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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Osaka, JP ranks #9 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 7,621 patents from 3,790 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Osaka, JP include Panasonic, Sun Patent Trust, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha.

Showing 1–50 of 3,790 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Akihiko Nishio Panasonic 82
2 Youji Shibahara Sun Patent Trust 67
3 Toshiyasu SUGIO Sun Patent Trust 66
#4 Toru Matsunobu Sun Patent Trust 47
#5 Kyoko Tanikawa Sun Patent Trust 45
#6 Tomohiro Kimura Panasonic 38
#7 Kengo Terada Sun Patent Trust 34
#8 Katsunari Uemura Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 29
#9 Hiroyuki Teraoka Aac Technologies Pte. 27
#10 Koji Ichikawa Sumitomo Chemical 26
#11 Mikihiro Ouchi Sun Patent Trust 24
#12 Yasuyuki Kato Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 22
#13 Kiyofumi Abe Panasonic 19
#13 Hirotada Teranishi Omron 19
#15 Motoji Ohmori Panasonic 18
#16 Etsuyoshi Watarai Shimano 17
#16 Hideki Aoyama Panasonic 17
#18 Masahiro Nakakura Shimano 16
#19 Toru Hiyoshi Sumitomo Electric Industries 15
#19 Tomokazu Ishikawa Canon 15
#21 Toshihisa Nakano Panasonic 14
#22 Hiroyuki Abe Japan Display 13
#22 Tatsuro Masuyama Sumitomo Chemical 13
#22 Yuji Unagami Panasonic 13
#25 Takumi Hikichi Panasonic 12
#25 Tsutomu Mukai Panasonic 12
#25 Takahisa Aoyama Panasonic 12
#25 Taku Horii Sumitomo Electric Industries 12
#25 Akira Komatsu Seiko Epson 12
#30 Shin-ichi Imai Panasonic 11
#30 Noritaka Kishi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 11
#30 Nobukazu Ikeda Fujikin Incorporated 11
#30 Yosuke Suzuki Toyota 11
#30 Atsushi Tani Canon 11
#30 Kouji Nishino Fujikin Incorporated 11
#30 Yusuke Fukumoto Toyota 11
#37 Yusuke Matsumoto Seiko Epson 10
#37 Osamu Kariyama Shimano 10
#37 Hirokazu Hiraoka Shimano 10
#37 Manabu Maeda Panasonic 10
#37 Hiroshi Yokota Sumitomo Electric Industries 10
#37 Toshio Hata Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 10
#37 Akira Niitsuma Shimano 10
#37 Minoru Wada Fujitsu Limited 10
#37 Katsuhiro Kikuchi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 10
#37 Hiromu Hasegawa Megachips 10
#47 Makoto Inagaki Sumitomo Electric Industries 9
#47 Daisuke Eto Kyocera Document Solutions 9
#47 Kaori Ajiki Panasonic 9
#47 Shinya Kawashiri Yanmar Holdings Co. 9