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Shinko Electric Co., Ltd.

230Patents
17Active
230Granted
43Portfolio score

Filing activity: Nov 25, 1974 → Sep 9, 2015 · 12 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5621982A Electronic substrate processing system using portable closed containers and its equipments Electricity 547 Expired
US5320218A Closed container to be used in a clean room Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 445 Expired
US4867629A Dusttight storage cabinet apparatus for use in clean rooms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 386 Expired
US6152669A Mechanical interface apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 292 Expired
US5220263A Charging control system for moving robot system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 233 Expired
US5179329A Travel control method, travel control device, and mobile robot for mobile robot systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 226 Expired
US5568030A Travel control method, travel control device, and mobile robot for mobile robot systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 171 Expired
US5073749A Mobile robot navigating method Physics 152 Expired
US5431600A Automatic transferring system using portable closed container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US5625559A Transport management control apparatus and method for unmanned vehicle system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US4841216A Engine start type VSCF generating system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 72 Expired
US5443346A Wafer conveying system in a clean room Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US4544826A Method and device for controlling welding power supply to avoid spattering of the weld material Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Expired
US5363867A Article storage house in a clean room Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US6041274A Positional deviation detecting device for a mobile body and position correcting apparatus for a working machine mounted on a mobile body Physics 59 Expired
US4939651A Control method for an unmanned vehicle (robot car) Physics 56 Expired
US5628604A Conveying system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US5746008A Electronic substrate processing system using portable closed containers Electricity 51 Expired
US4904153A Transporting robot for semiconductor wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US4939650A Path correction method for a self-contained unmanned vehicle Physics 43 Expired
USD366867S Servomotor drive controller General 41 Expired
US6019563A Automated guided vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US4868431A Linear motor with an elongated core using oppositely polarized magnets to maximize perpendicular flux lines Electricity 40 Expired
US5237229A Magnetic bearing device with a rotating magnetic field Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 39 Expired
US6095054A Transport system Performing Operations; Transporting 37 Expired

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