Top Inventors for class "Horology: time measuring systems or devices" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | Kenji Ogasawara | JP | Chiba-Shi | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160378066 - ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND PROGRAM | 40 |
2 | Saburo Manaka | JP | Chiba-Shi | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120306428 - STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ANALOG ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 38 |
3 | Keishi Honmura | JP | Chiba-Shi | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120306428 - STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ANALOG ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 36 |
4 | Kazumi Sakumoto | JP | Chiba-Shi | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220291637 - STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOVEMENT, TIMEPIECE, AND STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL METHOD | 36 |
5 | Kosuke Yamamoto | JP | Chiba-Shi | May 19, 2016 / 20160139569 - ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 34 |
6 | Akira Takakura | JP | Chiba-Shi | May 19, 2016 / 20160139569 - ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 34 |
7 | Thierry Conus | CH | Lengnau | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170168455 - BALANCE SPRING STUD-HOLDER WITH SECURE ASSEMBLY | 33 |
8 | Takanori Hasegawa | JP | Chiba-Shi | Feb 05, 2015 / 20150039263 - ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | 28 |
9 | Hiroshi Shimizu | JP | Chiba-Shi | Aug 27, 2015 / 20150241459 - ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | 27 |
10 | Thierry Hessler | CH | St-Aubin | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220206440 - EMBEDDED WINDING MECHANISM FOR A WATCH | 26 |
11 | Kazuo Kato | JP | Chiba-Shi | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220291637 - STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOVEMENT, TIMEPIECE, AND STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL METHOD | 25 |
12 | Marco Verardo | CH | Les Bois | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298611 - SPIRAL SPRING FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT | 24 |
13 | Marc Stranczl | CH | Nyon | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220206438 - TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A ROTATING BEZEL | 23 |
14 | Haruki Hiranuma | JP | Chiba-Shi | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160070233 - TIMEPIECE | 22 |
15 | Teruhiko Fujisawa | JP | Nagano-Ken | Apr 02, 2015 / 20150092521 - Timepiece with Internal Antenna | 22 |
16 | Davide Sarchi | CH | Renens | Oct 13, 2016 / 20160299472 - MECHANISM FOR THE MAGNETIC ACTUATION OF TIMEPIECE STRIKING MECHANISMS | 19 |
17 | Tomohiro Ihashi | JP | Chiba-Shi | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220291637 - STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOVEMENT, TIMEPIECE, AND STEPPING MOTOR CONTROL METHOD | 19 |
18 | Nakis Karapatis | CH | Premier | Mar 24, 2016 / 20160085214 - TIMEPIECE MECHANISM COMPRISING A MOVABLE OSCILLATING COMPONENT WITH OPTIMISED GEOMETRY IN A MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT | 19 |
19 | Pierre Cusin | CH | Villars-Burquin | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283544 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ASSEMBLY OF AN ELASTIC HOLDING MEMBER-TIMEPIECE COMPONENT ASSEMBLY WITH A SUPPORT ELEMENT | 18 |
20 | Eric Goeller | FR | Les Hopitaux Vieux | Jul 04, 2013 / 20130167585 - SWIVEL MECHANISM FOR TURNING OVER A CASE | 16 |
21 | Laurent Kaelin | CH | Sonvilier | Sep 17, 2020 / 20200292992 - REGULATOR KEY | 16 |
22 | Jean-Jacques Born | CH | Morges | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220209558 - POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR A SOLAR WATCH | 16 |
23 | Eriko Noguchi | JP | Chiba-Shi | Jan 03, 2013 / 20130003508 - ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | 14 |
24 | Baptist Wyssbrod | CH | Nidau | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160098011 - COAXIAL DISENGAGEABLE WHEELS FOR A TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT | 13 |
25 | Jean-Luc Helfer | CH | Le Landeron | Dec 30, 2021 / 20210405588 - ROTARY WHEEL SET SYSTEM OF A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT | 13 |
26 | Christian Charbon | CH | Chezard-St-Martin | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298611 - SPIRAL SPRING FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT | 12 |
27 | Takashi Niwa | JP | Chiba-Shi | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160077491 - MECHANICAL COMPONENT, MECHANICAL COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, MOVEMENT, AND TIMEPIECE | 12 |
28 | Ivan Villar | CH | Bienne | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160109854 - SHOCKPROOF SYSTEM WITH SECURE MOUNTING | 12 |
29 | Marco Rochat | CH | Le Brassus | May 19, 2016 / 20160139563 - ANNULAR OSCILLATING WEIGHT AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING SUCH AN OSCILLATING WEIGHT | 12 |
30 | Alain Zaugg | CH | Le Brassus | Sep 08, 2011 / 20110216629 - TIMEPIECE INCLUDING A HIGH FREQUENCY MECHANICAL MOVEMENT | 12 |
31 | Jun Matsuzaki | JP | Nagano-Ken | Jan 16, 2014 / 20140016441 - Electronic Timepiece | 12 |
32 | Kazutaka Imai | JP | Chiba-Shi | Sep 22, 2011 / 20110228645 - Timepiece | 11 |
33 | Jean-Luc Helfer | CH | Bienne | Jul 25, 2013 / 20130188462 - TIMEPIECE ANTI-SHOCK SYSTEM | 11 |
34 | Jérôme Favre | CH | Les Bioux | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120192697 - PIN-BARREL FOR A MUSICAL BOX AND MUSICAL BOX COMPRISING THE SAME | 10 |
35 | Emmanuel Fleury | CH | Moutier | Nov 05, 2015 / 20150316895 - THERMOCOMPENSATED CHRONOMETER CIRCUIT | 10 |
36 | Katsuyuki Honda | JP | Nagano-Ken | Sep 04, 2014 / 20140247701 - Electronic Timepiece | 10 |
37 | Alain Zaugg | CH | Le Sentier | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283543 - NATURAL ESCAPEMENT FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT AND HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT COMPRISING SUCH AN ESCAPEMENT | 9 |
38 | Seiko Instruments Inc. | JP | Chiba | Aug 01, 2013 / 20130194898 - ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 9 |
39 | Gerhard Dietrich Klassen | CA | Waterloo | Dec 16, 2021 / 20210392104 - METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA FOR TRANSMISSION FROM THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | 9 |
40 | Norimitsu Baba | JP | Nagano-Ken | Sep 25, 2014 / 20140286136 - Time Adjustment Device, Timekeeping Device With A Time Adjustment Device, And Time Adjustment Method | 9 |
41 | Jean-Philippe Thiébaud | CH | Cudrefin | Feb 13, 2014 / 20140041477 - FREELY MOUNTED WHEEL SET MADE OF MICRO-MACHINABLE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | 9 |
42 | Stephen Forsey | CH | Les Brenets | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287422 - MECHANISM FOR MOVING AN OBJECT FOR A JEWELLERY OR COSTUME JEWELLERY ITEM | 8 |
43 | Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse | CH | Grenchen | Jul 04, 2013 / 20130170327 - METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING AN ELECTRONIC WATCH AND ELECTRONIC WATCH FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | 8 |
44 | Andres Cabezas Jurin | CH | Yverdon-Les-Bains | May 07, 2015 / 20150124570 - TIMEPIECE PALLET LEVER WITH OPTIMISED HORNS | 8 |
45 | Alfred S. Braunberger | US | Sequim, WA | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170259738 - ABSOLUTE ACCELERATION SENSOR FOR USE WITHIN MOVING VEHICLES | 8 |
46 | Jean-Bernard Peters | CH | Pieterlen | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170176948 - METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF TIMEPIECE COMPONENTS ON A RACK, AND A RACK | 8 |
47 | François Klopfenstein | CH | Delemont | May 18, 2017 / 20170141710 - SHOCK DETECTOR CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF | 8 |
48 | Hideo Abe | JP | Tokorozawa-Shi | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160380672 - SATELLITE RADIO SIGNAL RECEIVER, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, DATE AND TIME ACQUIRING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 8 |
49 | Huy Van Tran | CH | La Chaux-De-Fonds | Oct 09, 2014 / 20140301170 - DISPLAY MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYING A LARGE DATE | 7 |
50 | Robert Greubel | CH | Lignieres | Aug 22, 2013 / 20130215723 - TIMEPIECE | 7 |
51 | Olivier Mertenat | CH | Solothurn | Feb 05, 2015 / 20150036466 - TIMEPIECE BALANCE | 7 |
52 | Marco Bettelini | CH | Preles | Feb 25, 2016 / 20160054707 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FIXING A MOVEMENT INSIDE A CASE | 7 |
53 | Maximillian P. Burton | US | Portland, OR | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130148477 - User Interface Features for a Watch | 7 |
54 | Nobuhiro Aoki | JP | Kokubunji-Shi | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120195172 - ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 7 |
55 | Stephen Forsey | CH | Le Locle | Apr 22, 2010 / 20100097899 - WATCH MOVEMENT | 7 |
56 | Ludovic Perez | FR | Villers-Le-Lac | Oct 09, 2014 / 20140301170 - DISPLAY MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYING A LARGE DATE | 7 |
57 | Emmanuel Graf | CH | Le Locle | Mar 03, 2016 / 20160062314 - BALANCE WITH INERTIA ADJUSTMENT | 7 |
58 | Sylvain Marechal | FR | Bois-D'Amont | May 26, 2016 / 20160147196 - BALANCE SPRING STUD FOR A TIMEPIECE | 7 |
59 | Masayuki Koda | JP | Chiba-Shi | Mar 05, 2015 / 20150063084 - CONSTANT FORCE DEVICE, MOVEMENT AND MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE | 7 |
60 | Pascal Lagorgette | CH | Bienne | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210397137 - AUTOMATIC TIME AND/OR DATE CORRECTION | 7 |
61 | Edmond Capt | CH | Le Brassus | Nov 26, 2015 / 20150338828 - MELODY SELECTION MECHANISM FOR A STRIKING TIMEPIECE | 7 |
62 | Vincent Calabrese | CH | Lausanne | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130201801 - TWO-DIRECTIONAL DATE CORRECTOR MECHANISM FOR A DATE MECHANISM, DATE MECHANISM, TIMEPIECE | 7 |
63 | Kazuyoshi Sugama | JP | Chiba-Shi | Aug 16, 2012 / 20120206998 - ANODIC BONDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO TIMEPIECE | 7 |
64 | Yuta Saito | JP | Tokyo | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283201 - MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE, INVERTER APPARATUS, AND BATTERY APPARATUS | 6 |
65 | Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott | CA | Toronto | Dec 04, 2014 / 20140355391 - Electronic Device and Method Providing Improved World Clock Feature | 6 |
66 | Masanori Tamura | JP | Chiba-Shi | Sep 10, 2015 / 20150255700 - PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR | 6 |
67 | Xiao-Guang Li | CN | Shenzhen City | Mar 06, 2014 / 20140068495 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITING INPUT | 6 |
68 | Michel Willemin | CH | Preles | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220269219 - ANNULAR FLUIDIC SYSTEM WITH COMPASS FUNCTION | 6 |
69 | Toyonori Muraji | JP | Tokyo | Nov 13, 2014 / 20140334273 - TIMEPIECE | 6 |
70 | Cédric Nicolas | CH | Neuchatel | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220206440 - EMBEDDED WINDING MECHANISM FOR A WATCH | 6 |
71 | Polychronis Nakis Karapatis | CH | Premier | May 26, 2016 / 20160147196 - BALANCE SPRING STUD FOR A TIMEPIECE | 6 |
72 | Teruhiko Fujisawa | JP | Shiojiri | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170261944 - ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 6 |
73 | Christophe Bifrare | CH | Le Pont | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210373497 - HOROLOGICAL DISPLAY MECHANISM WITH AN ELASTIC HAND | 6 |
74 | Shotaro Kamiyama | JP | Chiba-Shi | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120300595 - MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND ANALOGUE ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE | 6 |
75 | Teruhisa Tokiwa | JP | Kunitachi-Shi | Feb 02, 2012 / 20120026842 - TIME INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE | 6 |
76 | Yves Winkler | CH | Schmitten | Jun 17, 2021 / 20210181679 - BALANCE FOR TIMEPIECES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 6 |
77 | Takashi Sano | JP | Tokyo | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220285846 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTING METHOD | 6 |
78 | Martin Bisig | CH | Zuchwil | Oct 09, 2014 / 20140301168 - EXTERIOR ELEMENT FOR A WRISTWATCH | 6 |
79 | Eric Goeller | CH | Colombier | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160187854 - TIMEPIECE CALENDAR MECHANISM | 6 |
80 | Mamoru Watanabe | JP | Chiba-Shi | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120314544 - CALENDAR MECHANISM AND TIMEPIECE HAVING THE SAME | 6 |
81 | Pierre-Alain Graemiger | CH | Trelex | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210341881 - DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AN INDICATION OF TIME OR DERIVED FROM THE TIME AND INDEXING DEVICE | 6 |
82 | Hideo Takenawa | JP | Tokyo | Mar 12, 2015 / 20150071042 - DRIVING UNIT AND TIMEPIECE | 6 |
83 | Masashi Numata | JP | Chiba-Shi | Aug 16, 2012 / 20120206998 - ANODIC BONDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PACKAGE, PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND RADIO TIMEPIECE | 6 |
84 | Pierpasquale Tortora | CH | Neuchatel | Nov 11, 2021 / 20210351002 - METHOD FOR STRUCTURING A DECORATIVE OF TECHNICAL PATTERN IN AN OBJECT MADE OF AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT AMORPHOUS, SEMI-CRYSTALLINE OR CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL | 5 |
85 | Sebastien Briswalter | FR | Pfetterhouse | Aug 27, 2015 / 20150241846 - DEVICE FOR THE ORIENTATION OF A SCREW-IN ELEMENT OF A TIMEPIECE | 5 |
86 | Keisuke Tsubata | JP | Chiba-Shi | Aug 27, 2015 / 20150241459 - ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | 5 |
87 | Arthur Queval | CH | Lutry | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150309475 - TIMEPIECE BARREL | 5 |
88 | Younes Kadmiri | FR | Morre | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160109857 - TIMEPIECE WITH IMPROVED SOUND LEVEL | 5 |
89 | Patrick Kury | CH | Langendorf | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150301503 - Minute Hand of a Timepiece, In Particular of a Chronograph | 5 |
90 | Raphael Courvoisier | CH | Corcelles | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200089169 - POWER RESERVE INDICATOR MECHANISM FOR HOROLOGY | 5 |
91 | Pierre-Jean Bonnet | CH | Courtelary | Sep 22, 2011 / 20110228646 - WINDING CROWN FOR A TIMEPIECE | 5 |
92 | Jean-Louis Bertrand | FR | Feigeres | Apr 02, 2015 / 20150092523 - BARREL SHAFT FOR A CLOCK MOVEMENT, BARREL SPRING AND BARREL INCLUDING SUCH A SPRING AND/OR SUCH A SHAFT | 5 |
93 | Masahiro Ishida | JP | Chiba-Shi | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160070233 - TIMEPIECE | 5 |
94 | Fabiano Colpo | CH | Lausanne | Apr 16, 2020 / 20200117141 - REGULATOR DEVICE FOR A WATCH MOVEMENT | 5 |
95 | Julien Moulin | CH | Volleges | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155823 - SMOOTH TIMEPIECE BEARING | 5 |
96 | Doyoung Lee | KR | Seoul | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170201688 - DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DIGITAL IMAGE CONTROLLING METHOD | 5 |
97 | Terrence J. O'Neill | US | Lake Geneva, WI | Jul 15, 2010 / 20100177600 - SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INCREASING BATTERY LIFE OF A TIMEKEEPING DEVICE | 5 |
98 | Gerhard Stotz | DE | Eisingen | Apr 30, 2015 / 20150117165 - Method of Displaying Elapsed Time on a Wristworn Device and Wristworn Device Displaying Same | 5 |
99 | Masahiro Nakajima | JP | Chiba-Shi | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160077491 - MECHANICAL COMPONENT, MECHANICAL COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, MOVEMENT, AND TIMEPIECE | 5 |
100 | Richard Bossart | CH | Lausanne | Nov 26, 2015 / 20150338829 - METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN IMBALANCE CHARACTERISTIC OF AN OSCILLATOR | 5 |