Tomomi Sano
52Patents
9h-index
77Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 29, 1981 → Jun 21, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4553211A | Vending machine with doors | Physics | 57 | Expired |
| US5590227A | Optical connector apparatus | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US4517651A | Automatic vending machine | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US9366832B2 | Optical connection structure | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US4423506A | Wire data transmission system | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US4630042A | Wired commodity vending system | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| USD757185S1 | Toy house | General | 12 | Active |
| USD760325S1 | Toy car | General | 12 | Active |
| US6886998B2 | Method for fusion splicing optical fibers and apparatus for heating spliced part by arc | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US9360632B2 | Ferrule | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8727634B2 | Optical connector, optical connecting structure and method of manufacturing optical connector | Physics | 8 | Active |
| USD755905S1 | Toy house | General | 7 | Active |
| US7062120B2 | Optical device and movable reflector | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6892003B2 | Variable dispersion compensator and optical transmission system | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US10107973B2 | Optical cross-connect component | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US6823106B2 | Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer and adjustment method thereof | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US6825981B2 | Optical signal processor | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6810170B2 | Optical signal processor | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US6965479B2 | Optical filter, interleaver, and optical communication system | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US10444439B2 | Optical connector and optical coupling structure | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US6724539B2 | Interleaver | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US7277607B2 | Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer, optical device, and optical transmission system | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US9297963B2 | Optical connector ferrule | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US6854293B2 | Method for fusion splicing of optical fibers | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US6996309B2 | Optical signal processor | Physics | 2 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.