Top Inventors at Yahoo Japan 2017
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazutaka KIMURA | 3 |
| 2 | Kanta SUZUKI | 3 |
| 3 | Eiji Sumitomo | 2 |
| #4 | Hidehito Gomi | 2 |
| #5 | Ikuo Kitagishi | 2 |
| #6 | Tomohito TAKUSARI | 2 |
| #7 | Akira Tajima | 1 |
| #8 | Daisuke Kobayashi | 1 |
| #9 | Hideki Eguchi | 1 |
| #10 | Hiroyuki Kato | 1 |
| #11 | Hiromoto ONE | 1 |
| #12 | Hiroki Shimora | 1 |
| #13 | Kazuhiko Shimura | 1 |
| #14 | Kenichi Kuromusha | 1 |
| #15 | Kensuke Takada | 1 |
| #16 | Kenichirou Yamaguchi | 1 |
| #17 | Koji Tsukamoto | 1 |
| #18 | Mariko Fujita | 1 |
| #19 | Natsume SUZUKI | 1 |
| #20 | Norifumi Matsuya | 1 |
| #21 | Nobuhiro Takasawa | 1 |
| #22 | Ryuki SAKAMOTO | 1 |
| #23 | Shingo HOSHINO | 1 |
| #24 | Takenobu Dei | 1 |
| #25 | Tatsuya Kawase | 1 |
| #26 | Taku KUSANO | 1 |
| #27 | Tatsuaki Suzuki | 1 |
| #28 | Toru HOTTA | 1 |
| #29 | Toru Takei | 1 |
| #30 | Tsunayoshi Egawa | 1 |
| #31 | Yasufumi Hirai | 1 |
| #32 | Yoshio IKAI | 1 |
| #33 | Yoshihito Nishikawa | 1 |
| #34 | Yoshio Suzuki | 1 |
| #35 | Yusuke Fujiki | 1 |
| #36 | Yusuke Kondo | 1 |
| #37 | Yukihiro TAGAMI | 1 |
| #38 | Yusuke Tanaka | 1 |
| #39 | Yuji Ueda | 1 |