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Toyokawa, Japan

Tomokazu Kato

This inventor holds 37 USPTO granted patents, primarily in Image Forming Technology. Top assignees: Minolta Company, Ltd., Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.. Active years: 1991-2020.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Tomokazu Kato. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/tomokazu-kato

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Calculating rank
USPTO Granted Patents = 37

% Patents Active = 91.9

Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.3

ph-index = 9

Forward Citations = 208(Granted Patents)


Location History:

  • Aichi-Ken, JP (2007)
  • Osaka, JP (1991 - 2011)
  • Aichi, JP (2017)
  • Toyokawa, JP (1992 - 2020)

Company Filing History:

goldMedal20 out of 2,816 
 
Minolta Company, Ltd.
 patents
silverMedal9 out of 2,979 
 
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
 patents
bronzeMedal4 out of 2,526 
 
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
 patents
4. 4 out of 4,401 
 
Konica Minolta, Inc.
 patents

Years Active: 1991-2020

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Areas of Expertise:
Image Forming Apparatus
Print System
Image Processing
Copying Apparatus
Document Handling
Print Management
Webpage Printing
Billing Method
Automatic Document Feeder
Color Selection
Duplex Printing
User Input Modes
37 patents (USPTO):Explore Patents
1. 10735607 - Device for generating display data, information device, and display system for displaying scroll region and operation region (2020-08-04),
2. 9696945 - Print apparatus and print system that reports the situation of the print apparatus (2017-07-04),
3. 9405253 - Image forming system and computer-readable recording medium (2016-08-02),
4. 9258443 - Image forming apparatus remotely operated by external terminal, image forming system including the same, and recording medium (2016-02-09),
5. 9069513 - Print control device, email transmission device, print controlling method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium (2015-06-30),
6. 8854687 - Image forming apparatus with setting screen, setting method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with setting program (2014-10-07),
7. 8630004 - Image forming apparatus, billing method thereof and recording medium (2014-01-14),
8. 8482747 - Information processing device for printing images of a webpage, and recording medium having program for printing images of a web page (2013-07-09),
9. 7978360 - Print system (2011-07-12),
10. 7970866 - Print system including application server to select printer driver for client specific print information (2011-06-28),
11. 7345779 - Print system (2008-03-18),
12. 7227664 - Method of printing application data (2007-06-05),
13. 7119916 - Printing system, image forming apparatus and print management program (2006-10-10),
14. 7088460 - Image forming apparatus having a display changeable in color according to operational mode (2006-08-08),
15. 7038812 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and image forming method that allow forming of an appropriate image with small amount of recording material remaining (2006-05-02),

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