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Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
NIIGATA UNIVERSITY	NIIGATA-SHI NIIGATA 950-2181
KAMEDA SEIKA CO LTD	NIIGATA 950-0198

International Classification(s)

• A61K:PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOS....
• A01N:PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLA....
• A23L:FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT....

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Fujii, Mikio	Niigata, JP	23	339
# of filed Patents : 23 Total Citations : 339
Hara, Takashi	Niigata, JP	95	1323
# of filed Patents : 95 Total Citations : 1323
Higuchi, Yuki	Niigata, JP	21	34
# of filed Patents : 21 Total Citations : 34

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date
11.5 Year Payment	$7400.00	$3700.00	$1850.00	Sep 17, 2026

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months	$160.00	$80.00	$40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
March 17, 2015	US,8980289,B2   US8980289B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
August 29, 2013	US,20130224252,A1   US20130224252A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 9072224

Device and method for harvesting fruit from a tree by shaking

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A tree shaker for harvesting fruits, nuts, and other tree-borne products includes a mobile vehicle and a boom attached to the vehicle and offset at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A boom pivot is provided along the length of the boom. The boom pivot is lockable such that when the boom pivot is unlocked the boom is free to pivot around the boom pivot, and when the boom pivot is locked the boom is fixed around the boom pivot.

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