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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Anan, JP ranks #1,344 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 95 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Anan, JP include Nichia, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Yazaki.

Showing 1–50 of 56 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Akinori Yoneda Nichia 8
2 Kentaro Watanabe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 7
3 Hiroki Kondo Yazaki 5
#4 Seiichi Hayashi Hitachi 4
#5 Kunihito Sugimoto Nichia 3
#5 Hirokazu Sasa Nichia 3
#5 Shuji Shioji Nichia 3
#5 Takayuki Shinohara Sony 3
#5 Atsuo Michiue Nichia 3
#10 Takeo Kurimoto Nichia 2
#10 Ryo Yamamoto Brother Kogyo 2
#10 Yohei Wakai Nichia 2
#10 Masahiko Sano Nichia 2
#10 Haruaki Sasano Nichia 2
#10 Suguru Beppu Nichia 2
#10 Naoya Sako Nichia 2
#10 Yoshiki Inoue Nichia 2
#10 Koichi Amari Sony 2
#19 Tatsuya Yanamoto Nichia 1
#19 Toshiyuki Hoshiba Nichia 1
#19 Takashi KAIDE Nichia 1
#19 Haruhiko Nishikage Nichia 1
#19 Isamu Niki Nichia 1
#19 Yasuhiro Kawata Nichia 1
#19 Ryoma Suenaga Nichia 1
#19 Koichi TAKENAGA Nichia 1
#19 Keiji Kimoto Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 1
#19 Atsushi Takeichi HGST 1
#19 Takayuki SOGO Nichia 1
#19 Yuji Itsuki Nichia Kagaku Kogyo K.K. 1
#19 Hidetsugu Sumitomo Nichia 1
#19 Hiroaki TAMEMOTO Nichia 1
#19 Shoichi Yamada Nichia 1
#19 Keisuke Kurashita Nichia 1
#19 Hiroki Koizumi Honda Motor Co. 1
#19 Shunsuke Minato Nichia 1
#19 Takanobu Sogai Nichia 1
#19 Toshiaki Ogawa Mitsubishi Electric 1
#19 Katsuyoshi Kadan Nichia 1
#19 Yoshitaka Bando Nichia 1
#19 Tomonori Morizumi Nichia 1
#19 Tokuya Kozaki Nichia 1
#19 Hiromichi Makino Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 1
#19 Takayoshi WAKAKI Nichia 1
#19 Tomohisa Kishimoto Nichia 1
#19 Tatsuya Kanazawa Nichia 1
#19 Takuji Hosotani Nichia 1
#19 Mototaka Inobe Nichia 1
#19 Tadaaki Ikeda Nichia 1
#19 Naoyuki Yamane Otics 1