Hiroshi Yano
92Patents
11h-index
129Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 4, 1977 → May 3, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4401852A | Voice response control system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 102 | Expired |
| US4512868A | Microwave plasma processing apparatus | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US6418235B1 | Organism collating method and apparatus | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US5712504A | Pin type light-receiving device, opto electronic conversion circuit, and opto-electronic conversion module | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US7362877B2 | Electric acoustic converter and electronic device using the same | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US4630757A | Toy gun | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 23 | Expired |
| USD285327S | Toy gun | General | 23 | Expired |
| US4376408A | Air circulation system in a vehicle compartment of an automotive vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 17 | Expired |
| US5448099A | Pin-type light receiving device, manufacture of the pin-type light receiving device and optoelectronic integrated circuit | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US8295588B2 | Three-dimensional vision sensor | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US4352089A | Voice warning system for an automotive vehicle | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US6979655B2 | Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5475256A | Opto-electronic integrated circuit | Electricity | 10 | Expired |
| US4892228A | Toy water gun | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
| US6690079B2 | Light-receiving device | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4356470A | Multifunction electronic meter for vehicle | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7519191B2 | Loudspeaker, manufacturing method thereof, and mobile telephone using the same | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US4380733A | Frequency and speed display device | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US5546489A | Optical link apparatus | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7648867B2 | Method for fabricating a semiconductor device | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US4624385A | Actuating device for the cap of a spout of a whistling kettle | Human Necessities | 8 | Expired |
| US8546815B2 | SiC semiconductor element and manufacturing method for same | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| USD296068S | Kettle | General | 7 | Expired |
| USD257381S | Fishing jig | General | 6 | Expired |
| US7877856B2 | Method of manufacturing a speaker | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.