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Nagano, JP
2018
113 patents · 29 inventors
Ranked
#1,674
of 41,385 cities
Top 5%
Showing 1–29 of 29 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Takashi Yamamoto
Mitsubishi Electric
20
2
Takashi Abe
Sony
11
3
Akira Takahashi
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
10
3
Hideki Ito
Nuflare Technology
10
#5
Tadashi Nakamura
Ricoh Company
9
#5
Hiroshi Sakai
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
9
#7
Shigeo Fujita
Seiko Epson
6
#8
Toshifumi Sakai
Seiko Epson
4
#9
Takumi Kobayashi
Pentax
3
#9
Takashi Yanagisawa
IBM
3
#9
Koji Shimizu
Toray Silicone Co.
3
#12
Kensuke Sakai
Subaru
2
#12
Toshio Nakajima
Rohm Co.
2
#12
Yasuhiro Hosokawa
Seiko Epson
2
#12
Takashi Mano
Seiko Epson
2
#12
Hiromitsu Miyajima
Otis Elevator
2
#12
Masaru Takeuchi
Brother Kogyo
2
#12
Seiji Sato
Sony
2
#19
Nobuo Takeuchi
Mazda Motor
1
#19
Kazuhiro Ota
Sintokogio
1
#19
Yoshio Yamada
Ishikawa Gasket Co.
1
#19
Shinobu Kaneko
Toyota
1
#19
Koji Ohashi
Seiko Epson
1
#19
Yasunori Hattori
Ntt Docomo
1
#19
Koichi Nishimura
Fanuc
1
#19
Tomoyuki Suzuki
Sumitomo Chemical
1
#19
Kazuhiro Aoki
Sumitomo Electric Industries
1
#19
Hisao Tanaka
Sony
1
#19
Yasuhiro Maruyama
Brother Kogyo
1