Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA

26,602Patents
13,644Active
26,602Granted
56Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 16, 1972 → Jun 28, 2024 · 4,683 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6563174B2 Thin film transistor and matrix display device Electricity 3,977 Expired
US8140417B2 Data transmission system and data transmitting method Electricity 1,412 Active
US5730802A Vapor growth apparatus and vapor growth method capable of growing good productivity Chemistry; Metallurgy 540 Expired
US6465892B1 Interconnect structure for stacked semiconductor device Electricity 533 Expired
US5331555A Electronic apparatus Physics 530 Expired
US6446573B2 Plasma process device Electricity 525 Expired
US5666141A Ink jet head and a method of manufacturing thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 420 Expired
US5744824A Semiconductor device method for producing the same and liquid crystal display including the same Electricity 397 Expired
US6448489B2 Solar generation system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 377 Expired
US5719604A Diaphragm type ink jet head having a high degree of integration and a high ink discharge efficiency Performing Operations; Transporting 375 Expired
US4818728A Method of making a hybrid semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 363 Expired
US5897379A Low temperature system and method for CVD copper removal Electricity 361 Expired
US5140393A Sensor device Physics 355 Expired
US6389422B1 METHOD OF RELAYING FILE OBJECT, DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM OF FILE OBJECT RELAY METHOD AND GATEWAY COMPUTER, ALLOWING REFERENCE OF ONE SAME FILE OBJECT AMONG NETWORKS Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 353 Expired
US6072557A Color liquid crystal display apparatus and method for producing the same Physics 350 Expired
US6466237B1 Information managing device for displaying thumbnail files corresponding to electronic files and searching electronic files via thumbnail file Physics 321 Expired
US6195140A Liquid crystal display in which at least one pixel includes both a transmissive region and a reflective region Physics 319 Expired
US6472293B2 Method for manufacturing an interconnect structure for stacked semiconductor device Electricity 316 Expired
US7508034B2 Single-crystal silicon substrate, SOI substrate, semiconductor device, display device, and manufacturing method of semiconductor device Electricity 309 Expired
US6157080A Semiconductor device using a chip scale package Electricity 300 Expired
US6826693B1 Information transmission apparatus Electricity 286 Expired
US4890832A Compact electronic apparatus with removable processing units Physics 281 Expired
US6239788A Coordinate input device and display-integrated type coordinate input device capable of directly detecting electrostatic coupling capacitance with high accuracy Physics 281 Expired
US4926182A Microwave data transmission apparatus Physics 277 Expired
US5327125A Apparatus for and method of converting a sampling frequency according to a data driven type processing Electricity 277 Expired

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