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Tokyo, JP
1994
9,317 patents · 5,933 inventors
Ranked
#1
of 22,654 cities
Top 1%
Showing 1–50 of 5,933 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Shinichi Sato
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
26
2
Hiroshi Ogawa
Fujitsu Limited
16
3
Tadahiko Sugibayashi
Nec
14
3
Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Fujitsu Limited
14
#5
Makoto Suzuki
Brother Kogyo
13
#5
Takashi Watanabe
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
13
#7
Kiyoo Itoh
Hitachi
12
#7
Minoru Suzuki
Pentax
12
#9
Kenji Saitoh
Canon
11
#9
Junichi Sato
Sony
11
#9
Kenji Tanaka
Sony
11
#9
Takashi Kobayashi
Hitachi
11
#9
Yoshiaki Sato
Hitachi
11
#14
Sunao Takatori
Yozan
10
#14
Takehiro Yoshida
Canon
10
#14
Kazuharu Katagiri
Canon
10
#14
Hiroshi Sato
Canon
10
#14
Takashi Matsuda
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
10
#14
Shigeru Nakamura
Hitachi
10
#14
Hiroshi Tsuyuguchi
Teac
10
#14
Minoru Yoshii
Canon
10
#22
Mikio Watanabe
Fujifilm
9
#22
Yoshio Watanabe
Hitachi
9
#22
Atsushi Watanabe
Fanuc
9
#22
Toshiyuki Kato
Kawasaki Steel
9
#22
Norio Numako
Pentax
9
#22
Hiroyasu Nose
Canon
9
#22
Akio Suzuki
Canon
9
#22
Takeshi Fujii
Sumitomo Chemical
9
#22
Masanori Takahashi
Sanshin Industries
9
#22
Akira Kokeguchi
Takata
9
#22
Takashi Iwaki
Canon
9
#33
Yoshio Fujii
Mitsubishi Electric
8
#33
Akie Ito
Seikosha Co.
8
#33
Izumi Kuramochi
The Yokohama Rubber Co.
8
#33
Hiroyuki Sato
Kureha
8
#33
Hisao Ono
Yupiteru Industries Co.
8
#33
Kazunobu Imoto
Dai Nippon Printing Co.
8
#33
Masahito Matsumoto
Sumitomo Chemical
8
#33
Masahiro Oono
Pentax
8
#33
Makoto Kimura
Atsugi Unisia
8
#33
Saburo Tanaka
Sumitomo Electric Industries
8
#33
Katsuhiko Tanaka
Canon
8
#33
Mitsuhiro Nakamura
Sony
8
#33
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
8
#46
Mitsuru Maeda
Canon
7
#46
Yoshio Yoshida
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
7
#46
Atsushi Fukumoto
Sony
7
#46
Hitoshi Matsuura
Renesas Electronics
7
#46
Hideki Kambara
Hitachi
7
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