Hitoshi Funato
11Patents
7h-index
24Co-inventors
66Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 6, 1985 → Jan 12, 2005
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4709149A | Copying machine | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US6615018B2 | Image forming apparatus and fixing unit used therefor | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US4661703A | Two-color copying machine | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5692744A | Paper feeder | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US5765093A | Image recording apparatus with recording medium bending | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5809391A | Image forming apparatus enabling easy and reliable recovery from a pop jam | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5787330A | Image forming apparatus having sheet curvature correcting device | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US7421237B2 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5778298A | Transfer device having a copy medium guide | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6078762A | Image formation apparatus for document production or reproduction | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6243550A | Compact image formation system having a plurality of paper trays | Physics | 4 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.