Patent assignee · JP · COMPANY

Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.

2,914Patents
405Active
2,914Granted
49Portfolio score

Filing activity: Feb 2, 1970 → Nov 2, 2012 · 391 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD591305S1 Graphic user interface for a digital audio disc player General 275 Expired
USD573581S1 Headphones General 275 Expired
USD587681S1 Earphone General 253 Expired
USD554627S1 Headphone General 238 Expired
US5936926A Variable transfer rate data reproduction apparatus Electricity 236 Expired
USD639776S1 Portion of headphone General 212 Expired
US4420711A Circuit arrangement for different color light emission Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 201 Expired
US5535008A Method for jump-reproducing video data of moving picture coded with high efficiency Electricity 197 Expired
US6424944B1 Singing apparatus capable of synthesizing vocal sounds for given text data and a related recording medium Physics 191 Expired
US6259424A Display matrix substrate, production method of the same and display matrix circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 191 Expired
USD564495S1 Earphone General 181 Expired
USD635960S1 Earphones General 180 Expired
USD597084S1 Earphone General 177 Expired
US5175618A Compression method for interlace moving image signals Electricity 170 Expired
USD593107S1 Graphic user interface for a digital audio disc player General 168 Expired
US4549147A Load impedance detector for audio power amplifiers Electricity 154 Expired
US6343028B1 Interface circuit and optical disk manufacturing system that uses same Physics 153 Expired
US4472785A Sampling frequency converter Electricity 151 Expired
US5210734A Information management method for appendage type additional information recording medium Physics 144 Expired
US5732068A Signal transmitting apparatus and signal receiving apparatus using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing Electricity 143 Expired
US6928613B1 Organization, selection, and application of video effects according to zones Physics 142 Expired
US4941150A Spread spectrum communication system Electricity 137 Expired
US4985768A Inter-frame predictive encoding system with encoded and transmitted prediction error Electricity 130 Expired
US5116547A Method of coloring polycarbonate extruded or molded products for optical members Chemistry; Metallurgy 129 Expired
US5930217A Optical information recording/reproducing system, optical information storage medium, and manufacturing method thereof Physics 127 Expired

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