Patents by Inventor Takahiro Katayanagi

Takahiro Katayanagi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for managing life cycles and system for the same
    Publication number: 20020030100
    Abstract: A method and system for managing the overall life cycle of a product from its manufacture to its destruction or recycling. To the product is affixed a storage medium storing a product identifier uniquely identifying the product and information about the parts that are contained in the product. At each site that the product passes through during its life cycle, product life cycle information is recorded in the storage medium affixed to the product. When the product is to be destroyed or recycled, the information stored in the recording medium is used to determine the method for destroying or recycling. The product is then destroyed or recycled according to this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Katayanagi, Katsufumi Mihara, Naoki Takahashi, Akira Ishibashi, Shuji Soga, Tetsuo Kusuzaki
  • Method for managing life cycles and system for the same
    Patent number: 6321983
    Abstract: A method and system for managing the overall life cycle of a product from its manufacture to its destruction or recycling. To the product is affixed a storage medium storing a product identifier uniquely identifying the product and information about the parts that are contained in the product. At each site that the product passes through during its life cycle, product life cycle information is recorded in the storage medium affixed to the product. When the product is to be destroyed or recycled, the information stored in the recording medium is used to determine the method for destroying or recycling. The product is then destroyed or recycled according to this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Katayanagi, Katsufumi Mihara, Naoki Takahashi, Akira Ishibashi, Shuji Soga, Tetsuo Kusuzaki