Inventor · Kumamoto, JP

Hiroshi Maeda

310Patents
21h-index
436Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 19, 1973 → Feb 23, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5562952A Plasma-CVD method and apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 464 Expired
US5746282A Power-assisted cart Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US6242787A Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 96 Expired
US5026772A Lyophilized pharmaceutical composition of neocarzinostatin derivative Human Necessities 74 Expired
US4251195A Apparatus for making miniature capsules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5920978A Method of making a thin film magnetic slider Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US8098228B2 Driving method of electrophoretic display device Physics 39 Active
US7743337B1 Electronic map apparatus and electronic map display method Physics 38 Expired
US6847435B2 Laser distance measuring apparatus Physics 36 Expired
US4426337A Method for producing seamless material-filled capsule and miniature capsules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US4271079A 5-(2,5-Dioxotetrahydrofuryl)-3-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride Chemistry; Metallurgy 35 Expired
US6055139A Magnetic recording medium and method of forming the same and magnetic disk drive Physics 33 Expired
US4981296A Data processing machine with interrupt control for varying processing speed Physics 29 Expired
US6181531A Thin film magnetic head slider and electrostatic actuator for driving a head element thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6324032A Magnetic recording medium having linear or curved tracking servo patterns formed obliquely relative to direction of tracks, and magnetic recording apparatus using the same Physics 27 Expired
US5818407A Liquid-crystal display device and driving method thereof Physics 27 Expired
US5672894A Semiconductor device Electricity 26 Expired
US5488387A Method for driving display device Physics 24 Expired
US6831331B2 Power MOS transistor for absorbing surge current Electricity 22 Expired
US6129899A Processes for producing synthetic quartz powder and producing shaped quartz glass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5400192A Storage device having vibratory head Electricity 22 Expired
US5041935A Rotary actuator for positioning magnetic heads in a disk drive Electricity 21 Expired
US6074283A Lapping apparatus, lapping jig for use therein and workpiece mounting member attached to the lapping jig Physics 21 Expired
US6358487B1 Carbon black and process for producing the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US5407619A Process for preparing a fiber precursor of metal compound, and a process for preparing a fiber of metal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired

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