Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Minoru Maeda

81Patents
19h-index
134Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 26, 1974 → Nov 9, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4973835A Actively-illuminated accessory Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 150 Expired
US6375269B1 Seat having seating face made of sheet resilient material Performing Operations; Transporting 128 Expired
US4199222A Optical device with a laser-to-fiber coupler Physics 68 Expired
US4818995A Parallel transmission system Electricity 63 Expired
US4837106A Recording materials containing photopolymerizable composition and component capable of causing a color reaction in microcapsules Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US6231125A Seat with resilient sheet-formed seat cushion Performing Operations; Transporting 55 Expired
US5862162A External resonator type wavelength- tunable light source Electricity 52 Expired
US6152534A Seat having seating face made of sheet resilient material Performing Operations; Transporting 46 Expired
US9300181B2 Conveying apparatus Electricity 44 Active
US6018535A External cavity type wavelength-tunable light source Electricity 41 Expired
US6026100A External cavity-type of wavelength tunable semiconductor laser light source and method for tuning wavelength therefor Electricity 33 Expired
US4948700A Liquid light-sensitive resinous composition Electricity 31 Expired
US5396361A Frequency separation stabilization method for optical heterodyne or optical homodyne communication Electricity 30 Expired
US6833539B1 Accessory utilizing a light emitter Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US4726643A Optical star coupler and method for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4629680A Photopolymerizable materials capable of being developed by a weak alkaline aqueous solution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6378949B1 Seat having seat surface portion made of surface-like elastic body Textiles; Paper 22 Expired
US5113524A Quantum state control apparatus, optical receiver and optical communication system Electricity 22 Expired
US4560637A Silver halide sensor type polymerizable light-sensitive material Physics 19 Expired
US5010262A Strong magnetic thrust force type actuator Electricity 19 Expired
US4598036A Print-out compositions Physics 19 Expired
US5030548A Photo-polymerizable composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4790614A Optical filter and optical device using same Physics 18 Expired
US5109069A Hydrogenated diene copolymer-containing resin composition and process for producing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US4260883A Optical measurement system Physics 16 Expired

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