Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chiba, JP ranks #112 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 1,164 patents from 679 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chiba, JP include Valqua, Sony, Canon.

Showing 1–50 of 679 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nobuhiro Yoshida Valqua 14
2 Teruhiko Suzuki Sony 10
3 Haruki Mori Canon 9
#4 Takeya IZUMIKAWA Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co. 8
#4 Takeshi Kaneda Canon 8
#4 Yuki Tanaka Nec 8
#4 Tomohiro Ishii Sony 8
#8 Keisuke Shimizu Panasonic 7
#8 Riki Fukuhara Canon 7
#8 Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi Edwards Japan Limited 7
#8 Masahiro Kawamura Idemitsu Kosan Co. 7
#12 Hiroki Sawamoto Powdertech Co. 6
#12 Shin Ishikawa Jfe Steel 6
#12 Yo Taniguchi Hitachi 6
#12 Hiroaki Yoda Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6
#12 Hidefumi Yoshida Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#17 Masayuki Orihashi Panasonic 5
#17 Toru Shirai Hitachi 5
#17 Yosuke Masakari Kikkoman 5
#17 Yuya Chimoto Canon 5
#17 Hirotsuna YAMADA Jnc 5
#17 Nobuo Furuya Shimano 5
#17 Minoru Tsuji Sony 5
#17 Kazuyuki Yamamoto Sony 5
#17 Hisato Shibata Showa Denko K.K. 5
#17 Toshiro Takase IBM 5
#17 Yuya Yamada Advantest 5
#17 Toshiyuki Ogawa Canon 5
#17 Chihiro Tanaka Japan Display 5
#17 Takeshi Fukumoto Mitsui Chemicals Agro 5
#31 Yoshiaki Suzuki Canon 4
#31 Mitsuru Nishibe Sony 4
#31 Yoshikazu Kato Sony 4
#31 Takuji Furukawa B Dot Medical 4
#31 Susumu Mikajiri Ricoh Company 4
#31 Yumiko Mizuki Idemitsu Kosan Co. 4
#31 Atsushi Ichiyanagi Kikkoman 4
#31 Koji Aga Powdertech Co. 4
#31 Kouichirou Ochi Canon 4
#31 Yoshinori Inagawa Kao 4
#31 Takaaki Hioka Ablic 4
#31 Tetsuya Inoue Idemitsu Kosan Co. 4
#31 Hiroshi Yoshinaga Ricoh Company 4
#31 Tomoko Matsui Novozymes A/S 4
#31 Yoshihito Hayashi Sony 4
#31 Hideki Omori Sumitomo Electric Industries 4
#31 Tsuneo Imamoto Nippon Chemical Industrial Co. 4
#31 Naoyuki Ueda Ricoh Company 4
#31 Mitsuyuki Fujisawa Jfe Steel 4
#31 Koichi Hatakeyama Tpr Co. 4