23 US patents granted on 16 June 2009 and assigned to Sony
| 1 | RE40,748 | Process for producing semiconductor device |
| 2 | RE40,745 | Command processing method and radio communication apparatus |
| 3 | D594,436 | Mobile telephone |
| 4 | 7,549,176 | Recording medium, information playback apparatus and method, and information recording and playback apparatus |
| 5 | 7,549,175 | Recording medium, recording method, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, data transmission method, and server device |
| 6 | 7,548,891 | Information processing device and method, program, and recording medium |
| 7 | 7,548,887 | Information-signal playback system, information-signal reading apparatus, information-signal processing apparatus, information-signal playback method, information-signal reading method and information-signal processing apparatus |
| 8 | 7,548,814 | Display based on location information |
| 9 | 7,548,748 | Programmable remote unit for operating a communication device |
| 10 | 7,548,686 | Image-capturing apparatus and driving method of optical system |
| 11 | 7,548,644 | Color correction |
| 12 | 7,548,555 | Data transmission apparatus and method, data receiving apparatus and method, and data transmission and reception system and method |
| 13 | 7,548,505 | Optical recording medium having a relationship between groove width and track pitch |
| 14 | 7,548,373 | Image pickup device |
| 15 | 7,548,273 | Image processing method and device using photo assistant tool including rotator |
| 16 | 7,548,264 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method, and program |
| 17 | 7,548,244 | Interactive debugging and monitoring of shader programs executing on a graphics processor |
| 18 | 7,548,230 | Remote input device |
| 19 | 7,548,172 | Communication system for vehicle, vehicle, and communication device for vehicle |
| 20 | 7,547,927 | X-Y address type solid state image pickup device and method of producing the same |
| 21 | 7,547,868 | Optical near-field generating apparatus and method and information recording and reproducing apparatus |
| 22 | 7,547,485 | Power generation unit and fuel cell |
| 23 | 7,546,897 | Speaker diaphragm and method of manufacturing speaker diaphragm |