Yoichi Kato
123Patents
15h-index
115Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 14, 1984 → Nov 6, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4837618A | Moving image signal coding system | Electricity | 86 | Expired |
| USD516504S1 | Battery pack | General | 80 | Expired |
| USD412485S | Battery pack | General | 74 | Expired |
| USD436917S | Battery pack | General | 71 | Expired |
| US6358737B1 | Osteocyte cell lines | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 64 | Expired |
| US4734767A | Encoder capable of faithfully and adaptively encoding a moving image | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| USD512961S1 | Battery pack | General | 52 | Expired |
| USD456002S1 | Battery pack | General | 49 | Expired |
| US5987419A | Automatic securities exchange system which detects communications errors and allows cancellation of orders | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US8029351B2 | Gaming machine including a wheel and a processor to specify a pocket of the wheel | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US4908862A | Encoding system capable of accomplishing a high efficiency by anterior and/or posterior processing to quantization | Electricity | 31 | Expired |
| US4691284A | Control system for three way variable shock absorber device for suspension with highest shock absorber effectiveness not selected in manual mode | Performing Operations; Transporting | 26 | Expired |
| US6781136B1 | Negative ion emitting method and apparatus therefor | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US5995441A | Synchronous semiconductor memory device capable of rapidly, highly precisely matching internal clock phase to external clock phase | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US6178123A | Semiconductor device with circuit for phasing internal clock signal | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US8298070B2 | Gaming machine that executes free game and the play method | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US5029589A | Apparatus for automatically measuring blood pressure | Human Necessities | 15 | Expired |
| US5910427A | Antigen non-specific glycosylation inhibiting factor derivatives | Human Necessities | 14 | Expired |
| US8137184B2 | Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US7355643B2 | Image pickup device | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US5771773A | Brake apparatus having an improved brake feel | Performing Operations; Transporting | 10 | Expired |
| US9196118B2 | Gaming machine which rearranges symbols after varying and displaying the symbols | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8393953B2 | Gaming machine for selecting bonus reel | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US8216845B2 | Gaming system having a plurality of gaming machines linked by network and control method thereof | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7753778B2 | Slot machine and playing method thereof | Physics | 5 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.