Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Himeji, JP ranks #576 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 241 patents from 140 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Himeji, JP include Honda Motor Co., Glory, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba.

Showing 1–50 of 140 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daisuke Hoshino Honda Motor Co. 7
1 Tomohiro Yokoo Glory 7
3 Katsuhisa Tanaka Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6
3 Hirotaka KUNO Umicore Shokubai Japan Co. 6
#5 Masanori Ikeda Tdk 5
#5 Takashi Saso Honda Motor Co. 5
#5 Tomoya Shimizu Toyota 5
#8 Kenji Tada Nippon Shokubai Co. 4
#8 Hiroshi Kono Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 4
#10 Naoko Tsuji Daicel 3
#10 Masashi Okamoto Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#10 Mitsuru Hanasaki Showa Denko K.K. 3
#10 Anan SAKAGUCHI Daicel 3
#10 Hironori Shimada Kokusai Electric 3
#10 Kenichi Yamashita Hitachi 3
#10 Kazushi Torii Nippon Shokubai Co. 3
#10 Atsushi Ohkubo Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#10 Tomoya Mizuta Daicel 3
#10 Tomohito Okabayashi Daicel 3
#10 Momoko Hamasaki Daicel 3
#10 Keizo Inoue Daicel Chemical Industries 3
#10 Kenichi Hirose Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#23 Masaki HIRAOKA Nippon Kayaku 2
#23 Kenji Sanada Nippon Shokubai Co. 2
#23 Hiroki Yabuguchi Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. 2
#23 Miyu Ikeda Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. 2
#23 Junya Uchiyashiki Showa Denko K.K. 2
#23 Nobuhiko Harada Daicel 2
#23 Shingo Fukumoto Sanyo Special Steel Co. 2
#23 Mitsuru Ohno Daicel Chemical Industries 2
#23 Yusuke Hiratsuka Komatsu 2
#23 Yoshiki Nakaie Daicel-Evonik 2
#23 Takaaki Wada Misumi 2
#23 Kazuki Okamoto Daicel 2
#23 Mikito Chiba Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. 2
#23 Tohru Shibata Daicel Chemical Industries 2
#23 Yuto Shimizu Asics 2
#23 Rie Nakashima Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. 2
#23 Kiyokazu Ishizuka Nippon Steel 2
#23 Tetsuya Gouda Phoenix Electric Co. 2
#23 Toru Kitago Hellermanntyton Co. 2
#23 Takeshi YOKAWA Glory 2
#23 Yuichi Onoda Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. 2
#23 Ryosuke Murakami Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. 2
#23 Mitsuteru Mutsuda Daicel-Evonik 2
#23 Tomoyuki HABU Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#23 Masafumi Chikamori Glory 2
#23 Masato Takeuchi Hitachi 2
#23 Tomohiro Iguchi Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 2
#23 Toshio Iwata Mitsubishi Electric 2