Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Koji Sakamoto

104Patents
19h-index
138Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1976 → Nov 16, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6122468A Method and apparatus for forming toner images Electricity 55 Expired
US4215930A Method of maintaining the correct conditions of an electrophotographically duplicated image Physics 49 Expired
US4226525A Electrostatic copying machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US4200391A Electrostatographic apparatus comprising document density sensing means Physics 45 Expired
US5606408A Image forming apparatus and cleaning device therefor Physics 42 Expired
US4564285A Developing device having dispersed floating electrodes in a dielectric layer Physics 40 Expired
US4862212A Image forming apparatus Physics 40 Expired
US5440373A Color image forming apparatus Physics 38 Expired
US4406535A Development apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 36 Expired
US5008711A Image forming apparatus Physics 33 Expired
US4306804A Exposure control and other component control for electrostatic copying machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US4908661A Holder device for handling an image carrier of an image forming apparatus Physics 26 Expired
US5515145A Color image forming apparatus having integral multiple length belt Physics 25 Expired
US4862209A Image forming apparatus having a removable image forming process kit Physics 23 Expired
US4528937A Device for forming a developer film Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Expired
US4943828A Replacement of a cartridge usable with image forming equipment Physics 21 Expired
US4656964A Developing device Physics 20 Expired
US4195260A Apparatus for sensing deterioration of developing substance including ferromagnetic carrier and non-magnetic toner particles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US4538898A Developing device Physics 20 Expired
US4575220A Developing device Physics 19 Expired
US4624545A Developing device with regulated developer supply Physics 19 Expired
US4445771A Developing apparatus for electrostatic photography Physics 19 Expired
US4899689A Developing device with a developing roller and using a single-component developer and method for producing such developing roller Physics 18 Expired
US5666275A Control system for power conversion system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4561381A Voltage-controlled developing device Physics 17 Expired

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