Inventor · Hamamatsu, JP

Toru Hirohata

42Patents
8h-index
53Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 6, 1989 → Jul 29, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7816866B2 Photocathode comprising a plurality of openings on an electron emission layer Electricity 41 Active
US5591986A Photoemitter electron tube and photodetector Electricity 17 Expired
US5471051A Photocathode capable of detecting position of incident light in one or two dimensions, phototube, and photodetecting apparatus containing same Electricity 15 Expired
US6917058B2 Semiconductor photocathode Electricity 13 Expired
US5982094A Electron tube with polycrystalline diamond photocathode Electricity 13 Expired
US5986387A Transmission type electron multiplier and electron tube provided Electricity 12 Expired
US5959400A Electron tube having a diamond field emitter Electricity 11 Expired
US5336902A Semiconductor photo-electron-emitting device Electricity 11 Expired
US6818885B2 Photodetector Electricity 8 Expired
US5680007A Photomultiplier having a photocathode comprised of a compound semiconductor material Electricity 7 Expired
US5710435A Photomultiplier having a photocathode comprised of semiconductor material Electricity 7 Expired
US6002141A Method of using photocathode and method of using electron tube Electricity 7 Expired
US5982093A Photocathode and electron tube having enhanced absorption edge characteristics Electricity 5 Expired
US7176625B2 Photocathode plate and electron tube Electricity 4 Expired
US9863883B2 Surface-enhanced raman scattering element Physics 2 Active
US6563264B2 Photocathode and electron tube Electricity 2 Expired
US5747826A Photoemitter electron tube, and photodetector Electricity 2 Expired
US5051573A Optical logic operation system Electricity 2 Expired
US10228328B2 Organic electro-luminescent element and bioinstrumentation device Electricity 2 Active
US7002132B2 Photocathode, electron tube, and method of assembling photocathode Electricity 2 Expired
US5068815A Optical full adder Physics 2 Expired
US8446094B2 Photocathode, electron tube, field assist type photocathode, field assist type photocathode array, and field assist type electron tube Electricity 2 Active
US5109358A Optical flip-flop circuit Physics 1 Expired
US8482197B2 Photocathode, electron tube, field assist type photocathode, field assist type photocathode array, and field assist type electron tube Electricity 1 Active
US9276144B2 Quantum cascade detector Electricity 1 Active

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