Kazuhiro Hirota

This inventor holds 26 USPTO granted patents and 2 EPO patents, primarily in Document Processing Technology. Top assignees: Konica Corporation, Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.. Active years: 1992-2021.

USPTO Granted Patents = 26

% Patents Active = 96.2

EPO Patents = 2 (Patent Applications = 1)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 4.1

ph-index = 10

Forward Citations = 281(Granted Patents)

Location History:

Hachioji, JP (1992 - 2006)
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP (2007)
Tokyo, JP (1994 - 2019)
Nagasaki, JP (2021)

Company Filing History:

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

patents

2 out of 12

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

5. 3 out of 834,453

Other

patents

where one patent can have more than one assignee

Years Active: 1992-2021

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Areas of Expertise:

Document Feeder

Image Forming

Sheet Processing

Automatic Document

Finishing Apparatus

Paper Conveying

Sorter Technology

Electronic Copier

Sheet Stacker

Document Handler

Non-Spherical Tank

26 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 11022253 - Liquefied gas-based rapid cooling possibility determination device, liquefied gas storage tank, liquefied gas carrying vessel, and liquefied gas-based rapid cooling possibility determination method (2021-06-01),

2. 10450039 - Non-spherical tank and liquefied gas carrier ship equipped with the non-spherical tanks (2019-10-22),

3. 7261288 - Postprocessing apparatus with two or more finishing devices (2007-08-28),

4. 7207557 - Image forming system and single-sheet processing machine (2007-04-24),

5. RE39168 - Image forming apparatus in use with a sheet post-processing apparatus (2006-07-10),

6. 6796559 - Automatic document feeder having a document shunting path (2004-09-28),

7. 6585258 - Automatic document feeder having a document shunting path (2003-07-01),

8. 6427997 - Sheet stacker with aligning/conveying rollers and image forming apparatus using the same (2002-08-06),

9. 6381439 - Document feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus (2002-04-30),

10. 6283354 - Sheet processing apparatus (2001-09-04),

11. 6233427 - Image forming apparatus in use with a sheet post-processing apparatus (2001-05-15),

12. 6206359 - Auto document feeder (2001-03-27),

13. D438889 - Electronic copier (2001-03-14),

14. 6152445 - Sheet conveying apparatus and method wherein the sheet is fed without (2000-11-28),

15. 6145834 - Automatic document feeder having a document shunting path (2000-11-14),

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