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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Seto, JP ranks #1,205 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 110 patents from 50 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Seto, JP include Toyota, Panasonic, Konica Minolta.

Showing 1–50 of 50 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroshi Mizobata Toyota 8
2 Keita Imai Toyota 7
2 Shunya Kato Toyota 7
2 Atsushi Honda Toyota 7
#5 Keiji Yamashita Toyota 6
#5 Daisuke Ueda Panasonic 6
#7 Shinji Shimokawa Toyota 5
#8 Fumishige Shizuku Toyota 4
#9 Hiroomi Eguchi Toyota 3
#9 Takaki Uemura Konica Minolta 3
#9 Keiichi Kaneshige Toyota 3
#9 Hiromichi Kinpara Toyota 3
#13 Hiroyasu Kado Toyota 2
#13 Wataru Matsubara Mitsubishi Electric 2
#13 Yasuki Hirota Toyota Central R&D Labs 2
#13 Masaharu Senoue Sony 2
#13 Akitoshi Iwata Toyota 2
#13 Mitsuyori Matsumura Toyota 2
#13 Yuta KUBO Asahi Intecc Co. 2
#13 Osamu Yumita Toyota 2
#13 Takafumi Yamauchi Toyota Central R&D Labs 2
#13 Narumasa Soejima Toyota 2
#23 Hidekazu Kitou Toyota 1
#23 Toshiya Kojima Fujifilm 1
#23 Yoshihito Suzuki Denso 1
#23 Toshihiko TSUKAMOTO Asahi Intecc Co. 1
#23 Masahiko Namerikawa Ngk Insulators 1
#23 Katsuhiko Tatebe Toyota 1
#23 Tsuneaki Usui Asahi Kasei Kogyo Co. 1
#23 Mitsutoshi Asano Toyota 1
#23 Yukihiro Okabe Sumitomo Bakelite Co. 1
#23 Yusuke Ebata Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 1
#23 Moritaka OGIDO Asahi Intecc Co. 1
#23 Takeshi Misaiji Toyota 1
#23 Hajime Okawa Japan Fine Ceramics Center 1
#23 Norihiko Saito Tokyo Electron Limited 1
#23 Tatsuhiko Kajii Asahi Intecc Co. 1
#23 Katsuhide Kitagawa Toyota 1
#23 Sakuma Emori Toyota 1
#23 Daigo Iwatsuki Fujitsu Limited 1
#23 Tadanori Hiroshige Asahi Intecc Co. 1
#23 Yumi Asano Minebea Co. 1
#23 Shinichiro Yukoku Advics Co. 1
#23 Takeyuki Ozaki Toyota 1
#23 Manabu Shimogami Asahi Intecc Co. 1
#23 Takahiko Nakano Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 1
#23 Hitoshi Kawai Nikon 1
#23 Eriko Shimizu Asahi Intecc Co. 1
#23 Naoto Hasegawa Toyota 1
#23 Junichi Okura Toyota 1