Mitsushige Murata
45Patents
14h-index
58Co-inventors
80Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 28, 1993 → Dec 4, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6371472B1 | Sheet processing for stacking shifted sheet bundles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 60 | Expired |
| US6219503A | Sheet processing apparatus and method with multi-mode sheet conveying | Physics | 48 | Expired |
| US6386080B1 | Sheet processor that adjusts a punching operation position based on a detected sheet edge and associated image forming apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 46 | Expired |
| US6330422A | Image formation apparatus and image formation system | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US6339685B1 | Sheet processing apparatus with sheet size detection and conveyance or processing features and control method thereof, sheet processing method, image formation apparatus, image formation system, control method thereof, and storage medium related thereto | Electricity | 29 | Expired |
| US5761600A | Sheet storage apparatus having plural sheet storage trays with variable distance | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US6353726B1 | Sheet processing apparatus with control of sheet conveyance based on skew amount, control method, image forming apparatus, and storage medium | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US7007948B2 | Sheet stacking/aligning apparatus, sheet handling apparatus, and image forming apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US6217016A | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US6907806B1 | Sheet processing apparatus, control method therefor, sheet processing method, and storage media | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6603951B2 | Image formation apparatus and image formation system | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US6004254A | Sheet folding apparatus and image forming apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US6430382B1 | Image forming apparatus which pre-prepares for sheet processing | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US5447297A | Sheet post-processing apparatus | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6351625B1 | Image forming apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing method, and book-binding method | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US6962331B2 | Sheet stacking apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 12 | Expired |
| US7007577B2 | Sheet processing apparatus, control method therefor, sheet processing method, and storage media | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6268909A | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7073706B2 | Punching device, sheet processor having the punching device, and image forming apparatus having the punching device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7134370B2 | Sheet processing apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US7240901B2 | Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US7281708B2 | Sheet handling apparatus and image forming apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Expired |
| US7463388B2 | Image forming apparatus with control of image formation using read information | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7467789B2 | Sheet handling apparatus and image forming apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Active |
| US7341326B2 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus | Physics | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.