Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Eiji Imai

20Patents
6h-index
27Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 2, 1979 → Jul 4, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4332187A Air intake housing Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US4417762A Motor vehicle roof Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US4285540A Body structure for an automobile with concealed wipers Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6189791A Magnetic card reader and method for determining the coercive force of a magnetic card therein Physics 13 Expired
US6349878B2 Card processing method Physics 9 Expired
US6446872B1 Card reader having a space for discharging foreign matter therein Physics 7 Expired
US8422009B2 Foreign matter inspection method and foreign matter inspection apparatus Physics 6 Active
US6639688B2 Value-sheet issuing device for selectively assigning common images from a local storage Physics 6 Expired
US5428755A Method for automatically modifying program in a flash memory of a magnetic tape unit Physics 5 Expired
US5734535A Magnetic head with a useable lifetime detection mechanism Physics 5 Expired
US7733473B2 Inspection apparatus and inspection method Physics 4 Active
US7719671B2 Foreign matter inspection method and foreign matter inspection apparatus Physics 2 Active
US8395766B2 Foreign matter inspection apparatus Physics 2 Active
US10458924B2 Inspection apparatus and inspection method Physics 2 Active
US6199760A Magnetic card reader and card taking-in method for magnetic card Physics 1 Expired
US8525984B2 Inspection apparatus and inspection method Physics 0 Active
US7898653B2 Foreign matter inspection apparatus Physics 0 Active
US7986405B2 Foreign matter inspection method and foreign matter inspection apparatus Physics 0 Active
US4826840A Cerebral protecting agent Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Expired
US7999932B2 Inspection apparatus and inspection method Physics 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.