Inventor · Yokohama, JP

Hiroshi Hosokawa

164Patents
32h-index
263Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 1, 1987 → Feb 29, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4981525A Photovoltaic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US7321744B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US7480476B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Active
US4878125A Method and apparatus for image processing with fed-back error correction Physics 72 Expired
US5580473A Methods of removing semiconductor film with energy beams Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US7519317B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US8005406B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Active
US7835673B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Active
US6212343A Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus that prevent toner leakage Physics 56 Expired
US4876610A Image processing apparatus with binarization-error dispersal Physics 55 Expired
US7697870B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Active
US5489747A Developing device for an image forming apparatus Physics 50 Expired
US5617191A Toner conveyor roller and image forming apparatus having the same Physics 50 Expired
US6163666A Process cartridge and an image forming apparatus using the same process cartridge and a method of manufacturing the same process cartridge Physics 50 Expired
US8195070B2 Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Active
US5482265A Sheet feeder for an image forming apparatus Physics 45 Expired
US5826144A Developing device for an electrophotographic recording apparatus including bias control of a toner supplying roller Physics 43 Expired
US4875063A Electrostatic recording apparatus Physics 42 Expired
US5625440A Developing device having seals between a toner transport roller and the toner hopper which prevent toner leakage and scattering Physics 42 Expired
US5697026A Developing device having the lengths of two toner transporting rollers and an image bearing member in specific relationships Physics 40 Expired
US5215820A Metal-electroconductive polymer composite fine particles and method for preparing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5689782A Developing apparatus for electronic photographic recording equipment, having two developer transfer rollers Physics 39 Expired
US5666625A Device for electrostatically developing a latent image on an image carrier Physics 38 Expired
US5708942A Developing device for an image forming apparatus Physics 37 Expired
US5625441A Developing device for an image forming apparatus Physics 36 Expired

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