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Tohru Inoue
Also filed as: INOUE TOHRU
53 granted patents·9 pending applications·1,361 citations·filing 1976–2021
98Inventor score
Files withMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP21TDK CORP17FUJI XEROX CO LTD9SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB6SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO3
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62 records- 0199US5626922APlasma processing methodSEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB·Filed 1995·Granted May 6, 1997·281 cites·15 claims
- 0298US5712861AError correcting method and decoder with improved reliabilityMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 27, 1998·280 cites·60 claims
- 0398US5549780AMethod for plasma processing and apparatus for plasma processingSEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 27, 1996·320 cites·15 claims
- 0491US6721140B2Magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing same and thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing sameTDK CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 13, 2004·32 cites·6 claims
- 0589US8445135B2Method of manufacturing active material, active material, electrode, and lithium-ion secondary batterySANO ATSUSHI·Filed 2010·Granted May 21, 2013·6 cites·13 claims
- 0688US8821763B2Active material and method of manufacturing active materialSANO ATSUSHI·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 2, 2014·11 cites·16 claims
- 0788US7369746B2Device for recording digital video and audio signals in designated areas of a recording medium in a predetermined track formatMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 6, 2008·16 cites·4 claims
- 0884US5537429AError-correcting method and decoder using the sameMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 16, 1996·52 cites·24 claims
- 0982US7835667B2Discharger, image carrier unit, and image forming apparatusFUJI XEROX CO LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 16, 2010·7 cites·8 claims
- 1076US10687149B2MEMS microphoneTDK CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 16, 2020·2 cites·10 claims
- 1174US7174090B2Digital VTRMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 6, 2007·6 cites·8 claims
- 1274US6110542AMethod for forming a filmSEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 29, 2000·26 cites·88 claims
- 1374US4897839ACoding and decoding methodMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Jan 30, 1990·27 cites·3 claims
- 1473US7155155B2Fixing device and image forming apparatusFUJI XEROX CO LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 26, 2006·13 cites·20 claims
- 1573US6660342B1Pulsed electromagnetic energy method for forming a filmSEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 9, 2003·8 cites·19 claims
- 1672US10917728B2MEMS microphoneTDK CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 9, 2021·1 cites·8 claims
- 1772US5845041AVideo signal recording and reproducing apparatus with high efficiency encodingMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 1, 1998·33 cites·26 claims
- 1872US5684915ADigital VTR for recording special replay data with appended error correction codesMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 4, 1997·16 cites·22 claims
- 1969US4841300AError correction encoder/decoderMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1987·Granted Jun 20, 1989·23 cites·9 claims
- 2069US4592054ADecoder with code error correcting functionMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1983·Granted May 27, 1986·22 cites·7 claims
- 2168US5960150ADigital VTRMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 28, 1999·13 cites·26 claims
- 2267US10508025B2MEMS switch and electronic deviceTDK CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 17, 2019·1 cites·9 claims
- 2367US7975367B2Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic headTDK CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 12, 2011·0 cites·9 claims
- 2467US6633463B1Thin-film magnetic head, head suspension assembly, magnetic disk device and manufacturing method of themTDK CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 14, 2003·6 cites·8 claims
- 2566US6977964B1Digital VTR for recording and replaying data depending on replay modesMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 20, 2005·4 cites·9 claims
- 2665US7125588B2Pulsed plasma CVD method for forming a filmSEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 24, 2006·13 cites·17 claims
- 2765US6810228B2Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatusFUJI XEROX CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 26, 2004·9 cites·6 claims
- 2864US7536123B2Image forming apparatus, method of recommending replacement of rotatable member, method of cleaning rotatable member and method of controlling image formationFUJI XEROX CO LTD·Filed 2007·Granted May 19, 2009·2 cites·18 claims
- 2963US11350221B2MEMS microphone moduleTDK CORP·Filed 2021·Granted May 31, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 3063US7637001B2Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic headTDK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 29, 2009·0 cites·9 claims
- 3163US6614107B2Thin-film heat sink and method of manufacturing sameTDK CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 2, 2003·10 cites·8 claims
- 3263US5360477AMethod for forming diamond and apparatus for forming the sameSEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LAB·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 1, 1994·22 cites·16 claims
- 3362US2011009454A1Composition for agricultural use for controlling or preventing plant diseases caused by plant pathogensSUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3461US6747851B2Thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing sameTDK CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 8, 2004·2 cites·4 claims
- 3560US5587803ADigital signal recording and reproducing apparatus and error-correcting apparatusMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 24, 1996·26 cites·18 claims
- 3659US5400186AApparatus and method for recording and reproducing digital signals by error-correcting-encoding of video and audio signals collectivelyMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 21, 1995·10 cites·26 claims
- 3758US2020295348A1Negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the sameTDK CORP·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3857US8448330B2Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic headSASAKI YOSHITAKA·Filed 2011·Granted May 28, 2013·0 cites·8 claims
- 3957US2008279529A1Digital vtrASAMURA MASAKO·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4056US7075757B2Thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing sameTDK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 11, 2006·1 cites·4 claims
- 4155US5825971AMagnetic head replacement structure in helical scan magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereofMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 20, 1998·12 cites·13 claims
- 4252US2005185925A1Digital VTRMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4350US11780813B2Chlorobenzene compound production methodSUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO·Filed 2020·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·4 claims
- 4450US5371750AError-correction encoding and decoding systemMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 6, 1994·14 cites·6 claims
- 4549US6085022ADigital VTR for recording special replay video data in track areas designated for digital video and digital audioMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 4, 2000·5 cites·15 claims
- 4648US11760724B2Pyridone compound production methodSUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 19, 2023·0 cites·11 claims
- 4748US9627737B2High-frequency transmission line, antenna and electronic circuit boardTDK CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 18, 2017·0 cites·3 claims
- 4848US9620840B2High-frequency transmission line, antenna and electronic circuit boardTDK CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 11, 2017·0 cites·3 claims
- 4948US7275305B2Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic headTDK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 2, 2007·0 cites·8 claims
- 5048US6081649ADigital VTR for processing intra-picture data according to replay modesMITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 27, 2000·13 cites·17 claims
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