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Nikon
Rank (2017):
#151
of 29,974
Top 1%
279 inventors
247
Patents 2017
Top Inventors at Nikon
2017
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Yuichi Shibazaki
23
2
Shinji Sato
8
3
Daniel Gene Smith
7
#4
Eric Peter Goodwin
7
#5
Hiroyuki Nagasaka
6
#6
Kiyoshige Shibazaki
6
#7
Mitsuo Nakajima
6
#8
Muneki Hamashima
6
#9
Kenichi Ishiga
5
#10
Susumu Mori
5
#11
Yasuo Kitsugi
5
#12
Alexander Cooper
4
#13
Andrew J. Hazelton
4
#14
Chikara Fujita
4
#15
Hirotaka Kohno
4
#16
Hironobu Murata
4
#17
Issei Tanaka
4
#18
Kenichi Shiraishi
4
#19
Naoki Fukutake
4
#20
Tatsuya Kobayashi
4
#21
Tomoharu Fujiwara
4
#22
Tomohiro Hoshi
4
#23
Yasufumi Nishii
4
#24
Yosuke Kusaka
4
#25
Akira Ohmura
3
#26
David M. Williamson
3
#27
Douglas C. Watson
3
#28
Hiroyuki Asano
3
#29
Hiroki Hosaka
3
#30
Hideki Komatsuda
3
#31
Makoto NAKAZUMI
3
#32
Masakazu Sekiguchi
3
#33
Osamu Tanitsu
3
#34
Soichi Owa
3
#35
W. Thomas Novak
3
#36
Yoshio Kawabe
3
#37
Akimitsu Ebihara
2
#38
Akihiko Obama
2
#39
Alex Ka Tim Poon
2
#40
Alec Paul Robertson
2
#41
Anthony R. Slotwinski
2
#42
Gazi Ali
2
#43
Hiroki Harada
2
#44
Hideya Inoue
2
#45
Hisao Osawa
2
#46
Hirofumi Shiono
2
#47
Hiroshi Takeuchi
2
#48
Kazuharu Imafuji
2
#49
Katsushi Nakano
2
#50
Kazuya Ono
2
#51
Kenji Abe
2
#52
Kenichi Soejima
2
#53
Kenzaburo Suzuki
2
#54
Leonard Wai Fung Kho
2
#55
Mayuko ITO
2
#56
Masafumi Oikawa
2
#57
Michael Binnard
2
#58
Miho Matsumoto
2
#59
Michel Pharand
2
#60
Mina Rezk
2
#61
Michael Sogard
2
#62
Naoshi Aikawa
2
#63
Naonori Kita
2
#64
Naoyasu Uehara
2
#65
Nobutaka Magome
2
#66
Radka Tezaur
2
#67
Shigeru Hirukawa
2
#68
Takanori Ichiki
2
#69
Taku Matsuo
2
#70
Tatsushi Nomura
2
#71
Takeshi Okuyama
2
#72
Thomas M. Hedges
2
#73
Toru Iwane
2
#74
Tomoyuki Matsuyama
2
#75
Tomoki Miyakawa
2
#76
Toru Morita
2
#77
Yasutaka Nishi
2
#78
Yasuhiro Omura
2
#79
Yoshitomo Nagahashi
2
#80
Yoji Watanabe
2
#81
Yuki Kobayashi
2
#82
Yuki Yoshida
2
#83
Aki Iwasawa
1
#84
Akira Tokuhisa
1
#85
Alain Goulet
1
#86
Atsushi Katsunuma
1
#87
Atsushi Kawai
1
#88
Atsushi Takeuchi
1
#89
Brian L. Stamper
1
#90
Chisako Iwamoto
1
#91
Chiyuki Kuwata
1
#92
Chetan Mahadeswaraswamy
1
#93
Chie Sogoh
1
#94
Dai Arai
1
#95
Daisuke Yuki
1
#96
Derek Coon
1
#97
Fumihiro Dake
1
#98
Fumiki Nakamura
1
#99
Haruo Sato
1
#100
Hiroyuki Akiya
1