Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tokyo, JP ranks #1 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 28,707 patents from 14,719 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tokyo, JP include Japan Display, Ntt Docomo, Saturn Licensing.

Showing 1–50 of 14,719 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hayato Kurasawa Japan Display 56
2 Kazuki Takeda Ntt Docomo 38
2 Naohisa Kitazato Saturn Licensing 38
2 Hisashi Futaki Nec 38
#5 Hiroaki Takano Sony 37
#6 Tomoyuki Sasaki Tdk 33
#7 Ryo Sawai Sony 31
#8 Tohru Hasegawa IBM 30
#9 Koji Noguchi Japan Display 29
#9 Ryota Kimura Sony 29
#11 Tooru Uchino Ntt Docomo 28
#12 Chiharu Yamazaki Kyocera 27
#13 Choong Seng Boon Ntt Docomo 25
#14 Yuki Yamamoto Sony 24
#15 Takahiro Yamamoto Hitachi 22
#16 Kenji Horikoshi Tomy Company 21
#16 Makiko Yamamoto Sony 21
#18 Sosuke Matsui IBM 20
#18 Takayuki Yamamoto Toyota 20
#18 Tomoya Yamaura Sony 20
#18 Hiroyuki Fukuda Fujitsu Limited 20
#18 Satoshi Kimura Canon 20
#18 Naoki Kusashima Sony 20
#24 Ohji Nakagami Sony 19
#24 Toshio Tomonari Tdk 19
#24 Thiow Keng Tan Ntt Docomo 19
#24 Ikuo Yamano Sony 19
#28 Takehiro Ishidate Canon 18
#28 Toru Chinen Sony 18
#28 Shigeru Kanauchi Tomy Company 18
#28 Keisuke Ota Toyota 18
#28 Yoshiaki Nakazawa Nippon Steel 18
#28 Akiko Ikoma Tomy Company 18
#28 Mitsutoshi Tokuyama Tomy Company 18
#28 Shu Katayama Tomy Company 18
#28 Hiromasa Uchiyama Sony 18
#28 Hideki Morita Kyocera 18
#38 Kosuke KISHI Olympus 17
#38 Takashi Matsubara Maxell 17
#40 Mamoru Ishida Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 16
#40 Takashi Watanabe Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 16
#40 Kazuaki Takeda Ntt Docomo 16
#40 Hiroki Harada Ntt Docomo 16
#44 Noriko Yamamoto IBM 15
#44 Sho Furuichi Sony 15
#44 Takashi Kobayashi Hitachi 15
#44 Masatoshi Ishii Fujitsu Limited 15
#48 Koji Sakui Micron 14
#48 Kazuma Sekiya Disco 14
#48 Yuki Hayashi Nec 14