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IDiyas’s Digital Inventor Badge (DIB) showcases an inventor’s inventive prowess in granted patents across Utility, Design, and Plant patents. The data has been tracked since January 1, 1976, and refreshed each Tuesday. The data benchmarks an inventor’s prolificness to other inventors in their city, state, country, and the world. The badge reflects an inventor’s success in granted patents across their career.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Sep 9 2025

223 Utility Patents

#1 in Santa Barbara, CA

#309 in California

#914 in US

#1,547 in the World

Santa Barbara, CA, United States of America

Shuji Nakamura

Forward Citations = 6,844

Company Filing History:

151 out of 15,015

35 out of 1,286

4. 19 out of 2,955

5. 17 out of 2,306

where one patent can have more than one assignee

Shuji Nakamura, born on May 22, 1954, is a Japanese-American electronic engineer and inventor. He revolutionized lighting technology by inventing the blue LED, a major breakthrough. Nakamura’s work extends beyond LEDs; he also co-invented green and white LEDs, as well as the blue laser diode. His innovations have transformed communication, energy efficiency, and health care. Nakamura received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions. In 2015, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his remarkable impact on technology and society.

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