Assignee profile:

Konica Minolta, Inc.

City:

Tokyo

Country:

Japan

Published Applications:

4,659

Last publication date:

2026-06-11

Patent Grants:

3,890

Last grant date:

2026-05-12

Konica Minolta, Inc. is a Japanese technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a multinational corporation that manufactures and sells imaging and optical products, including copiers, laser printers, multi-functional peripherals, digital print systems, and medical and graphic imaging products. The company also provides IT services such as cloud solutions, IT infrastructure services, business process services, and workflow automation services. Konica Minolta has operations in more than 150 countries and employs over 40,000 people worldwide.

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#1 | 2026-06-11
US20260163984A1
Electricity

REUSE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING REUSE DETERMINATION PROGRAM

#2 | 2026-06-11
US20260162142A1
Physics

ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM

#3 | 2026-06-11
US20260158654A1
Performing operations; transporting

ROUTE GENERATING DEVICE, ROUTE GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#4 | 2026-06-11
US20260157734A1
Human necessities

ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#5 | 2026-06-04
US20260151099A1
Human necessities

DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#6 | 2026-05-28
US20260148372A1
Physics

IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#7 | 2026-05-28
US20260145896A1
Performing operations; transporting

CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

#8 | 2026-05-21
US20260140471A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

#9 | 2026-05-21
US20260138220A1
Performing operations; transporting

Shrink Fitting System

#10 | 2026-05-14
US20260133529A1
Physics

SHEET CHARACTERISTIC DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

#11 | 2026-05-07
US20260126747A1
Physics

MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PRODUCT

#12 | 2026-05-07
US20260126745A1
Physics

MEDIA DETECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#13 | 2026-04-30
US20260118807A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#14 | 2026-04-30
US20260116063A1
Performing operations; transporting

LAMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#15 | 2026-04-30
US20260114836A1
Human necessities

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM

#16 | 2026-04-16
US20260105564A1
Physics

IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

#17 | 2026-04-16
US20260104831A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

#18 | 2026-04-16
US20260102133A1
Human necessities

DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#19 | 2026-04-09
US20260100277A1
Physics

ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#20 | 2026-04-09
US20260099181A1
Physics

CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

#21 | 2026-04-02
US20260092184A1
Chemistry; metallurgy

FUNCTION FILM, FUNCTION FILM PRODUCING METHOD, OPTICAL COMPONENT, OPTICAL DEVICE, INKJET HEAD, AND MOLD

#22 | 2026-03-26
US20260083413A1
Human necessities

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

#23 | 2026-03-19
US20260076632A1
Human necessities

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SUPPORT METHOD

#24 | 2026-03-12
US20260073593A1
Physics

MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#25 | 2026-03-12
US20260073523A1
Physics

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM

#26 | 2026-03-12
US20260070354A1
Performing operations; transporting

INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, INKJET PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#27 | 2026-03-12
US20260069236A1
Human necessities

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#28 | 2026-03-05
US20260064031A1
Physics

OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

#29 | 2026-02-26
US20260056140A1
Physics

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL APPARATUS

#30 | 2026-02-26
US20260053458A1
Human necessities

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM

#31 | 2026-02-19
US20260051052A1
Physics

IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

#32 | 2026-02-12
US20260044698A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

#33 | 2026-02-05
US20260036930A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM

#34 | 2026-02-05
US20260036928A1
Physics

FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD

#35 | 2026-01-29
US20260027839A1
Performing operations; transporting

EJECTION ABNORMALITY INSPECTION APPARATUS, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, EJECTION ABNORMALITY INSPECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#36 | 2026-01-22
US20260024307A1
Physics

TASK ANALYSIS METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#37 | 2026-01-15
US20260019528A1
Electricity

IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#38 | 2026-01-15
US20260016609A1
Physics

RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS

#39 | 2026-01-08
US20260011059A1
Physics

RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

#40 | 2026-01-08
US20260007390A1
Human necessities

TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION DEVICE, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS

#41 | 2026-01-01
US20260002885A1
Physics

QUALITY INSPECTION APPARATUS, QUALITY INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#42 | 2025-12-25
US20250390046A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM

#43 | 2025-12-18
US20250381770A1
Performing operations; transporting

LAMINATING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#44 | 2025-12-04
US20250373735A1
Electricity

IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE

#45 | 2025-12-04
US20250369558A1
Mechanical engineering

INSTALLATION METHOD AND JIG SET

#46 | 2025-12-04
US20250368462A1
Performing operations; transporting

SHEET CONVEYING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

#47 | 2025-12-04
US20250367918A1
Performing operations; transporting

POST-PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND POST-PROCESSING METHOD

#48 | 2025-12-04
US20250366810A1
Human necessities

DYNAMIC IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, DYNAMIC IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#49 | 2025-11-27
US20250365378A1
Electricity

PAPER SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME

#50 | 2025-11-27
US20250363622A1
Physics

INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD

#51 | 2025-11-27
US20250362634A1
Physics

SHEET CHARACTERISTIC DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#52 | 2025-11-27 ✅ Patent 12,625,069 granted on 2026-05-12
US20250362226A1
Physics

GAS CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE, GAS CONCENTRATION MEASURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

#53 | 2025-11-27
US20250359854A1
Human necessities

ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD

#54 | 2025-11-27
US20250359851A1
Human necessities

ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD

#55 | 2025-11-20
US20250356672A1
Physics

RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING METHOD

#56 | 2025-11-20
US20250356539A1
Physics

RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING METHOD

#57 | 2025-11-20
US20250356048A1
Physics

RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING METHOD

#58 | 2025-11-20
US20250353698A1
Performing operations; transporting

SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND SHEET CONVEYANCE SYSTEM

#59 | 2025-11-20
US20250352181A1
Human necessities

ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#60 | 2025-11-13
US20250348251A1
Physics

INFORMATION PROCECSSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#61 | 2025-11-13
US20250345960A1
Performing operations; transporting

CUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND CUTTING POSITION DETERMINING METHOD

#62 | 2025-11-06
US20250343863A1
Electricity

INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#63 | 2025-11-06
US20250342707A1
Physics

STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

#64 | 2025-11-06
US20250339119A1
Human necessities

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM

#65 | 2025-10-30
US20250336175A1
Physics

LEARNING DATA GENERATION SUPPORT DEVICE, MOVEMENT CONTROLLER, ARTICLE ACQUISITION AND PLACEMENT SYSTEM, LEARNING DATA GENERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#66 | 2025-10-23
US20250329437A1
Physics

FAILED-IMAGE DECISION SUPPORT APPARATUS, FAILED-IMAGE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, FAILED-IMAGE DECISION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

#67 | 2025-10-23
US20250329134A1
Physics

IMAGE EDITING DEVICE, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM

#68 | 2025-10-23
US20250326120A1
Performing operations; transporting

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#69 | 2025-10-16
US20250322192A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLORIMETRY METHOD

#70 | 2025-10-16
US20250318795A1
Human necessities

MOBILE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#71 | 2025-10-09
US20250314999A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY OF SENSOR IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#72 | 2025-10-09
US20250314673A1
Physics

SAMPLE MEASURING APPARATUS

#73 | 2025-10-02
US20250308025A1
Physics

REFERENCE IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS, REFERENCE IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD, REFERENCE IMAGE PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND REFERENCE IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM

#74 | 2025-10-02
US20250306223A1
Physics

RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#75 | 2025-09-25
US20250298333A1
Physics

POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

#76 | 2025-09-18 ✅ Patent 12,549,932 granted on 2026-02-10
US20250294333A1
Electricity

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DATA INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM

#77 | 2025-09-18
US20250291094A1
Physics

OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT RECEIVING OPTICAL SYSTEM

#78 | 2025-09-11
US20250284233A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

#79 | 2025-09-04
US20250280073A1
Electricity

RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE

#80 | 2025-08-28
US20250271604A1
Physics

OPTICAL FILTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILTER UNIT, AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS

#81 | 2025-08-28
US20250271306A1
Physics

DISPLAY LIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS AND LIGHT MEASURING METHOD

#82 | 2025-08-28
US20250268548A1
Human necessities

DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

#83 | 2025-08-21
US20250264836A1
Physics

SHEET CHARACTERISTIC DETECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#84 | 2025-08-07
US20250254261A1
Electricity

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF COLORIMETER

#85 | 2025-08-07
US20250252557A1
Physics

IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#86 | 2025-08-07 ✅ Patent 12,488,450 granted on 2025-12-02
US20250252546A1
Physics

IMAGE CAPTURE CONDITION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE CONDITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

#87 | 2025-08-07
US20250249675A1
Performing operations; transporting

LAMINATING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#88 | 2025-07-31
US20250243022A1
Performing operations; transporting

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION RELATING TO SHEET, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

#89 | 2025-07-24
US20250240523A1
Electricity

IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM USED FOR IMAGE INSPECTION

#90 | 2025-07-17
US20250233533A1
Electricity

ELECTROSTATIC HOLDING DEVICE

#91 | 2025-07-17
US20250232877A1
Physics

IMAGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

#92 | 2025-07-17
US20250232437A1
Physics

IMAGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

#93 | 2025-07-17
US20250231513A1
Physics

IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONVEYANCE SPEED CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#94 | 2025-07-17
US20250231022A1
Physics

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

#95 | 2025-06-26
US20250208804A1
Physics

PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINTING PROGRAM

#96 | 2025-06-26
US20250208073A1
Physics

EVALUATION METHOD, EVALUATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#97 | 2025-06-26
US20250206022A1
Performing operations; transporting

NOZZLE PLATE, DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, AND NOZZLE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD

#98 | 2025-06-19
US20250203029A1
Electricity

IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#99 | 2025-06-19
US20250203018A1
Electricity

PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER, COLORIMETER, COLOR MATERIAL STABILIZATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

#100 | 2025-06-19
US20250200216A1
Physics

SETTING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, SETTING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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