BUFFALO INC. based in Nagoya-shi, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

#1 | 2025-10-30

US20250338333A1

Electricity

ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING SUB-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION VIA DIFFERENT MODES

#2 | 2025-01-30

US20250039833A1

Electricity

WIRELESS DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#3 | 2024-10-17

US20240349029A1

Electricity

ACCESS POINT DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE

#4 | 2024-09-26

US20240323818A1

Electricity

WIRELESS DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#5 | 2024-09-26

US20240322846A1

Electricity

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

#6 | 2024-09-19

US20240314640A1

Electricity

WIRELESS DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

#7 | 2024-04-11 ✅ Patent 12,373,380 granted on 2025-07-29

US20240119021A1

Physics

STORAGE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

#8 | 2023-12-21

US20230409209A1

Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

#9 | 2023-09-14

US20230292106A1

Electricity

DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

#10 | 2023-03-16 ✅ Patent 12,189,952 granted on 2025-01-07

US20230084456A1

Physics

Storage system and device to monitor performance and apply countermeasures to SMR and non-SMR drives

#11 | 2023-02-23

US20230058752A1

Physics

METHOD FOR CONTROL, BACKUP SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE

#12 | 2022-09-15 ✅ Patent 11,954,182 granted on 2024-04-09

US20220292165A1

Physics

Cloud management server, cloud system, and recording medium

#13 | 2021-12-02 ✅ Patent 11,681,612 granted on 2023-06-20

US20210374051A1

Physics

Storage apparatus and method that generates preliminary management information including the same content as main management information for identifying physical address of data

#14 | 2021-06-17 ✅ Patent 11,356,239 granted on 2022-06-07

US20210184828A1

Electricity

Information processing apparatus, network system, and medium

#15 | 2021-01-21 ✅ Patent 11,342,672 granted on 2022-05-24

US20210021036A1

Electricity

Antenna device and wireless LAN communication device

#16 | 2020-10-08 ✅ Patent 11,461,225 granted on 2022-10-04

US20200319999A1

Physics

Storage device, control method of storage device, and storage medium

#17 | 2019-07-18 ✅ Patent 10,782,881 granted on 2020-09-22

US20190220193A1

Physics

Storage device for not allowing to write data based on end of life of a disk device

#18 | 2018-12-13 ✅ Patent 10,657,040 granted on 2020-05-19

US20180357158A1

Physics

Storage device and data management method of storage device

#19 | 2018-08-16 ✅ Patent 10,901,953 granted on 2021-01-26

US20180232393A1

Physics

Storage system, file replication system, file replication method and non-transitory computer-readable medium

#20 | 2018-07-26 ✅ Patent 10,768,845 granted on 2020-09-08

US20180210673A1

Physics

Storage device and data output method for storage device

#21 | 2018-02-08 ✅ Patent 10,146,481 granted on 2018-12-04

US20180039450A1

Physics

Magnetic disk device capable of predicting the probability of failure

#22 | 2018-01-18 ✅ Patent 10,528,360 granted on 2020-01-07

US20180018182A1

Physics

Storage device, information processing system, method of activating storage device and program

#23 | 2016-11-10 ✅ Patent 10,341,331 granted on 2019-07-02

US20160330192A1

Electricity

Information processing system, information processing apparatus and firmware program

#24 | 2016-08-11 ✅ Patent 10,204,654 granted on 2019-02-12

US20160234185A1

Electricity

Storage device, information processing system, authentication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

#25 | 2016-06-02

US20160154560A1

Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND A PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING

#26 | 2016-02-11

US20160043765A1

Electricity

PROTECTIVE FILM COMPOSITE

#27 | 2016-01-14 ✅ Patent 9,979,787 granted on 2018-05-22

US20160014201A1

Electricity

Information processing system, network storage device, and non-transitory recording medium

#28 | 2015-12-24 ✅ Patent 10,368,338 granted on 2019-07-30

US20150373553A1

Electricity

Wireless device, network system and control method of wireless device

#29 | 2015-10-01

US20150273786A1

Performing operations; transporting

PROTECTIVE FILM COMPLEX FOR A DISPLAY SURFACE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

#30 | 2015-09-03 ✅ Patent 9,301,135 granted on 2016-03-29

US20150249919A1

Electricity

Control system including device and object device to be controlled

#31 | 2015-08-06 ✅ Patent 9,781,234 granted on 2017-10-03

US20150222734A1

Electricity

Electronic device, network relay device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

#32 | 2015-08-06 ✅ Patent 9,781,034 granted on 2017-10-03

US20150222542A1

Electricity

Electronic device, network relay device, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

#33 | 2014-10-23 ✅ Patent 9,917,733 granted on 2018-03-13

US20140317218A1

Electricity

Communication device, control method, program product and communication system

#34 | 2014-10-23

US20140313992A1

Electricity

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

#35 | 2014-09-25

US20140287790A1

Electricity

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO WAVE MONITORING APPARATUS

#36 | 2014-09-25

US20140286253A1

Electricity

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

#37 | 2014-09-25

US20140286249A1

Electricity

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SELECTING METHOD

#38 | 2014-03-20

US20140079325A1

Physics

IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND RECORDING MEDIA

#39 | 2014-03-06

US20140067918A1

Electricity

NETWORK DEVICE, METHOD OF NETWORK DEVICE PROVIDING CLIENT DEVICE WITH NOTIFICATION FOR DOWNLOADING FILE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM

#40 | 2014-03-06

US20140064577A1

Physics

IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

#41 | 2014-02-27

US20140059378A1

Physics

METHOD OF SYSTEM RECOVERY OF CLIENT DEVICE, WIRELESS CONNECTION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

#42 | 2014-02-27

US20140059361A1

Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, EXTERNAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER FROM HOST APPARATUS TO EXTERNAL APPARATUS

#43 | 2013-11-28

US20130318587A1

Electricity

AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS CONNECTION DEVICE

#44 | 2013-11-28

US20130318352A1

Electricity

COMMUNICATION SETUP METHOD AND WIRELESS CONNECTION DEVICE

#45 | 2013-08-29

US20130223278A1

Electricity

COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING COMMUNICATION SETUP INFORMATION

#46 | 2013-08-22

US20130217340A1

Electricity

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE SAME

#47 | 2013-08-08

US20130201887A1

Electricity

WIRELESS TERMINAL

#48 | 2013-07-18

US20130181959A1

Physics

SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM

#49 | 2013-06-27

US20130166854A1

Physics

STORAGE APPARATUS

#50 | 2013-06-27

US20130166688A1

Electricity

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK STORAGE, SERVER

#51 | 2013-06-27

US20130162562A1

Physics

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

#52 | 2013-06-20

US20130159491A1

Electricity

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK STORAGE, AND SERVER DEVICE

#53 | 2013-05-30

US20130136131A1

Electricity

RELAY DEVICE AND ACTIVATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

#54 | 2013-05-23

US20130132576A1

Physics

Network Device, Method of Controlling Network Device, and Recording Medium on Which Program for Controlling Network Device Is Recorded

#55 | 2013-05-16

US20130124877A1

Electricity

COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE EQUIPMENT

#56 | 2013-05-09

US20130114410A1

Electricity

Network Relay Device, Control Method for Network Relay Device, and Recording Medium on which Program for Controlling Network Relay Device Is Recorded

#57 | 2013-05-02

US20130111577A1

Electricity

CONNECTION SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

#58 | 2013-05-02

US20130107794A1

Electricity

NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF SELECTING ACTIVE NETWORK INTERFACE

#59 | 2013-05-02

US20130107736A1

Electricity

PORTABLE NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD OF SELECTING ACTIVE NETWORK INTERFACE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

#60 | 2013-05-02

US20130106688A1

Electricity

IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

#61 | 2013-04-18

US20130097228A1

Electricity

NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA MANIPULATION METHOD IN NETWORK STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING CLIENT DEVICE

#62 | 2013-02-07

US20130034046A1

Electricity

ACCESS POINT DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONFIGURATION PROVIDING METHOD

#63 | 2013-01-17

US20130017777A1

Electricity

Wireless Network System, Method of Controlling the System, and Wireless Network Relay Device

#64 | 2013-01-17

US20130016708A1

Electricity

Wireless Network System, Method of Controlling the System, and Wireless Network Relay Device

#65 | 2012-12-20 ✅ Patent 8,599,688 granted on 2013-12-03

US20120320822A1

Electricity

Wireless LAN device

#66 | 2012-12-06

US20120311184A1

Electricity

IP Address Assignment System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server, And Method Of Assigning An IP Address

#67 | 2012-12-06

US20120309371A1

Electricity

Network Connection Device, Method Of Setting An Operation Mode, And Computer Program Product

#68 | 2012-12-06

US20120307727A1

Electricity

Portable Network Connection Device, Method of Setting Portable Network Connection Device, And Computer Program Product

#69 | 2012-12-06

US20120307659A1

Electricity

NETWORK SYSTEM, GATEWAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A FORWARDING PATH

#70 | 2012-11-22

US20120296970A1

Electricity

FILE MANAGING APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO AN ONLINE STORAGE SERVICE

#71 | 2012-11-22 ✅ Patent 8,713,052 granted on 2014-04-29

US20120296949A1

Physics

File management apparatus and file management apparatus controlling method

#72 | 2012-11-22

US20120296947A1

Electricity

FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

#73 | 2012-11-22

US20120296946A1

Electricity

FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD

#74 | 2012-11-22

US20120296871A1

Physics

FILE MANAGING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN ONLINE STORAGE SERVICE

#75 | 2012-11-15

US20120287817A1

Electricity

APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REPLICATING SETTINGS INFORMATION

#76 | 2012-10-11

US20120259966A1

Electricity

APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#77 | 2012-10-11

US20120259965A1

Electricity

APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANAGING A SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#78 | 2012-10-11

US20120257621A1

Electricity

APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANAGING A SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#79 | 2012-10-11

US20120257540A1

Electricity

METHOD OF MANAGING A SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#80 | 2012-10-04

US20120254270A1

Electricity

DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#81 | 2012-10-04

US20120252414A1

Electricity

NETWORK DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD

#82 | 2012-09-20

US20120236159A1

Electricity

IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE, IMAGE TRANSFER METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

#83 | 2012-09-13

US20120233166A1

Physics

TAG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, TAG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,CONTENT DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND TAG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD

#84 | 2012-09-13

US20120230537A1

Electricity

TAG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, TAG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND TAG INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD

#85 | 2012-08-30