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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Iwata, JP ranks #938 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 135 patents from 72 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Iwata, JP include Ntn, Sakata Seed, Thoratec.

Showing 1–50 of 72 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Takayoshi Ozaki Ntn 9
2 Hiroshi Isobe Ntn 8
3 Yukihiro Nishio Ntn 6
3 Koichi Okada Ntn 6
#5 Akinobu Ui Sakata Seed 5
#6 Hisataka Hasegawa Ntn 4
#6 Ken Sugiura Thoratec 4
#6 Yoshinori Hayashi Ricoh Company 4
#6 Takayuki Norimatsu Ntn 4
#10 Yuuki Ogata Fujitsu Limited 3
#10 Yoshiyuki Yokoyama Denso 3
#10 Tadao Ito Enshu Limited 3
#10 Aiko Ishikawa Ntn 3
#10 Yasuyuki Fukushima Wacom Co. 3
#15 Junichi Hirata Ntn 2
#15 Ryou Yukishima Ntn 2
#15 Hisashi Ohtsuki Ntn 2
#15 Yoshimichi Seki Yamaha Motor 2
#15 Tomoaki Makino Ntn 2
#15 Shinya Okada Riso Kagaku 2
#15 Shintarou Ueno Ntn 2
#15 Keisuke Kazuno Ntn 2
#15 Kentarou Nishikawa Ntn 2
#15 Kensuke Funada Ntn 2
#15 Makoto Yasui Ntn 2
#15 Masaru Kuroda Ricoh Company 2
#27 Taku Nishiki Ntn 1
#27 Ayumi Akiyama Ntn 1
#27 Minoru Ishijima Ntn 1
#27 Hisamitsu Maeda Ntn 1
#27 Haruyasu Fujita Honda Motor Co. 1
#27 Masato Aoki Minebea Mitsumi 1
#27 Satoshi Fujimoto Komatsu Shisakusho 1
#27 Akiyoshi NISHIKAWA Ntn 1
#27 Yuji Ishida Japan Tobacco 1
#27 Syougo Suzuki Ntn 1
#27 Hiroyuki Iyozumi Nippon Soda Co. 1
#27 Yasuhiko Sakakibara Ntn 1
#27 Takakazu Kitagawa Ntn 1
#27 Yoshitaka Narita Yamaha Motor 1
#27 Sakao Ozeki Oriental Motor Co. 1
#27 Takuya Hanano Yamaha Motor 1
#27 Kiyohiko Goto Yamaha 1
#27 Koji Tateishi Ntn 1
#27 Manabu Katayama Yamaha Motor 1
#27 Akihiro Yamanaka Canon 1
#27 Shigeaki Fukushima Ntn 1
#27 Namiko Suzuki Minebea Co. 1
#27 Masashi Kitai Ntn 1
#27 Teruaki Fujio Ntn 1