Minoru Asakawa
27Patents
8h-index
29Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 21, 1989 → May 24, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6148172A | Image forming apparatus having means for enhancing accuracy of conveyance of recording sheets | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US5300761A | Image forming apparatus counting system using individual and collective counters | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US5068853A | Fail-safe apparatus for image forming apparatus | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4973799A | Printed circuit board for use with an image forming apparatus | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US4996625A | Power source unit for image recording apparatus | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US6701099B2 | Image forming apparatus capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6810219B2 | Image forming apparatus capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US5212519A | Image forming apparatus with memory card | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7151908B2 | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US5162851A | Braking system for image formation apparatus | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US8405855B2 | Image forming apparatus and initial screen display method | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7102766B2 | Image forming apparatus which controls image forming conditions for a recording material that is wider than standard-size recording material based on input size information | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7576873B2 | Image printing apparatus | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9213926B2 | Image forming system and image forming system control method for controlling image forming conditions of a job in accordance with a designated post-processing | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US6636707B2 | Image forming apparatus and control method of sheet feeding therein | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US9885994B2 | Sheet conveyance apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8035844B2 | Image printing apparatus | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US6954277B2 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US7013098B2 | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US8948628B2 | Image forming apparatus calculating power consumption amount | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11249695B2 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US8379238B2 | Apparatus for preventing unnecessary image formation | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10656588B2 | Image forming apparatus and control program | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10338512B2 | Image forming system and image forming method | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10747165B2 | Image forming system which handles a sheet bunch including a sheet with a defect based on a number of sheets remaining under transportation in the system | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.