Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Kunihiro Sakai

83Patents
26h-index
58Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 26, 1984 → Nov 16, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5072116A Microprobe preparation thereof and electronic device by use of said microprobe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US4939556A Conductor device Electricity 80 Expired
US5721721A Two scanning probes information recording/reproducing system with one probe to detect atomic reference location on a recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US5610898A Information recording/reproducing method for recording and/or reproducing information on information recording carrier by use of probe electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US5343460A Information processing device and information processing method Physics 54 Expired
US5299184A Information processing apparatus with held distance control on track edge detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US5471458A Multi-probe information recording/reproducing apparatus including a probe displacement control circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 54 Expired
US5220555A Scanning tunnel-current-detecting device and method for detecting tunnel current and scanning tunnelling microscope and recording/reproducing device using thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US5623476A Recording device and reproduction device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5461605A Information recording/reproducing method, recording carrier and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on information recording carrier by use of probe electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US5519686A Encoder for controlling measurements in the range of a few angstroms Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5107112A Scanning tunnel-current-detecting device and method for detecting tunnel current and scanning tunnelling microscope and recording/reproducing device using thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5414690A Moving apparatus, a moving method and an information detection and/or input apparatus using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US6445367B1 Electron-beam generating device having plurality of cold cathode elements, method of driving said device and image forming apparatus applying same Electricity 43 Expired
US5508527A Method of detecting positional displacement between mask and wafer, and exposure apparatus adopting the method Physics 41 Expired
US5321685A Cantilever type probe, scanning tunnel microscope and information processing apparatus using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5414260A Scanning probe microscope and method of observing samples by using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US5329122A Information processing apparatus and scanning tunnel microscope Physics 37 Expired
US5075738A Switching device and method of preparing it Electricity 36 Expired
US6169528A Electron generating device, image display apparatus, driving circuit therefor, and driving method Electricity 35 Expired
US5136212A Electron emitting device, electron generator employing said electron emitting device, and method for driving said generator Electricity 31 Expired
US5526334A Information processing apparatus with multiple probes and method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US5020881A Light modulating device with optical switching unit of laminated insulating and conductive layers Physics 30 Expired
US6517399B1 Method of manufacturing spacer, method of manufacturing image forming apparatus using spacer, and apparatus for manufacturing spacer Electricity 30 Expired
US5260926A Atomic force microscope with a plurality of cantilevers for recording/reproducing information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired

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