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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sendai, JP ranks #491 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 265 patents from 161 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sendai, JP include Japan Display, Mitsubishi Electric, Ricoh Company.

Showing 1–50 of 161 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroyuki Kimura Japan Display 9
2 Yoshitaka Kimura Mitsubishi Electric 8
3 Noriyuki Terao Ricoh Company 7
#4 Akihiro Watanabe Kyocera Document Solutions 6
#5 Takashi Ohsawa Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#5 Satoru Sugawara Ricoh Company 5
#7 Masato Yoshida Hitachi Chemical Company 4
#7 Yuji Hattori Toyota 4
#7 Kiyotaka Ishibashi Tokyo Electron Limited 4
#7 Koichi Hashimoto Fujitsu Limited 4
#11 Seiji Takahashi Sumitomo Electric Industries 3
#11 Toshihiro Ishii Ricoh Company 3
#11 Michitaka Aita Tokyo Electron Limited 3
#11 Makoto Yoshizawa Tohoku University 3
#11 Tetsuo Endoh Tohoku University 3
#11 Toru Nakayama Canon 3
#11 Kosuke Yamaguchi Toto 3
#11 Hironobu Hongou Toshiba Medical Systems 3
#11 Kazuyoshi Takayama Seiko Epson 3
#20 Shunsuke Fukami Nec 2
#20 Tomohiro Moriya Fuji Electric Co. 2
#20 Kiyohito Ishida Unknown 2
#20 Toshihiro Omori Tohoku University 2
#20 Ken Kawahata Alps Electric Co. 2
#20 Koichi Kondo Brother Kogyo 2
#20 Katsunori Kumasaka Tokin 2
#20 Noriaki IKEZAWA Nec Tokin 2
#20 Shogo ARAI Seiko Epson 2
#20 Michihiko Yamanouchi Tohoku University 2
#20 Katsuhiro Matsuda Canon 2
#20 Tomoyuki Yambe Nintendo Co. 2
#20 Issei Suzuki Fujifilm 2
#20 Fumihiro Matsukura Tohoku University 2
#20 Nobuyuki Ohba IBM 2
#20 Noriaki Ohuchi Konica Minolta 2
#20 Kohsuke Gonda Konica Minolta 2
#20 Yuta Nakano Canon 2
#20 Masakazu Abe Tokin 2
#20 Shigeyuki Sato Calsonic Kansei 2
#20 Akihiko Chiba Tohoku University 2
#20 Nobuyuki Okamura Canon 2
#20 Yoshikazu Takaku Japan Science And Technology Agency 2
#20 Kazuhiro Kosuge Seiko Epson 2
#20 Hirokazu Fukidome Sumitomo Electric Industries 2
#20 Itaru Honma Princeton University 2
#20 Atsuhiro Nakagawa Seiko Epson 2
#20 Norihiro Sugita Tohoku University 2
#20 Koichi Mitamura Panasonic 2
#20 Minoru Kanno Tokai 2
#20 Mika Watanabe Konica Minolta 2