Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Shotaro Kobayashi

28Patents
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10Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 12, 1991 → Mar 11, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5467304A Semiconductor integrated circuit Electricity 67 Expired
US7440661B2 Configuration detection device for endoscope Human Necessities 57 Active
US6317377A Semiconductor memory device Physics 36 Expired
US6509776B2 DLL circuit, semiconductor device using the same and delay control method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5371708A FIFO-type semiconductor device Physics 28 Expired
US7271638B2 Delay circuit and delay synchronization loop device Electricity 23 Active
US7135906B2 Delay circuit and delay synchronization loop device Electricity 14 Expired
US7348823B2 Delay circuit and delay synchronization loop device Electricity 13 Active
US7327176B2 Delay circuit and delay synchronization loop device Electricity 12 Active
US5235547A Semiconductor memory device with sense amplifier unit as well as data register/pointer shared between plural memory cell arrays Physics 12 Expired
US5781493A Semiconductor memory device having block write function Physics 11 Expired
US6163206A Semiconductor integrated circuit device having recovery accelerator for changing bias circuit from standby mode without malfunction Physics 9 Expired
US5285413A Semiconductor memory device having selective and simultaneous write function Physics 6 Expired
US7876138B2 DLL circuit and semiconductor device having the same Electricity 6 Active
US8831710B2 Medical observation system and processor Physics 4 Active
US7911861B2 Semiconductor memory device and method of testing semiconductor memory device Physics 3 Active
US8258457B2 Scanning endoscope having an actuator and a force transmitter for bending a light transmitter Human Necessities 2 Active
US7719331B2 PLL circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US5559365A Semiconductor device including a plurality of leads each having two end portions extending downward and upward Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7391230B2 Adjustment of termination resistance in an on-die termination circuit Electricity 2 Expired
US8238133B2 Semiconductor device with a selection circuit selecting a specific pad Electricity 1 Active
US8734335B2 Electronic endoscope Human Necessities 1 Active
US8848468B2 Semiconductor device and control method thereof for permitting the reception of data according to a control signal Electricity 1 Active
US5757701A Semiconductor memory device having serial access port Physics 1 Expired
US8587097B2 Semiconductor device that suppresses malfunctions due to noise generated in internal circuit Electricity 0 Active

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