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Joetsu, JP
1994
43 patents · 24 inventors
Ranked
#1,114
of 22,654 cities
Top 5%
Showing 1–24 of 24 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Toshinobu Ishihara
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
5
2
Tohru Kubota
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
4
3
Mikio Endo
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
3
3
Takashi Miyazaki
Nec
3
3
Takayuki Fujiwara
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
3
3
Yoshio Kawai
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
3
3
Hideo Kaneko
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
3
#8
Kazumasa Maruyama
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
2
#8
Masaaki Mizuguchi
Yamaha
2
#10
Akira Hayashida
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Jun Hatakeyama
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Ryuichi Saguchi
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Mamoru Shoji
Sumitomo Electric Industries
1
#10
Koji Hasegawa
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Shiho Sano
Mitsubishi Chemical
1
#10
Tsutomu Nakazawa
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
1
#10
Kazuyuki Asakura
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Susumu Tosaka
Sony
1
#10
Tomomi Watanabe
Mazda Motor
1
#10
Masaki Takeuchi
Murata Manufacturing Co.
1
#10
Takehiko Fukumoto
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Toyohisa Sakurada
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1
#10
Hitoshi Inoue
Nisshin Flour Milling
1
#10
Hiroaki Muto
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
1