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Nikon
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Nikon
Rank
(2020):
#172
of
32,488
Top 1%
330
inventors
240
Patents 2020
Top Inventors at Nikon
2020
Showing
1–50
of
330
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Kosuke Machida
12
2
Yuichi Shibazaki
11
3
Yasuo Aoki
10
#4
Koji Nagaoka
8
#5
Eric Peter Goodwin
6
#5
Osamu Katsuda
6
#5
Toru Takagi
6
#8
Atsushi Komai
5
#8
Daniel Gene Smith
5
#8
Hironobu Murata
5
#8
Takayuki Funaoka
5
#8
Takashi Kuriyama
5
#13
Masaki Kato
4
#13
Masakazu Sekiguchi
4
#13
Shinji Sato
4
#13
Shiro Tsunai
4
#13
Soichi Owa
4
#13
Takashi SHIONOYA
4
#13
Tohru Kiuchi
4
#13
Yumiko Ouchi
4
#21
Akitoshi Kawai
3
#21
Akinori Shirato
3
#21
Atsushi Shibayama
3
#21
Fuminori Hayano
3
#21
Hidenori Kuribayashi
3
#21
Hiroyuki Tomita
3
#21
Masanori Hasuda
3
#21
Makoto Imamizu
3
#21
Masahiro Juen
3
#21
Marie Shimoyama
3
#21
Naoshi Sakaguchi
3
#21
Noriyasu Kotani
3
#21
Paul Derek Coon
3
#21
Ryoji ANDO
3
#21
Satoshi Nakayama
3
#21
Satoshi Tsuchiya
3
#21
Taku Matsuo
3
#21
Takashi Shibuya
3
#21
Toshiyuki KANBARA
3
#21
Wataru Funamizu
3
#21
Yasujiro Kiyota
3
#21
Yuki Kita
3
#43
Akira Kinoshita
2
#43
Akihiko Obama
2
#43
Chieko Nakada
2
#43
Daisaku Komiya
2
#43
David C. Lee
2
#43
Go ICHINOSE
2
#43
Hideaki HOSHIKAWA
2
#43
Hiroaki KII
2
1
2
3
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