Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

249Patents
24Active
249Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 26, 1985 → Feb 25, 2009 · 24 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5586254A System for managing and operating a network by physically imaging the network Electricity 345 Expired
US5228100A Method and system for producing from document image a form display with blank fields and a program to input data to the blank fields Physics 152 Expired
US5189404A Display apparatus with rotatable display screen Physics 136 Expired
US5778388A Method of processing a synchronization point in a database management system to assure a database version using update logs from accumulated transactions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 121 Expired
US5832510A Information processing system enabling access to different types of files, control method for the same and storage medium for storing programs to control the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US5758356A High concurrency and recoverable B-tree index management method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 114 Expired
US7035738B2 Probe designing apparatus and probe designing method Physics 95 Expired
US5706498A Gene database retrieval system where a key sequence is compared to database sequences by a dynamic programming device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US4882690A Incremental logic synthesis method Physics 88 Expired
US6622085B1 Device and method for creating and using data on road map expressed by polygons Physics 79 Expired
US5684957A Network management system for detecting and displaying a security hole Electricity 68 Expired
US5069769A Electrophoresis pattern reading system of fluorescence type Physics 67 Expired
US5190632A Multi-colored electrophoresis pattern reading system Physics 61 Expired
US4831368A Display apparatus with rotatable display screen Physics 60 Expired
US7358098B2 Device for capturing beads and method and apparatus for arraying beads Physics 58 Expired
US5455906A Electronic board system Physics 52 Expired
US6295066A Method for generating virtual three-dimensional space Physics 48 Expired
US5717846A Method and system for drawing network diagrams Physics 48 Expired
US5333131A Packet switching method and system with self-routing switch Electricity 47 Expired
US6167562A Apparatus for creating an animation program and method for creating the same Physics 46 Expired
US5290419A Fluorescence detection type electrophoresis apparatus Physics 44 Expired
US6154875A Graphical programming system that allows easy handling of data structures and creation of programs by manipulating graphic components Physics 43 Expired
US6055369A Apparatus for visual programming with screen flow Physics 43 Expired
US5557736A Computer system and job transfer method using electronic mail system Electricity 42 Expired
US6437314B1 Coordinate input pen, and electronic board, coordinate input system and electronic board system using the coordinate input pen Physics 42 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.