 3,089Top 60%
Denso: 1 patents #6,940 of 11,792Top 60%
DADaicel: 1 patents #265 of 523Top 55%
JAJapan Science And Technology Agency: 1 patents #756 of 2,171Top 35%
Tokyo, JP: #1,028 of 90,295 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #30,786 of 4,157,543Top 1%
68 Patents All Time
Yu Tanaka has been granted 68 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sony. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in August 2025. Yu Tanaka ranks #30,786 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.74%). Patent records list Yu Tanaka in Tokyo, JP.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2009 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2015.peak 82009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 5 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 6 patents2015: 8 patents20152016: 4 patents2017: 8 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 4 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 3 patents20212022: 4 patents2023: 4 patents20232024: 3 patents2025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 68 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12395963 Communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, and position information management method Yasuhiro Shimura, Yuki Nakajima, Mitsuhide Murofushi 2025-08-19
12340438 Information processing device and information processing method 2025-06-24
12334631 Communication device and antenna-incorporated device 2025-06-17
12189007 Radio frequency coil apparatus and method for controlling radio frequency coil apparatus 2025-01-07
12160164 Measurement apparatus, control method for measurement apparatus, and measurement system 2024-12-03
12132263 Circular and linearly polarized antenna 2024-10-29
12105781 Authentication device and recognition method Qihong Wang, Masatomo Kurata, Takashi Ogata, Hiroyuki Shigei, Makoto Sato +1 more 2024-10-01 $842,000
11850780 Resin member, mold for molding resin member, and method for manufacturing resin member Sakura Nakano, Masaaki Akamine, Kaname Sawai, Akihiro Hosono, Shuhei Narita 2023-12-26 $164,000
11783622 Fingerprint authentication device and fingerprint authentication method 2023-10-10 $895,000
11668838 Communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, and information processing method 2023-06-06 $689,000
11573334 Information processing device, information processing method, and program 2023-02-07 $940,000
11533548 Transmission device, transmission method, and transmission system Tomohiro Yamauchi, Tomoyuki Kato, Shigeki Watanabe, Takeshi Hoshida 2022-12-20
11514604 Information processing device and information processing method Naofumi Fukasawa, Yasutaka Fukumoto, Yoshitaka Suga, Takahiro Tsujii, Noriyuki Suzuki 2022-11-29 $529,000
11424786 Wireless transmission system, control method, and storage medium Hidetada Nago 2022-08-23 $43,000
11422269 Information processing apparatus and information processing method Masashi Ookubo, Tomohisa Takaoka, Haruto Takeda, Takahiro Tsujii 2022-08-23 $527,000
11161516 Vehicle control device Toyoji Hiyokawa 2021-11-02
11158472 Electric circuit breaker device Shogo KOMORI 2021-10-26
10913496 Parking assistance device Tomohisa Yamashita, Masaya Kato, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Hidehiko Miyoshi, Takatomo Asai +4 more 2021-02-09
10587607 Information processing apparatus and information processing method for public key scheme based user authentication Taizo Shirai, Yohei Kawamoto, Koichi Sakumoto 2020-03-10 $836,000
10467789 Image processing device for vehicle Kazuya Watanabe 2019-11-05
10447673 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program Koichi Sakumoto, Taizo Shirai, Yohei Kawamoto 2019-10-15 $760,000
10401821 Motor control device and control method, information processing program and recording medium Takao Ushiyama, Satoshi Yamawaki, Masakazu MATSUGAMI 2019-09-03
10379039 NDIR gas sensor, gas analyzer, photosynthesis rate measuring apparatus, and photosynthesis rate measuring method Shigeyuki Akiyama 2019-08-13
10108650 Information processing device and information processing method Taizo Shirai, Yohei Kawamoto, Kazuya Kamio, Koichi Sakumoto 2018-10-23 $1,058,000
10051577 Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium 2018-08-14 $36,000