Inventor · Chapel Hill, NC, US

Makoto Ono

135Patents
20h-index
242Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 24, 1979 → Jan 26, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5801965A Method and system for manufacturing semiconductor devices, and method and system for inspecting semiconductor devices Physics 144 Expired
US5176856A Ultrasonic wave nebulizer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 131 Expired
US5312281A Ultrasonic wave nebulizer Human Necessities 115 Expired
US5559944A User specification of pull down menu alignment Physics 110 Expired
US5299739A Ultrasonic wave nebulizer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US6075433A Power supply unit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US8607003B2 Memory access to a dual in-line memory module form factor flash memory Physics 67 Active
US6438438B1 Method and system for manufacturing semiconductor devices, and method and system for inspecting semiconductor devices Physics 59 Expired
US7022971B2 Laser measurement apparatus Physics 49 Expired
US5309108A Method of inspecting thin film transistor liquid crystal substrate and apparatus therefor Physics 46 Expired
US5598502A PTC heater for use in liquid with close electrical and thermal coupling between electrode plates and thermistors Electricity 35 Expired
US5420897A Fast reactor having reflector control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6611728B1 Inspection system and method for manufacturing electronic devices using the inspection system Electricity 32 Expired
US6546308B2 Method and system for manufacturing semiconductor devices, and method and system for inspecting semiconductor devices Physics 32 Expired
US6181346A Graphics system Physics 27 Expired
US5217165A Ultrasonic wave nebulizer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5176958A Modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder and process for preparing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7231079B2 Method and system for inspecting electronic circuit pattern Physics 24 Expired
US5588097A Graphic display method and apparatus for rotating an object in three-dimensional space Physics 23 Expired
US7691894B2 Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid compound Human Necessities 20 Active
US4482812A Engine automatic control system for vehicles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6775817B2 Inspection system and semiconductor device manufacturing method Electricity 18 Expired
US6826735B2 Inspection data analysis program, defect inspection apparatus, defect inspection system and method for semiconductor device Physics 18 Expired
US10715411B1 Altering networking switch priority responsive to compute node fitness Electricity 17 Active
US7576135B2 Diamine derivatives Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired

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