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Tokyo, JP
2003
16,076 patents · 8,944 inventors
Ranked
#1
of 30,730 cities
Top 1%
Showing 1–50 of 8,944 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Hideo Ando
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
49
2
Shinichi Kikuchi
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
37
3
Hiroyuki Minemura
Hitachi
30
#4
Takashi Kobayashi
Hitachi
28
#5
Hiroshi Sato
Canon
23
#6
Yuji Ito
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
22
#7
Takeshi Sakata
Hitachi
20
#8
Makoto Suzuki
Brother Kogyo
19
#8
Motoyasu Terao
Hitachi
19
#10
Choong Seng Boon
Ntt Docomo
18
#10
Hiroyuki Ishinaga
Canon
18
#10
Takashi Matsuda
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
18
#13
Hiroyuki Yamada
Hitachi
17
#13
Takashi Watanabe
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
17
#15
Tomonori Sekiguchi
Hitachi
16
#15
Kiyoo Itoh
Hitachi
16
#15
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Canon
16
#15
Toshiaki Tanaka
Toyota
16
#15
Atsushi Nishio
Mitsumi Electric Co.
16
#20
Kenji Watanabe
Seiko Epson
15
#20
Makoto Yoshida
Fujitsu Limited
15
#20
Shoji Shukuri
Hitachi
15
#20
Takeshi Maeda
Hitachi
15
#24
Jun Watanabe
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
14
#24
Toshiyuki Taniguchi
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
14
#24
Masahiro Suzuki
Canon
14
#24
Noriaki Sakamoto
Sanyo Electric Co.
14
#24
Kazumi Naito
Showa Denko K.K.
14
#24
Takayuki Kato
Toyota Industries
14
#30
Hideto Nakamura
Sumitomo Wiring Systems
13
#30
Atsushi Oohashi
Mitsubishi Electric
13
#30
Masahiro Sato
—
13
#30
Kazuo Yano
Hitachi
13
#34
Minoru Suzuki
Pentax
12
#34
Masaru Suzuki
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
12
#34
Makoto Shioya
Canon
12
#34
Kenichi Imamiya
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
12
#34
Yoshihisa Fukushima
Sumitomo Electric Industries
12
#34
Yuichiro Nakaya
Hitachi
12
#34
Mikio Tokuyama
Hitachi
12
#34
Kenji Tanaka
Sony
12
#34
Takashi Kato
Fujifilm
12
#43
Norio Suzuki
Honda Motor Co.
11
#43
Akira Sugimoto
Minolta Co.
11
#43
Osamu Takagi
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
11
#43
Tsuyoshi Nakagawa
Hitachi
11
#43
Yoshihiro Hayashi
Renesas Electronics
11
#43
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Panasonic
11
#43
Kazuyuki Hayashi
Toda Kogyo
11
#43
Takashi Ito
Fujitsu Limited
11
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