Tohru Inoue
53Patents
12h-index
81Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 1, 1976 → Jan 7, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5549780A | Method for plasma processing and apparatus for plasma processing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 268 | Expired |
| US5626922A | Plasma processing method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 256 | Expired |
| US5712861A | Error correcting method and decoder with improved reliability | Electricity | 191 | Expired |
| US5537429A | Error-correcting method and decoder using the same | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6721140B2 | Magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing same and thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US5587803A | Digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus and error-correcting apparatus | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US4841300A | Error correction encoder/decoder | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US5845041A | Video signal recording and reproducing apparatus with high efficiency encoding | Electricity | 20 | Expired |
| US4897839A | Coding and decoding method | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US6110542A | Method for forming a film | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US4592054A | Decoder with code error correcting function | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US5684915A | Digital VTR for recording special replay data with appended error correction codes | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US8821763B2 | Active material and method of manufacturing active material | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Active |
| US5360477A | Method for forming diamond and apparatus for forming the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US5825971A | Magnetic head replacement structure in helical scan magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US7125588B2 | Pulsed plasma CVD method for forming a film | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Expired |
| US7369746B2 | Device for recording digital video and audio signals in designated areas of a recording medium in a predetermined track format | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6614107B2 | Thin-film heat sink and method of manufacturing same | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5400186A | Apparatus and method for recording and reproducing digital signals by error-correcting-encoding of video and audio signals collectively | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7155155B2 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US5960150A | Digital VTR | Electricity | 7 | Expired |
| US6081649A | Digital VTR for processing intra-picture data according to replay modes | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US5371750A | Error-correction encoding and decoding system | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US8445135B2 | Method of manufacturing active material, active material, electrode, and lithium-ion secondary battery | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US6810228B2 | Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus | Physics | 5 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.