Toshio Ando
36Patents
11h-index
47Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 4, 1984 → Aug 14, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7677061B2 | Socks of multi-stage pile structure | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 48 | Expired |
| US4745773A | Apparatus of making soft ice-drink | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 37 | Expired |
| US7059815B2 | Elastic fastener | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 28 | Expired |
| US4786002A | Method of making soft ice-drink and apparatus of making the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US7757518B2 | Sock | Textiles; Paper | 21 | Active |
| US4664976A | Magnetic recording medium comprising a protective carbon nitride layer on the surface thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 18 | Expired |
| US6617761B2 | Scanning unit and scanning microscope having the same | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US4569266A | Food-cutting apparatus | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 14 | Expired |
| US6395413B1 | Perpendicular magnetic recording medium | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6809306B2 | Scanning unit and scanning microscope having the same | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US5316631A | Method for fabricating a magnetic recording medium | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US4767068A | Domestic ice shaver | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US8415762B2 | Semiconductor device for performing photoelectric conversion | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US7958565B2 | Scan type probe microscope and cantilever drive device | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US4711810A | Magnetic medium for horizontal magnetization recording and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US6118121A | Probe scanning mechanism for a scanning probe microscope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US4680218A | Magnetic recording medium | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Expired |
| US5912461A | Probe scanning mechanism for a scanning probe microscope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US6706647B1 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductors | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US4743348A | Magnetic medium for horizontal magnetization recording and method for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US7556968B2 | Scanning probe microscope and molecular structure change observation method | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US6194292A | Method of fabricating in-situ doped rough polycrystalline silicon using a single wafer reactor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US7259058B2 | Fabricating method of semiconductor integrated circuits | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US5819904A | Workpiece conveying system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Expired |
| US7954165B2 | Scanning probe microscope | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.