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Kobe, JP 2020

1,359 patents  ·  740 inventors

Ranked #97 of 44,574 cities Top 1%

Kobe, JP ranks #97 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 1,359 patents from 740 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Kawasaki, Fujifilm, Seiko Epson.

Showing 1–50 of 740 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yasuhiko Hashimoto Kawasaki 17
2 Takehiro Nishimura Kawasaki 14
3 Masayuki Kamon Kawasaki 12
3 Toshio Tada Fujifilm 12
#5 Shunsuke Watanabe Seiko Epson 10
#5 Hidetaka INOUE Sumitomo Rubber Industries 10
#7 Yukitaka Taga Kawasaki 9
#7 Tetsuya Yoshida Kawasaki 9
#7 Toshiyuki Tarao Sumitomo Rubber Industries 9
#10 Yasuhisa Minagawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 8
#10 Takashi Ohno Fujitsu Limited 8
#12 Shinichi Fujisawa Teac 7
#12 Keiichiro Kamura Kawasaki 7
#12 Masahide Onuki Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#12 Yuta Yoshimatsu Kawasaki 7
#16 Koichi Iida Fujitsu Limited 6
#16 Kazuya Kamino Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#16 Tatsuhiko Goi Kawasaki 6
#16 Naruhiro MIZUTANI Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#16 Satoko Tsuchihashi Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#16 Mami Tanaka Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#16 Tomohiro Tsuji Sysmex 6
#16 Koji Terauchi Kawasaki 6
#16 Kazuya Koyama Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#16 Hiroshi Yamaoka Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#16 Hideyasu Muraoka Kawasaki 6
#27 Yoshihiro Mizuno Fujitsu Limited 5
#27 Kazuyoshi Shiga Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Masayuki Mitsue Kawasaki 5
#27 Masahiko Ueda Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Ryo Nakamura Toyoda Gosei Co. 5
#27 Takahiro Sajima Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Yoshifumi Kawagoe Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Makoto Sugiya Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Yuki MOTOKAWA Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#27 Akitoshi Fujisawa Kobe Steel 5
#37 Hideyuki Imai Kawasaki 4
#37 Takahiko Ono Mitsubishi Electric 4
#37 Toshiyuki Takubo Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#37 Yoshiyuki Shimizu Ricoh Company 4
#37 Atsuko Oka Denso 4
#37 Yasuhiro Kinoshita Kawasaki 4
#37 Yoshiaki Kanematsu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#37 Koichi Murata Kawasaki 4
#37 Tomoaki Hata Bando Chemical Industries 4
#37 Shinichiro Hata Kawasaki 4
#37 Takahiro Shigemitsu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#37 Takashi Yoshioka Fujitsu Limited 4
#37 Kazuo Sasaki Fujitsu Limited 4
#37 Masayoshi Kobayashi Kawasaki 4

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