Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Hiroyasu Shichi

77Patents
16h-index
59Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: May 20, 1985 → Jun 12, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8779400B2 Ion source, ion beam processing/observation apparatus, charged particle beam apparatus, and method for observing cross section of sample Electricity 88 Active
US6664552B2 Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication Electricity 73 Expired
US5481109A Surface analysis method and apparatus for carrying out the same Electricity 72 Expired
US6781125B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 63 Expired
US6717156B2 Beam as well as method and equipment for specimen fabrication Electricity 56 Expired
US6927391B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 39 Expired
US5877498A Method and apparatus for X-ray analyses Electricity 32 Expired
US4687938A Ion source Electricity 32 Expired
US6858851B2 Apparatus for specimen fabrication and method for specimen fabrication Electricity 30 Expired
US7205554B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 23 Expired
US7205560B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 21 Expired
US5714757A Surface analyzing method and its apparatus Electricity 18 Expired
US7550750B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 18 Active
US7465945B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 17 Active
US7268356B2 Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication Electricity 16 Expired
US6794663B2 Method and apparatus for specimen fabrication Electricity 16 Expired
US4774433A Apparatus for generating metal ions Electricity 16 Expired
US7470918B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 15 Active
US7700931B2 Ion beam processing apparatus Electricity 13 Active
US5594246A Method and apparatus for x-ray analyses Electricity 12 Expired
US7888639B2 Method and apparatus for processing a micro sample Electricity 11 Active
US8115184B2 Gas field ion source, charged particle microscope, and apparatus Electricity 11 Active
US8263943B2 Ion beam device Electricity 11 Active
US7326942B2 Ion beam system and machining method Electricity 10 Active
US8481980B2 Ion source, ion beam processing/observation apparatus, charged particle beam apparatus, and method for observing cross section of sample Electricity 10 Active

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