Inventor · Tokyo, JP

Soya Endo

14Patents
7h-index
23Co-inventors
58Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 29, 1993 → Feb 15, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6347198B1 Image forming apparatus having developer amount detecting means and cartridge detachably mountable on the apparatus having a memory for storing information on the amount of developer detected by detecting means Physics 22 Expired
US5612776A Recording apparatus and method with sheet feed control that controls loop Physics 19 Expired
US6421137B1 Image forming apparatus Physics 17 Expired
US6421139B1 Image forming apparatus for forming image on free-size sheet having arbitrary size Electricity 15 Expired
US5455659A Apparatus with detector for detecting object to be detected Physics 12 Expired
US5841362A Optional apparatus connectable to other apparatus Electricity 9 Expired
US5488625A Semiconductor laser device having chip-mounted heating element Electricity 8 Expired
US6169567A System for controlling multiple optional units detachably connected to an image forming system Physics 5 Expired
US6204872A Controller for handling the supply and discharge of recording media Physics 5 Expired
US6624904B2 Apparatus to control optional paper conveyance device and image processing apparatus using the same Physics 3 Expired
US5398100A Image recording apparatus operable with a vertical scan synchronization signal Physics 2 Expired
US6312173A Image recording method and apparatus Physics 2 Expired
US6583885B1 Apparatus to control optional paper conveyance device and image processing apparatus using the same Physics 2 Expired
US6373581B1 Apparatus to control optional paper conveyance device and image processing apparatus using the same Physics 1 Expired

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