Noboru Toyama
53Patents
11h-index
55Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 19, 1978 → Aug 10, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5486238A | Photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US5678171A | Mobile receiver for satellite broadcast during flight | Electricity | 43 | Expired |
| US6592739B1 | Process and apparatus for forming zinc oxide film, and process and apparatus for producing photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US5500055A | Photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 30 | Expired |
| US5453135A | Photoelectric conversion device with improved back reflection layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 29 | Expired |
| US6061977A | Photovoltaic roofing element | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US6475354B1 | Deposited film producing process, photovoltaic device producing process, and deposited film producing system | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 21 | Expired |
| US5589403A | Method for producing photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 20 | Expired |
| US6054024A | Apparatus for forming transparent conductive film by sputtering and method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6238808A | Substrate with zinc oxide layer, method for producing zinc oxide layer, photovoltaic device, and method for producing photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US7282132B2 | Zinc oxide film treatment method and method of manufacturing photovoltaic device utilizing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| US5981867A | Photovoltaic module | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US4673905A | Corrugated elliptical waveguide or horn | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5885725A | Photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US6576112B2 | Method of forming zinc oxide film and process for producing photovoltaic device using it | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US10029481B2 | Porous body, method for producing the porous body, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Active |
| US5008690A | Image recording apparatus for transferring ink patterns formed by selective application of energy through electrodes of a recording head controllably biased against ink transported on a roller | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Expired |
| US9067449B2 | Image recording method by serially transferring intermediate images | Performing Operations; Transporting | 7 | Active |
| US4979919A | Method and apparatus for manufacturing cathode-ray tubes | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US5770463A | Method of fabricating a photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Expired |
| US6475367B1 | Electrodeposition method | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 6 | Expired |
| US6471848B1 | Electrodeposition method of forming an oxide film | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US7112264B2 | Plating apparatus and method | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
| US6383359B2 | Method for forming a zinc oxide layer and method for producing a photovoltaic device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US6726812B1 | Ion beam sputtering apparatus, method for forming a transparent and electrically conductive film, and process for the production of a semiconductor device | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.