Sony Corporation
Tokyo
Japan
43,277
2026-01-15
37,787
2026-01-06
Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, Sony has evolved into a leading global company, specializing in consumer electronics, gaming, entertainment, and professional products.
Sony's flagship products, such as the PlayStation gaming consoles, Bravia televisions, and Alpha cameras, are backed by numerous patents that have shaped the industry and propelled the company to the forefront of technological advancements. Their commitment to research and development has ensured a steady growth in their patent portfolio, making them one of the top patent assignees in the world.
Top Inventors for applications by Sony Corporation
These are the the leading inventors for applications assigned to Sony Corporation:
- Sony Corporation 575 Tokyo, Japan
- Katsuhide Uchino 497 Kanagawa, Japan
- Tetsujiro Kondo 492 Tokyo, Japan
- Yoichiro Sako 466 Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroaki Takano 261 Saitama, Japan
- Junichi Yamashita 237 Tokyo, Japan
- Ikuo Tsukagoshi 229 Tokyo, Japan
- Keiji Mabuchi 225 Kanagawa, Japan
- Hideji Wakabayashi 219 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Ryo Sawai 207 Tokyo, Japan
- Tetsuro Yamamoto 203 kanagawa, Japan
- Brian Alexander MARTIN 202 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Naohisa Kitazato 195 Tokyo, Japan
- Kazushi Sato 181 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yasuaki YAMAGISHI 172 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yoichi Yagasaki 169 Tokyo, Japan
- Martin Warwick BEALE 163 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Ryota Kimura 162 Tokyo, Japan
- Mitsuru Takehara 162 Tokyo, Japan
- Xin Guo 161 Beijing, China
- Motoki KATO 160 Kanagawa, Japan
- Kohei Asada 155 Kanagawa, Japan
- SHIN HORNG WONG 154 BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom
- Hiroyuki Ohmori 150 Kanagawa, Japan
- True Xiong 147 San Diego, CA United States
- Tomoya Yamaura 146 Tokyo, Japan
- Chen Sun 143 Beijing, China
- Ikuo Yamano 140 Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuhiro Bessho 140 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yutaka Higo 139 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yoshiyuki Kobayashi 139 Tokyo, Japan
- Ohji Nakagami 136 Tokyo, Japan
- Masamichi Asukai 136 Kanagawa, Japan
- Kazuyuki Yamamoto 131 Kanagawa, Japan
- Kazutaka Yamane 130 Kanagawa, Japan
- Shunichi KASAHARA 127 Kanagawa, Japan
- Shigeru Sugaya 127 Kanagawa, Japan
- Peter Shintani 126 San Diego, CA United States
- Akira Tange 120 Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshihito ISHIBASHI 119 Tokyo, Japan
- Toru Chinen 119 Kanagawa, Japan
- Masanori Hosomi 117 Tokyo, Japan
- Seiji WADA 112 Kanagawa, Japan
- Hiroyuki Uchida 111 Kanagawa, Japan
- Toshiya Hamada 111 Saitama, Japan
- Makiko Yamamoto 111 Tokyo, Japan
- Tadahiko Kubota 108 Kanagawa, Japan
- Ali Tabatabai 107 Cupertino, CA United States
- Yasushi MIYAJIMA 107 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yuxin WEI 106 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Tatsushi Nashida 106 Kanagawa, Japan
- Shinobu HATTORI 105 Tokyo, Japan
- Mitsuru ASANO 104 Kanagawa, Japan
- Toshiro Terauchi 103 Tokyo, Japan
- Charles McCoy 102 Coronado, CA United States
- Kazuyuki Sakoda 102 Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuyuki Sakoda 100 Chiba, Japan
- Shinichiro TSUDA 100 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Vivek Sharma 98 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Takatoshi NAKAMURA 98 Kanagawa, Japan
- Lothar Stadelmeier 97 Stuttgart, Germany
- Kenichi Kawase 97 Fukushima, Japan
- Tsubasa Tsukahara 97 Tokyo, Japan
- Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri 97 Basingstoke, United Kingdom
- Shingo Tsurumi 96 Saitama, Japan
- Takuro Noda 96 Tokyo, Japan
- Sony Corporation 96 , United States
- Yasuhisa Nakajima 95 Kanagawa, Japan
- Junichi Rekimoto 95 Tokyo, Japan
- Ming-Chang Liu 95 San Jose, CA United States
- Takahiro NAGANO 93 Kanagawa, Japan
- Jiro Yamada 92 Kanagawa, Japan
- Hiromasa UCHIYAMA 91 Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshiharu DEWA 91 Tokyo, Japan
- Motoyuki Takai 91 Tokyo, Japan
- Katsutoshi ITOH 90 Tokyo, Japan
- Yuichi Morioka 90 Kanagawa, Japan
- Teruhiko Suzuki 88 Chiba, Japan
- Mitsuhiro Hirabayashi 88 Tokyo, Japan
- Sho FURUICHI 87 Tokyo, Japan
- Kenta Kawamoto 87 Tokyo, Japan
- Rickard Ljung 87 Helsingborg, Sweden
- Takayasu Kon 86 Tokyo, Japan
- Yukihito Iida 85 Kanagawa, Japan
- Kosei Yamashita 85 Kanagawa, Japan
- Kohtaro Sabe 85 Tokyo, Japan
- Yuji Shinohara 85 Kanagawa, Japan
- Takahiro Fukuhara 85 Kanagawa, Japan
- Junichi Tanaka 84 Kanagawa, Japan
- Tomoyuki ASANO 83 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yusuke Sakai 83 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yuichi Morioka 81 Tokyo, Japan
- Gen Ichimura 81 Tokyo, Japan
- Shinichiro Tsuda 81 Kanagawa, Japan
- Fuminori HOMMA 81 Tokyo, Japan
- Kenjiro UEDA 80 Kanagawa, Japan
- Toshiyuki Nakagawa 78 Kanagawa, Japan
- Yasunori Kamada 77 Kanagawa, Japan
- Shinichi Kawano 77 Tokyo, Japan
- Takao Tanikame 77 Kanagawa, Japan
Recent patent applications by Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation based in Tokyo, JP has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:
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#4 | 2025-11-27US20250365432A1
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#5 | 2025-09-25US20250296009A1
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#6 | 2025-09-04US20250280125A1
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#7 | 2025-06-19US20250199527A1
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#8 | 2025-05-29US20250175646A1
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#9 | 2025-05-08US20250150244A1
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#10 | 2025-04-17US20250126294A1
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#11 | 2025-04-17US20250123622A1
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#12 | 2025-04-10US20250119802A1
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#13 | 2025-04-03US20250113080A1
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#14 | 2025-02-27US20250068301A1
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#15 | 2025-02-06US20250044935A1
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#16 | 2025-02-06US20250044076A1
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#17 | 2025-01-30US20250039333A1
ElectricityTRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM
#18 | 2025-01-16US20250021057A1
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#19 | 2025-01-09US20250016319A1
ElectricityIMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD
#20 | 2024-12-19US20240422300A1
ElectricityIMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD
#21 | 2024-12-12US20240410696A1
PhysicsPOSITIONING APPARATUS, POSITIONING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
#22 | 2024-12-12 ✅ Patent 12,515,198 granted on 2026-01-06US20240409417A1
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#23 | 2024-10-03 ✅ Patent 12,413,772 granted on 2025-09-09US20240333966A1
ElectricityIMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
#24 | 2024-10-03 ✅ Patent 12,362,540 granted on 2025-07-15US20240332903A1
ElectricityLIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT
#25 | 2024-09-19 ✅ Patent 12,299,833 granted on 2025-05-13US20240312157A1
PhysicsImage processing device, image processing method, and program
#26 | 2024-08-29US20240292031A1
ElectricityIMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
#27 | 2024-08-29 ✅ Patent 12,356,005 granted on 2025-07-08US20240292024A1
ElectricityIMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
#28 | 2024-08-29US20240289011A1
PhysicsINFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
#29 | 2024-08-01US20240259587A1
ElectricityIMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD
#30 | 2024-07-11 ✅ Patent 12,635,013 granted on 2026-05-19US20240237097A1
ElectricityTELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
#31 | 2024-07-11US20240236406A9
ElectricityTRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
#32 | 2024-07-04 ✅ Patent 12,324,064 granted on 2025-06-03US20240224388A1
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#33 | 2024-07-04 ✅ Patent 12,204,176 granted on 2025-01-21US20240219748A1
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#34 | 2024-07-04 ✅ Patent 12,337,250 granted on 2025-06-24US20240216824A1
Human necessitiesROBOT DEVICE
#35 | 2024-06-27 ✅ Patent 12,417,604 granted on 2025-09-16US20240212304A1
PhysicsDISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
#36 | 2024-06-20 ✅ Patent 12,587,649 granted on 2026-03-24US20240205408A1
ElectricityDATA ENCODING AND DECODING
#37 | 2024-06-06 ✅ Patent 12,253,854 granted on 2025-03-18US20240184288A1
PhysicsInformation processing device, information processing method, and program class
#38 | 2024-05-16 ✅ Patent 12,399,122 granted on 2025-08-26US20240159673A1
PhysicsFLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS
#39 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,268,049 granted on 2025-04-01US20240138182A1
ElectricityDisplay unit with organic layer
#40 | 2024-04-25US20240137603A1
ElectricityTRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD
#41 | 2024-04-18 ✅ Patent 12,200,258 granted on 2025-01-14US20240129533A1
ElectricityImage processing apparatus and method for skipping encoding of primary transform of residual and secondary transform
#42 | 2024-03-21 ✅ Patent 12,112,443 granted on 2024-10-08US20240096039A1
PhysicsDisplay control apparatus, display control method, and program
#43 | 2024-02-29 ✅ Patent 12,299,790 granted on 2025-05-13US20240070947A1
PhysicsInformation processing apparatus and information processing method
#44 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,170,282 granted on 2024-12-17US20240047461A1
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#45 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 11,961,297 granted on 2024-04-16US20240046641A1
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#46 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 12,130,442 granted on 2024-10-29US20240027774A1
PhysicsInformation processing device that displays a virtual object relative to real space
#47 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 11,954,816 granted on 2024-04-09US20240013503A1
PhysicsDisplay control device, display control method, and recording medium
#48 | 2024-01-11US20240012521A1
PhysicsProjection Device, Projection Method And Projection Program
#49 | 2024-01-11 ✅ Patent 12,274,935 granted on 2025-04-15US20240009554A1
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#50 | 2023-12-28 ✅ Patent 12,182,393 granted on 2024-12-31US20230418463A1
PhysicsInformation processing device, information processing method, and program for displaying animations of thumbnail images
#51 | 2023-12-28US20230417538A1
PhysicsINFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
#52 | 2023-12-21 ✅ Patent 12,126,848 granted on 2024-10-22US20230412859A1
ElectricityTransmission device, transmission method, reception device and reception method
#53 | 2023-12-07 ✅ Patent 12,170,809 granted on 2024-12-17US20230396831A1
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#54 | 2023-11-30US20230388525A1
ElectricityIMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD
#55 | 2023-11-30 ✅ Patent 12,212,763 granted on 2025-01-28US20230388524A1
ElectricityCoding apparatus, coding method, transmission apparatus, and reception apparatus
#56 | 2023-11-30US20230385309A1
PhysicsINFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MAP UPDATE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
#57 | 2023-11-16 ✅ Patent 12,164,749 granted on 2024-12-10US20230367455A1
PhysicsInformation processing apparatus for responding to finger and hand operation inputs
#58 | 2023-11-09 ✅ Patent 12,142,741 granted on 2024-11-12US20230361369A1
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#59 | 2023-11-02 ✅ Patent 12,236,918 granted on 2025-02-25US20230351980A1
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#60 | 2023-10-19US20230333630A1
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#61 | 2023-10-12US20230325073A1
PhysicsINFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
#62 | 2023-10-05 ✅ Patent 12,488,546 granted on 2025-12-02US20230316685A1
PhysicsINFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
#63 | 2023-10-05US20230315278A1
PhysicsDEVICE GROUP MANAGEMENT VIA INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM
#64 | 2023-09-28 ✅ Patent 12,113,976 granted on 2024-10-08US20230308646A1
ElectricityImage encoding device and method and image decoding device and method
#65 | 2023-09-28US20230305530A1
PhysicsINFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM
#66 | 2023-09-07 ✅ Patent 11,861,773 granted on 2024-01-02US20230281897A1
PhysicsInformation processing apparatus and information processing method
#67 | 2023-08-31 ✅ Patent 12,022,116 granted on 2024-06-25US20230276072A1
ElectricityImage processing apparatus and image processing method
#68 | 2023-08-24 ✅ Patent 12,020,730 granted on 2024-06-25US20230267966A1
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#69 | 2023-08-24 ✅ Patent 12,204,338 granted on 2025-01-21US20230266767A1
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#70 | 2023-08-03 ✅ Patent 12,627,830 granted on 2026-05-12US20230247217A1
ElectricityIMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
#71 | 2023-08-03 ✅ Patent 12,437,534 granted on 2025-10-07US20230245449A1
PhysicsTERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OBJECT IDENTIFYING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND OBJECT IDENTIFYING SYSTEM
#72 | 2023-08-03 ✅ Patent 12,002,173 granted on 2024-06-04US20230245402A1
PhysicsImage processing device, image processing method, and program
#73 | 2023-07-20 ✅ Patent 12,081,884 granted on 2024-09-03US20230232129A1
ElectricityReadout circuit and method for time-of-flight image sensor
#74 | 2023-06-29 ✅ Patent 12,034,274 granted on 2024-07-09US20230208106A1
ElectricityLight emitting element
#75 | 2023-06-22US20230191597A1
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#76 | 2023-05-18 ✅ Patent 12,251,501 granted on 2025-03-18US20230149587A1
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#77 | 2023-05-11 ✅ Patent 11,955,638 granted on 2024-04-09US20230147545A1
ElectricitySheet-shaped member
#78 | 2023-04-27 ✅ Patent 12,341,640 granted on 2025-06-24US20230127082A1
ElectricityMETHODS FOR REFERENCE SIGNALLING, TRANSMITTER NODES AND RECEIVER NODES
#79 | 2023-04-27 ✅ Patent 11,922,579 granted on 2024-03-05US20230126000A1
PhysicsImage processing apparatus and method for image processing by deriving voxel and mesh data to generate point cloud data
#80 | 2023-04-20 ✅ Patent 11,877,008 granted on 2024-01-16US20230117669A1
ElectricityImage processing apparatus and method
#81 | 2023-03-23 ✅ Patent 12,027,116 granted on 2024-07-02US20230091149A1
PhysicsDisplay device and electronic apparatus
#82 | 2023-03-16 ✅ Patent 11,871,611 granted on 2024-01-09US20230083513A1
ElectricityDisplay unit with reflector layer and electronic apparatus
#83 | 2023-02-23 ✅ Patent 12,126,137 granted on 2024-10-22US20230055932A1
ElectricityLight-emitting element and method of manufacturing the same
#84 | 2023-02-09 ✅ Patent 11,885,971 granted on 2024-01-30US20230041942A1
PhysicsInformation processing device that displays a virtual object relative to real space
#85 | 2023-01-12 ✅ Patent 11,989,407 granted on 2024-05-21US20230008798A1
PhysicsInformation processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
#86 | 2022-12-22 ✅ Patent 11,664,054 granted on 2023-05-30US20220406340A1
PhysicsCartridge including tape-shaped magnetic recording medium
#87 | 2022-12-15US20220400519A1
ElectricityCOMMUNICATION DEVICE, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
#88 | 2022-12-15 ✅ Patent 12,284,387 granted on 2025-04-22US20220400285A1
ElectricityImage processing apparatus and method
#89 | 2022-12-08 ✅ Patent 11,997,316 granted on 2024-05-28US20220394299A1
ElectricityImage processing apparatus and method for curbing deterioration in coding efficiency
#90 | 2022-12-08US20220394253A1
ElectricityIMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD
#91 | 2022-12-01 ✅ Patent 11,676,331 granted on 2023-06-13US20220383587A1
PhysicsInformation processing apparatus and information processing method
#92 | 2022-11-03 ✅ Patent 11,777,155 granted on 2023-10-03US20220352568A1
ElectricityBattery pack
#93 | 2022-10-13 ✅ Patent 11,758,305 granted on 2023-09-12US20220329748A1
ElectricityComparator, ad converter, solid-state imaging device, electronic apparatus, and method of controlling comparator
#94 | 2022-10-13 ✅ Patent 11,838,099 granted on 2023-12-05US20220329334A1
ElectricityReception apparatus and data processing method
#95 | 2022-10-13 ✅ Patent 11,899,456 granted on 2024-02-13US20220326707A1
PhysicsInformation processing device, information processing method, and program
#96 | 2022-10-13US20220323854A1
Human necessitiesINFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
#97 | 2022-09-29 ✅ Patent 11,729,519 granted on 2023-08-15US20220311983A1
ElectricityVideo signal processing apparatus, video signal processing method, and image-capturing apparatus
#98 | 2022-09-01 ✅ Patent 12,137,576 granted on 2024-11-05US20220278302A1
ElectricityLight emitting apparatus
#99 | 2022-09-01 ✅ Patent 11,836,883 granted on 2023-12-05US20220277531A1
PhysicsDisplay control device, display control method, and recording medium
#100 | 2022-08-25 ✅ Patent 11,581,014 granted on 2023-02-14US20220270643A1
PhysicsMagnetic recording medium
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