Patent assignee · JP · GOVERNMENT

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation

518Patents
0Active
518Granted
46Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jun 7, 1973 → May 17, 2004

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4491386A Optical fiber cable and process for production thereof Physics 245 Expired
US4644458A Electric power supply circuit capable of reducing a loss of electric power Electricity 219 Expired
US4320191A Pattern-forming process Electricity 204 Expired
US4742558A Image information retrieval/display apparatus Electricity 192 Expired
US4538176A Buffer memory dispersion type video/audio transmission system Electricity 183 Expired
US4401054A Plasma deposition apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 166 Expired
US4518989A Buffer memory dispersion type video/audio transmission system with spatially and timewise divided inter-office junction lines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Expired
US4244045A Optical multiplexer and demultiplexer Electricity 149 Expired
US4146902A Irreversible semiconductor switching element and semiconductor memory device utilizing the same Electricity 147 Expired
US4047221A Interframe coding apparatus Electricity 124 Expired
US4503807A Chemical vapor deposition apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 123 Expired
US4547811A Method and apparatus for gray level signal processing Electricity 122 Expired
US4180798A Character recognition and communication system Physics 119 Expired
US4251691A Picture/audio signal transmission system Electricity 118 Expired
US4625076A Signed document transmission system Electricity 115 Expired
US4679244A Method of transmitting terminating call signals within a restricted duration and a base station and a portable unit for use in the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 110 Expired
US4142155A Diversity system Electricity 105 Expired
US4492620A Plasma deposition method and apparatus Electricity 103 Expired
US4557036A Semiconductor device and process for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US4328579A Voice band multiplex transmission system Electricity 98 Expired
US4426247A Method for forming micropattern Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US4633510A Electronic circuit capable of stably keeping a frequency during presence of a burst Electricity 89 Expired
US4369511A Semiconductor memory test equipment Physics 89 Expired
US4536887A Microphone-array apparatus and method for extracting desired signal Electricity 87 Expired
US4207556A Programmable logic array arrangement Electricity 84 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.