Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Minoru Yoshida

354Patents
33h-index
427Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 31, 1975 → Oct 4, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6079862A Automatic tracking lighting equipment, lighting controller and tracking apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 140 Expired
US5767985A System employing facsimile units to transmit E-mail between information processors over public telephone lines Electricity 116 Expired
US5619690A Computer system including a computer which requests an access to a logical address in a secondary storage system with specification of a local address in the secondary storage system Physics 111 Expired
US5239185A Method and equipment for measuring absorptance of light scattering materials using plural wavelengths of light Physics 107 Expired
US5774222A Manufacturing method of semiconductor substrative and method and apparatus for inspecting defects of patterns on an object to be inspected Physics 104 Expired
US5634111A Computer system including a device with a plurality of identifiers Physics 104 Expired
US5677755A Method and apparatus for pattern exposure, mask used therefor, and semiconductor integrated circuit produced by using them Physics 102 Expired
US5761402A Array type disk system updating redundant data asynchronously with data access Physics 98 Expired
US5606706A Data storing system and data transfer method Physics 79 Expired
US6621571B1 Method and apparatus for inspecting defects in a patterned specimen Physics 74 Expired
US4982096A Multi-element radiation detector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US5740465A Array disk controller for grouping host commands into a single virtual host command Physics 60 Expired
US6169282A Defect inspection method and apparatus therefor Physics 55 Expired
US4773196A Flooring panels for free cable laying Electricity 54 Expired
US6371218B1 Impact-driven rotating device Performing Operations; Transporting 54 Expired
USD683285S1 Rear bumper for automobile General 53 Active
US6091075A Automatic focus detection method, automatic focus detection apparatus, and inspection apparatus Physics 53 Expired
USD682753S1 Radiator grill for automobile General 47 Active
US7332213B2 Hardcoat film, antireflection film and equipment for display Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5684565A Pattern detecting method, pattern detecting apparatus, projection exposing apparatus using the same and exposure system Physics 44 Expired
US6690469B1 Method and apparatus for observing and inspecting defects Physics 44 Expired
USD683284S1 Front bumper for automobile General 42 Active
US9892559B2 Portable terminal device, and portable control device Physics 42 Active
US6237285A Plant cultivation mat Human Necessities 40 Expired
US6556290B2 Defect inspection method and apparatus therefor Physics 40 Expired

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