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MINOLTA CO LTD

Overview
  • Total Patents
    15,472
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MINOLTA CO LTD has a total of 15,472 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1986. It filed its patents most often in Japan, United States and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets optics, audio-visual technology and computer technology are ISHII HIROKAZU, OKADA HIDEYUKI and SAITO YASUSHI.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MINOLTA CO LTDs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Osada Hideki 361
#2 Yasutomi Hideo 240
#3 Ueda Hideaki 229
#4 Shinkawa Katsuhito 190
#5 Honda Tsutomu 175
#6 Ishimaru Kazuhiko 168
#7 Matsuda Shinya 165
#8 Hara Yoshihiro 146
#9 Tanii Junichi 143
#10 Sawai Yasumasa 142

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
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JP2005103962A Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and computer program
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