Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Nobuaki Kubo

40Patents
9h-index
48Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1987 → Feb 23, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6376837B1 Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus having defective light source detection Electricity 61 Expired
US5294944A Color image forming apparatus having means for properly superimposing image colors on each other Electricity 31 Expired
US4962431A Synchronizing signal generating system for laser scanner Electricity 25 Expired
US7545547B2 Scanning unit and image forming apparatus Physics 24 Active
US5374980A Color image forming apparatus utilizing liquid development Physics 22 Expired
US5059774A Seek and track control for a rectangular optical card handling apparatus Physics 21 Expired
US4968997A Recording sheet conveyor apparatus in an image recording apparatus Physics 19 Expired
US7301554B2 Light scanning device, scanning line adjusting method, scanning line adjusting control method, image forming apparatus, and image forming method Physics 15 Expired
US6744513B2 Computer color matching method of paint and preparing method of paint using the same method Physics 11 Expired
US7710445B2 Light source unit, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus Physics 9 Active
US7256238B2 Modified block copolymer Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US8368736B2 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 8 Active
US7800641B2 Light source unit, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus Physics 8 Active
US8559053B2 Optical scanning device and image forming device Electricity 7 Active
US8531766B2 Polarization-separation device, optical scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus Electricity 7 Active
US8848013B2 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including a plurality of scanned members Physics 7 Active
US8922863B2 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus Physics 6 Active
US4867573A Powder treating method and apparatus used therefor Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US6029853A Dispersing method, dispersing apparatus and dispersing system having dispersing apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US6660790B1 Styrene polymer composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US8169457B2 Light source apparatus, optical-beam scanning apparatus, and image forming apparatus Physics 4 Active
US7414093B2 Modified block copolymer Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US6969739B1 Rubber composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7122594B2 Modified block copolymer composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US8143603B2 Electrostatic latent image measuring device Physics 3 Active

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