Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ichihara, JP ranks #442 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 292 patents from 170 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ichihara, JP include Idemitsu Kosan Co., Dow Corning Toray Co., Olympus.

Showing 1–50 of 170 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hirokatsu Ito Idemitsu Kosan Co. 12
2 Haruhiko Furukawa Dow Corning Toray Co. 9
3 Tomohiro Iimura Dow Corning Toray Co. 8
#4 Ryohei Ogawa Olympus 6
#4 Seiki Tamura Dow Corning Toray Co. 6
#6 Sayuri Sawayama Dow Corning Toray Co. 5
#6 Yutaka Satou Dic 5
#6 Naoyuki Kakinuma Mitsui Chemicals 5
#6 Masayuki Onishi Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company 5
#10 Mayumi Goto IBM 4
#10 Tomoyuki Imada Dic 4
#10 Akito Hayashi Dow Corning Toray Co. 4
#10 Masakazu Tanaka Denso 4
#10 Nobuyuki Koike Dexerials 4
#10 Masashi Matsuda Olympus 4
#10 Takashi Naniki Maruzen Petrochemical Co. 4
#17 Kunihiro Morinaga Dic 3
#17 Nohno Toda Dow Corning Toray Co. 3
#17 Yasunori Hayashi Maruzen Petrochemical Co. 3
#17 Koju Okazaki Mitsui Chemicals 3
#17 Norihide Inoue Mitsui Chemicals 3
#17 Takeshi Haruna Maruzen Petrochemical Co. 3
#17 Eiji Shiba Mitsui Chemicals 3
#17 Tomohiko Kitamura Panasonic 3
#17 Sawako Inagaki Dow Corning Toray Co. 3
#26 Eiji Kitaura Dow Corning 2
#26 Norihiro Yoshida Maruzen Petrochemical Co. 2
#26 Nagahisa Miyagawa Jnc 2
#26 Yasuhiro Ishikawa Idemitsu Kosan Co. 2
#26 Hidetake NAKANO Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Fumio Kageyama Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Kazuhiko Yoshinaga Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Takeshi Yoshizawa Dow Tray Co. 2
#26 Shigeki Matsui Jx Nippon Oil & Energy 2
#26 Makoto Nakashima Sony 2
#26 Kotaro Ichino Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Kazuo Arita Dic 2
#26 Yosuke Miyazaki Nikon Vision Co. 2
#26 Haruhisa OHASHI Showa Denko K.K. 2
#26 Hisashi Morimoto Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Hironao Shinohara Toyoda Gosei Co. 2
#26 Toshihiko Nakagawa Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Masahiro Endo Kai R&D Center Co. 2
#26 Takashi Sagawa Dow Corning Toray Co. 2
#26 Kouichi Ozaki Dow Tray Co. 2
#26 Koya YOSHIMOTO Mitsui Chemicals 2
#26 Yohei Fujii Toyota 2
#26 Satoshi Ieiri Kyushu University, National University 2
#26 Satoshi Kajitani Idemitsu Kosan Co. 2
#26 Shun Takahashi Sumitomo Chemical 2