Minoru Watanabe
247Patents
26h-index
199Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 25, 1974 → Aug 8, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5083266A | Microcomputer which enters sleep mode for a predetermined period of time on response to an activity of an input/output device | Physics | 286 | Expired |
| US5811790A | Photoelectric conversion device having thermal conductive member | Electricity | 101 | Expired |
| US5165798A | Electronic clinical thermometer with soft flexible casing | Physics | 54 | Expired |
| US4402720A | Process for preparing glass preform for optical fiber | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US4942482A | Automatic page-turning device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 45 | Expired |
| US7205568B2 | Solid state image pickup apparatus and radiation image pickup apparatus | Electricity | 44 | Expired |
| US5965872A | Photoelectric conversion device having flexible cable fixed to chassis | Electricity | 43 | Expired |
| US6794682B2 | Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing the same, and radiation detector | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US7435968B2 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system | Electricity | 38 | Active |
| US4287229A | Method for surface treatment of phosphor particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Expired |
| US7750422B2 | Solid state image pickup apparatus and radiation image pickup apparatus | Electricity | 36 | Active |
| US4196577A | Electronic timepiece | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US7205547B2 | Radiographic imaging substrate, radiographic imaging apparatus, and radiographic imaging system | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US8368027B2 | Radiation detection apparatus and radiographic imaging system | Physics | 33 | Active |
| US4599011A | Article-joining device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 33 | Expired |
| US7645976B2 | Radiation detecting system comprising a plurality of switching elements orientated in the same direction relative to the conversion element | Electricity | 31 | Active |
| US6049074A | Photoelectric conversion device | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US7541617B2 | Radiation image pickup device | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US7629564B2 | Conversion apparatus, radiation detecting apparatus, and radiation detecting system | Electricity | 28 | Active |
| US3998043A | Electric timepiece for displaying the operating condition thereof | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US7923695B2 | Radiation image pick-up device and method therefor, and radiation image pick-up system | Electricity | 28 | Active |
| US7381965B2 | Radiographic imaging substrate, radiographic imaging apparatus, and radiographic imaging system | Electricity | 27 | Active |
| US7535506B2 | Solid-state image pickup device and radiation image pickup device suitable for use in a flat panel detector | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US7932946B2 | Imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system | Electricity | 27 | Active |
| US7488948B2 | Radiation image pick-up device and method therefor, and radiation image pick-up system | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.