Shunpei Yamazaki
Japanese inventor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shunpei Yamazaki (山崎 舜平, Yamazaki Shunpei, born July 8, 1942) is a Japanese inventor in the field of computer science and solid-state physics. He is a prolific inventor who is listed as a named inventor of more than 11,000 patent families and more than 26,000 distinct patent publications[1] for his inventions. In 2005, he was named as the most prolific inventor in history by USA Today.[2] Kia Silverbrook subsequently passed Yamazaki on February 26, 2008.[3][4] Yamazaki then passed Silverbrook in 2017.
The native form of this personal name is Yamazaki Shunpei. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
He completed a graduate course at Doshisha University, Graduate School of Engineering.[5]