Takenobu Kimura
36Patents
5h-index
36Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 14, 1994 → Nov 13, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US10129436B2 | Image forming system and image forming method | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US6717286B2 | Pasting and bookbinding method, pasting and bookbinding apparatus, and image forming apparatus for use therewith | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US7165874B2 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US8334794B2 | Input device and keyboard device having illumination function | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US5508793A | Developing device having toner recycling means and toner concentration controller | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US7945202B2 | Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US6721526B2 | Image forming apparatus with improved developing device | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7308212B2 | Color image forming apparatus | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7346302B2 | Color image forming apparatus and electric charge eliminating device | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7209692B2 | Color image forming apparatus and discharging device before secondary transfer of the same | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7298997B2 | Color image forming apparatus with pre-charging unit and potential adjustment unit | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7444098B2 | Image forming apparatus with cleaning unit | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7593675B2 | Color image forming apparatus having a discharging unit to discharge an electrical charge of a toner image transferred on an intermediate transfer member | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7373100B2 | Color image forming apparatus having pre-transfer discharge electrode | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7593665B2 | Image forming apparatus with cleaning unit | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US6832058B2 | Image forming apparatus including a maximum charge quantity of toner particles forming useless toner | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7440719B2 | Color image forming apparatus having pre-transfer discharger | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7639974B2 | Color image forming apparatus with pre-secondary transfer charge eliminating section | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7251442B2 | Color image forming apparatus having advanced transfer system | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7260350B2 | Image forming apparatus | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US10795306B2 | Cleaning member for image forming apparatus including a protrusion | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8135302B2 | Image forming apparatus having cleaning device of pre-secondary transfer discharge unit | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US9268255B2 | Image formation system and density controlling method | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10401761B2 | Developing device and image forming apparatus | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US7327976B2 | Color image forming apparatus | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.