Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Naoki Kobayashi

325Patents
25h-index
404Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 6, 1983 → Dec 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6920166B2 Thin film deposition method of nitride semiconductor and nitride semiconductor light emitting device Electricity 247 Expired
US9070962B2 Surface communication device Electricity 205 Active
US6622095B2 Apparatus for determining concentrations of hemoglobins Human Necessities 175 Expired
US6415236B1 Apparatus for determining concentrations of hemoglobins Human Necessities 169 Expired
US4767494A Preparation process of compound semiconductor Electricity 152 Expired
US6243290A Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device Physics 145 Expired
US5644341A Ink jet head drive apparatus and drive method, and a printer using these Performing Operations; Transporting 139 Expired
US5766125A Apparatus for determining the concentration of light-absorbing materials in blood Physics 121 Expired
US5999841A Apparatus for measuring circulating blood volume Human Necessities 87 Expired
US4829022A Method for forming thin films of compound semiconductors by flow rate modulation epitaxy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US5690104A Apparatus and method for measuring oxygen saturation in blood and apparatus and method for measuring concentration of light-absorbing materials in blood Human Necessities 68 Expired
US5697371A Apparatus for measuring circulating blood volume Human Necessities 67 Expired
US5101808A Outside-of-thorax type negative pressure artificial respirator Human Necessities 64 Expired
US5668579A Apparatus for and a method of driving an ink jet head having an electrostatic actuator Performing Operations; Transporting 56 Expired
US6229095A Multilayer wiring board Electricity 48 Expired
US6977664B1 Method for separating background sprite and foreground object and method for extracting segmentation mask and the apparatus Physics 43 Expired
US6457378B2 Control lever equipment for bar handle vehicle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US9918058B2 Information processing to allow projector units to project images in cooperation Physics 41 Active
US4814876A Electronic camera Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US6174038A Ink jet printer and drive method therefor Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US6385249B1 Data converting apparatus, method thereof, and recording medium Electricity 32 Expired
US5766748A Stretched film of lactic acid-based polymer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US6687156B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit device, production and operation method thereof Physics 27 Expired
US7206621B2 Pulse oximeter Human Necessities 27 Expired
US6438028B1 Semiconductor integrated circuit device, production and operation method thereof Electricity 27 Expired

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