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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Anan, JP ranks #874 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 168 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Anan, JP include Nichia, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Yazaki.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mamoru Imada Nichia 8
2 Kazuya NISHIMATA Nichia 7
2 Tadaaki Ikeda Nichia 7
#4 Chinami NAKAI Nichia 6
#4 Masaaki Katsumata Nichia 6
#6 Masahiko Sano Nichia 5
#6 Kentaro Watanabe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#6 Hiroki Kondo Yazaki 5
#6 Takayuki Shinohara Sony 5
#6 Kenta Iwai Toray Industries 5
#11 Toshiyuki Fujii Mitsubishi Electric 4
#11 Hiroki FUKUTA Nichia 4
#11 Kazuya Matsuda Nichia 4
#11 Yoshiki Inoue Nichia 4
#15 Tomoya Yamashita Canon 3
#15 Kazuki KODA Denso 3
#15 Yoichi Bando Nichia 3
#15 Koichi Amari Sony 3
#15 Naoki Musashi Nichia 3
#20 Akinori Hara Nichia 2
#20 Takashi KAIDE Nichia 2
#20 Koichi TAKENAGA Nichia 2
#20 Takayoshi WAKAKI Nichia 2
#20 Suguru Beppu Nichia 2
#20 Yukitoshi Marutani Nichia 2
#20 Gensui TAMURA Nichia 2
#20 Takanobu Sogai Nichia 2
#20 Tomokazu Maruyama Nichia 2
#20 Masafumi Sakamoto Japan Servo Co. 2
#30 Takayuki SOGO Nichia 1
#30 Shoichi Yamada Nichia 1
#30 Yuta HORIKAWA Nichia 1
#30 Nobuyoshi NIKI Nichia 1
#30 Takeaki Shirase Nichia 1
#30 Katsuyoshi Kadan Nichia 1
#30 Makiko IWASA Nichia 1
#30 Ryo Yamamoto Brother Kogyo 1
#30 Shinya Asakawa Nichia 1
#30 Takayuki Mizuhaya Nichia 1
#30 Masasuke Yamaba 1
#30 Tomoki Takamatsu Nichia 1
#30 Kunihito Sugimoto Nichia 1
#30 Motoharu Morikawa Nichia 1
#30 Takefumi Sumitomo Nichia 1
#30 Seiichi Hayashi Hitachi 1
#30 Shunsuke Minato Nichia 1
#30 Yasunobu Hosokawa Nichia 1
#30 Hidehisa Hayashi Nichia 1
#30 Takao Misaki Nichia 1
#30 Yasuhisa Kotani Nichia 1