Inventor · Itami, JP

Tadashi Nishioka

36Patents
15h-index
22Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 21, 1980 → Oct 29, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5595941A Method of forming fine patterns Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5652428A Method of using scanning probe microscope allowing cleaning of probe tip in ambient atmosphere Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US5107114A Fine scanning mechanism for atomic force microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5465145A Semiconductor wafer inspection apparatus Electricity 34 Expired
US4947042A Tunnel unit and scanning head for scanning tunneling microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Expired
US4431967A Method of mounting a semiconductor element for analyzing failures thereon Electricity 29 Expired
US4880975A Fine adjustment mechanism for a scanning tunneling microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US5720814A Photoresist coating apparatus Physics 25 Expired
US5477732A Adhesion measuring method Electricity 24 Expired
US5469733A Cantilever for atomic force microscope and method of manufacturing the cantilever Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US4945235A Fine adjustment mechanism for a scanning tunneling microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US5702849A Mask for transferring a pattern for use in a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US4837445A Coarse adjusting device of scanning tunneling microscope Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5710066A Method of forming fine patterns Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US4853341A Process for forming electrodes for semiconductor devices using focused ion beams Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5267066A Liquid crystal display device, method of correcting defective pixels, and defective-pixel correcting apparatus used therein Physics 14 Expired
US5688723A Method of forming fine patterns Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5193385A Cantilever for use in atomic force microscope and manufacturing method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5622787A Mask for transferring a pattern for use in a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US4691078A Aluminum circuit to be disconnected and method of cutting the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US4962059A Process for forming electrodes for semiconductor devices using focused ion beam deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US4952421A Method for repairing a pattern Electricity 9 Expired
US4636400A Method of treating silicon nitride film formed by plasma deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US4990489A Read only memory device including a superconductive electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5656809A Atomic force microscope and measuring head thereof with linearly polarized reflected light Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired

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