Masataka Minami
70Patents
17h-index
74Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 29, 1987 → Dec 22, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6529506B1 | Data processing apparatus and data recording media | Physics | 148 | Expired |
| US6677649B2 | SRAM cells with two P-well structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 148 | Expired |
| US6606707B1 | Semiconductor memory card | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 132 | Expired |
| US5726488A | Semiconductor device having semiconductor elements formed in a retrograde well structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Expired |
| US6687683B1 | Production protection system dealing with contents that are digital production | Physics | 126 | Expired |
| US5072286A | Semiconductor memory device having memory cells including IG FETs in a symmetrical arrangement | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 74 | Expired |
| US6351442B1 | Recording medium, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus with reproduction path flag information | Physics | 68 | Expired |
| US7353543B2 | Contents distribution system | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US7315829B1 | Data conversion apparatus and method in copyright protecting system | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US6732106B2 | Digital data distribution system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
| US7380139B2 | Digital data recording apparatus, digital data recording method, and computer-readable recording medium | Physics | 38 | Expired |
| US6834348B1 | Digital data recording apparatus, digital data recording method, and computer-readable recording medium | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6789192B2 | Semiconductor memory card, data reading apparatus, and data reading/reproducing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US7062652B2 | Semiconductor memory card, data reading apparatus and data reading/reproducing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US6862582B2 | Production protection system dealing with contents that are digital production | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US5132758A | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US6140686A | Semiconductor integrated circuit device | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US7020636B2 | Storage-medium rental system | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5604417A | Semiconductor integrated circuit device | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US5614848A | High-speed semiconductor integrated circuit device composed of CMOS and bipolar transistors | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US6466735B1 | Optical disk and reproduction apparatus for producing optical disk | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US4963973A | Semiconductor device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US6993133B1 | Data recording and reproduction apparatus | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7996914B2 | Semiconductor memory card and data reading apparatus, and data reading/reproducing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US5663659A | Semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising CMOS transistors and differentiator | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.