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Kobe, JP 2016

1,197 patents  ·  664 inventors

Ranked #81 of 41,021 cities Top 1%

Kobe, JP ranks #81 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 1,197 patents from 664 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Seiko Epson, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Kobe Steel.

Showing 1–50 of 664 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shunsuke Watanabe Seiko Epson 16
2 Takahiro Shigemitsu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 12
2 Toshiyuki Tarao Sumitomo Rubber Industries 12
#4 Toshihiro Kugimiya Kobe Steel 10
#5 Takehiro Nishimura Kawasaki 9
#5 Chiemi Mikura Dunlop Sports Co. 9
#5 Kazuyoshi Shiga Sumitomo Rubber Industries 9
#5 Takaaki Nagai Sysmex 9
#5 Aya Miki Kobe Steel 9
#5 Shunichi Nakao Kawasaki 9
#11 Kuniyasu Horiuchi Sumitomo Rubber Industries 8
#11 Hirotaka Nakamura Sri Sports Limited 8
#11 Hisateru Asanuma Fujitsu Ten Limited 8
#14 Takahiro Kawashima Panasonic 7
#14 Takahiro Sajima Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#14 Tetsuya Yoshida Kawasaki 7
#14 Yasuhiko Hashimoto Kawasaki 7
#14 Hiroaki Tao National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology 7
#19 Yoichi Nakamura Fuji Electric Co. 6
#19 Ryo Nakamura Toyoda Gosei Co. 6
#19 Ayaka SHINDO Dunlop Sports Co. 6
#19 Yoshinori Nakamura Brother Kogyo 6
#19 Masaharu Shibata Sysmex 6
#19 Kazuki Matsui Fujitsu Limited 6
#19 Toshiyuki Hirashima Kawasaki 6
#19 Toru Mizumoto Sysmex 6
#27 Naruhiro MIZUTANI Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Yuki Wakabayashi Murata Manufacturing Co. 5
#27 Satoshi Ouchi Hitachi 5
#27 Daisuke Hojo Konica Minolta 5
#27 Hajime Asatsuma Dunlop Sports Co. 5
#27 Masayuki Kishida Fujitsu Ten Limited 5
#27 Masahide Onuki Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Takashi Yoshioka Fujitsu Limited 5
#27 Yasuhisa Minagawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Masayoshi Kobayashi Kawasaki 5
#27 Junya Naitou Kobe Steel 5
#27 Yoshiyuki Shimizu Ricoh Company 5
#27 Toshikazu Kondo Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 5
#40 Kazuya Kamino Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#40 Daigo Fukuma Sysmex 4
#40 Tasuku Yotoriyama Sony 4
#40 Asaharu Matsuo Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems 4
#40 Yosuke MATSUDA Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#40 Mutsuki Sugimoto Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#40 Yoshihiro Mizuno Fujitsu Limited 4
#40 Soh Ishino Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#40 Naoya Ichikawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#40 Ryota Sakamine Dunlop Sports Co. 4
#40 Makoto Oi Mitsubishi Electric 4

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