Satoshi Kato
106Patents
14h-index
185Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 8, 1980 → Oct 12, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7741593B2 | Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system | Electricity | 70 | Active |
| US7817199B2 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus, control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and imaging system | Electricity | 57 | Active |
| US4663983A | Torque variation absorbing device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 38 | Expired |
| US9305954B2 | Solid-state image sensor and camera utilizing light attenuating films | Electricity | 36 | Active |
| US4727767A | Torque variation absorbing device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 32 | Expired |
| US8084729B2 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, and photoelectric conversion apparatus manufacturing method | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US8154639B2 | Solid state imaging apparatus and method of driving the same | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US6547698B2 | Control system for automatic vehicle transmissions | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US4886082A | Cleaning apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US4469054A | Two-stroke internal-combustion engine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US6867749B1 | Control system, display device, control-use host computer, and data transmission method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US5623467A | Data recording apparatus for recording data in sector units | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US9605329B2 | Cold rolled steel sheet and manufacturing method thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US9725782B2 | Hot stamped steel and method for producing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Active |
| US6105522A | Shuttle hook driver for sewing machine | Textiles; Paper | 13 | Expired |
| US4857032A | Torque variation absorbing device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Expired |
| US5178926A | Hydrogenated vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer composition and optical disc substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US7212218B2 | Video display apparatus and video display method | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US8159582B2 | Solid-state imaging apparatus and method of driving the same | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US8309898B2 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, and photoelectric conversion apparatus manufacturing method | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US6165662A | Electrophotographic photoreceptor | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US10072324B2 | Cold-rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing same, and hot-stamp formed body | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US9945013B2 | Hot stamped steel and method for producing hot stamped steel | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US8675107B2 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus, control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and imaging system | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US9920407B2 | Cold rolled steel sheet and method for producing cold rolled steel sheet | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.