Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Kobayashi

This inventor holds 116 USPTO granted patents, plus 3 CIPO patents, primarily in Magnetic Head Technology (CPC class 180248). Top assignees: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi, Ltd., Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha. Active years: 1977-2012.


% Patents Active = 81.9


Average Co-Inventor Count = 2.0

ph-index = 17

Forward Citations = 1,208(Granted Patents)

Forward Citations (Not Self Cited) = 1,159(Dec 10, 2025)


Inventors with similar research interests:


Location History:

  • Kokubunji, JA (1977)
  • Mitaka, JP (1979 - 1985)
  • Koganei, JP (1984 - 1985)
  • Ota, JP (1986)
  • Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, JP (1986 - 1988)
  • Hiroshima, JP (1990)
  • Nishitama, JP (1989 - 1994)
  • Hinode, JP (1994)
  • Santa Barbara, CA (US) (1995)
  • Hinodemachi, JP (1981 - 1998)
  • Amagasaki, JP (1990 - 1998)
  • Fujinomiya, JP (2001)
  • Ichihara, JP (1987 - 2002)
  • Tokyo-To, JP (2000 - 2003)
  • Kosugi-machi, JP (2005)
  • Tokyo, JP (1982 - 2012)

Company Filing History:

goldMedal48 out of 2,208 
 
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
 patents
silverMedal32 out of 42,719 
 
Hitachi, Ltd.
 patents
bronzeMedal10 out of 21,351 
 
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
 patents
4. 5 out of 1,008 
 
Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
 patents
5. 3 out of 7 
 
Japan Drilling Co., Ltd.
 patents
6. 2 out of 82 
 
Origin Electric Company, Limited
 patents
7. 2 out of 1,049 
 
Tohoku University
 patents
8. 1 out of 3 
 
Fuji Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
 patents
9. 1 out of 34 
 
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
 patents
10. 1 out of 52 
 
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
 patents
11. 1 out of 227 
 
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.
 patents
12. 1 out of 94 
 
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
 patents
13. 1 out of 35 
 
National Food Research Institute
 patents
14. 1 out of 1,038 
 
Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.
 patents
15. 1 out of 93 
 
The University of Electro-Communications
 patents
16. 1 out of 1 
 
Tochigifuji Kabushiki Kaisha
 patent
17. 10 out of 834,411 
Other
 patents
where one patent can have more than one assignee

Years Active: 1977-2012

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Areas of Expertise:
Magnetic Head
Automatic Transmission
Laser Processing
Torque Converter
Sputtering Apparatus
Magnetoresistance Effect
Four-Wheel Drive
Semiconductor Fabrication
Recording Medium
Polishing Agent
Electrophotographic Member
116 patents (USPTO):Explore Patents

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