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Kobe, JP 2017

1,190 patents  ·  678 inventors

Ranked #91 of 42,209 cities Top 1%

Kobe, JP ranks #91 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 1,190 patents from 678 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Murata Manufacturing Co., Kawasaki, Sumitomo Rubber Industries.

Showing 1–50 of 678 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yuki Wakabayashi Murata Manufacturing Co. 11
2 Tetsuya Yoshida Kawasaki 9
2 Takahiro Sajima Sumitomo Rubber Industries 9
#4 Takehiro Nishimura Kawasaki 8
#4 Kosuke TACHIBANA Dunlop Sports Co. 8
#4 Toshiyuki Tarao Sumitomo Rubber Industries 8
#4 Toshio Murakami Kobe Steel 8
#8 Shunsuke Watanabe Seiko Epson 7
#8 Naruhiro MIZUTANI Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#8 Kazuhiko Isogawa Sri Sports Limited 7
#8 Kazuyoshi Shiga Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#8 Chiemi Mikura Dunlop Sports Co. 7
#13 Yasuhiro Aruga Kobe Steel 6
#13 Ryo Nakamura Toyoda Gosei Co. 6
#13 Takahiro Nishimoto Shimadzu 6
#13 Kohei MIMURA Dunlop Sports Co. 6
#13 Hidetaka INOUE Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#13 Shunichi Nakao Kawasaki 6
#13 Kazuki Matsui Fujitsu Limited 6
#13 Toshihiro Kugimiya Kobe Steel 6
#13 Toshio Tada Fujifilm 6
#13 Shinichi Fujisawa Teac 6
#23 Takato Yoshida Yazaki 5
#23 Hajime Asatsuma Dunlop Sports Co. 5
#23 Kozo Arai Kawasaki 5
#23 Hirotaka Nakamura Sri Sports Limited 5
#23 Eiji Yao Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#23 Yuki MOTOKAWA Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#23 Katsushi Matsumoto Kobe Steel 5
#23 Takaaki Nagai Sysmex 5
#23 Yasuhisa Minagawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#23 Yukihiro Yoshimine Panasonic 5
#23 Naoyuki Ishida Mita Industrial Co. 5
#23 Toshiyuki Hirashima Kawasaki 5
#35 Kazuo Sasaki Fujitsu Limited 4
#35 Ryota Sakamine Dunlop Sports Co. 4
#35 Hyoungchol Kim Sri Sports Limited 4
#35 Yasuyuki Fujii Kao 4
#35 Takahiro Shigemitsu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#35 Yoshihiro Mizuno Fujitsu Limited 4
#35 Naoyoshi Ueda Dunlop Sports Co. 4
#35 Kenji Hayama Kawasaki 4
#35 Masatsugu Ozasa Sysmex 4
#35 Naoki Kojima Mitsuba 4
#35 Kuniyasu Horiuchi Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#35 Ryuichiro Ebi Sysmex 4
#35 Tomo Yamamoto Kawasaki 4
#35 Takashi Ohno Fujitsu Limited 4
#35 Daigo Fukuma Sysmex 4
#35 Yasufumi Okumura Kawasaki 4

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