As an independent inventor, Sunatori has drafted and filed more than 60 solo patent applications in many fields, including electronics, magnetics, optics, dynamics, software, hardware, energy, safety, environment, medical, consumer products, sporting goods, fashion, etc. with titles such as "Topless Microwave Cooking Device", "Unisex Magnetic Coaxial Connector Device", "Magnetically Erected Wind-Effect Display Device", "Erectable Hexa-Conical Beverage Container", "3-Way Hockey Rink", "Drip-free Interconnect with Unisex Magnetic Connector", "Coreless Frozen Pizza" and "Bisexual Magnetic Garment Closure System". He submitted inventions to the U.S. Department of Defense for Combating Terrorism Technology Research, i.e., "Crash Survivor" and "Germ Buster", to NASA Create the Future Design Contest, etc. In 2017, he won the Grand Prize of Innovation150 Canadian Life Hacks Contest, organized by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. In 2019, NASA Tech Briefs published his discovery "Anisotropic Electromagnetic Force Phenomena" in The Create the Future Design Contest.
Entrepreneur
As an entrepreneur, Sunatori founded HyperInfo Canada Inc. in 1989 to pursue research and development on information processing and publishing technology as well as electromagnetic technology applications. In 1992, he proposed to the Queen of Canada telepresence appearance instead of physical visits. In 1995, he set up HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre on the internet to offer pay-for-value knowledge services via e-commerce. The HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre won the 1996 Canadian Internet Special Achievement Award for "Best Internet Publication ", and 1999 Golden Web Award. In 2002, his court case with the Commission de protection de la langue française was mentioned in The Globe and Mail newspaper, University of Alberta's Alberta Law Review, etc. In 2005, his MagneScribe invention was featured in the Ottawa Business Journal newspaper. In 2008, he appeared in PEO's publication "YOU FIND ENGINEERING IN THE MOST AMAZING PLACES" along with Leonid Brezhnev, Jimmy Carter, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Lee Iacocca, Boris Yeltsin, etc. In 2009, he discovered a serious security breach in Canada Post Ombudsman's online complaints system, as reported in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper.
Patents
Sunatori has been granted over 60 Canadian and U.S. patents, including and for "Auto-retractable pen mechanism with a cushion effect".
Personal life
Sunatori's son François is a chemical engineer/computer scientist who coined "Cappelletti code". Sunatori's daughter Véronique is a professional artist who is a member of XVK. Sunatori's daughter Évelyne is a Celebrity ALT in Shimabara City.