Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Hideo Kudo

47Patents
16h-index
66Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 29, 1986 → Jul 23, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5942445A Method of manufacturing semiconductor wafers Electricity 97 Expired
US5317778A Automatic cleaning apparatus for wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US5800725A Method of manufacturing semiconductor wafers Electricity 49 Expired
US5679212A Method for production of silicon wafer and apparatus therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 40 Expired
US5081733A Automatic cleaning apparatus for disks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US5951374A Method of polishing semiconductor wafers Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US5656348A Optical recording medium and its recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5503173A Wafer cleaning tank Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5117590A Method of automatically chamfering a wafer and apparatus therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US5282289A Scrubber apparatus for cleaning a thin disk work Performing Operations; Transporting 23 Expired
US6402594B1 Polishing method for wafer and holding plate Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US5914053A Apparatus and method for double-sided polishing semiconductor wafers Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US5547515A Method for handling or processing semiconductor wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5179547A Phase change optical information recording medium including means for preventing movement of the recorded portion Physics 17 Expired
US5126027A Thin film forming method and system Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US5827779A Method of manufacturing semiconductor mirror wafers Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Expired
US7017749B2 Precision substrate storage container and retaining member therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US6110839A Method of purifying alkaline solution and method of etching semiconductor wafers Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US6050880A Surface grinding device and method of surface grinding a thin-plate workpiece Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Expired
US5447890A Method for production of wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5821167A Method of manufacturing semiconductor mirror wafers Electricity 14 Expired
US5185730A Method for reading data from optical disk Physics 13 Expired
US5474644A Method and apparatus for high-flatness etching of wafer Electricity 12 Expired
US8318275B2 Multi-color molding article, multicolor molding method and substrate storage container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US5555634A Wafer holder Electricity 10 Expired

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