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Kobe, JP 2021

1,238 patents  ·  650 inventors

Ranked #103 of 43,435 cities Top 1%

Kobe, JP ranks #103 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 1,238 patents from 650 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Kawasaki, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Hitachi.

Showing 1–50 of 650 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Masayuki Kamon Kawasaki 16
2 Yasuhiko Hashimoto Kawasaki 15
3 Kazuyoshi Shiga Sumitomo Rubber Industries 13
#4 Satoshi Ouchi Hitachi 11
#5 Toru Hashimura Kobe Steel 10
#5 Tomohiro Tsuji Sysmex 10
#5 Takuya Fukuda Hitachi 10
#8 Hidetaka INOUE Sumitomo Rubber Industries 9
#8 Yasushi Tani Denso Ten Limited 9
#8 Teruhiko Kamibayashi Denso Ten Limited 9
#8 Tomokazu Oki Denso Ten Limited 9
#8 Naruhiro MIZUTANI Sumitomo Rubber Industries 9
#13 Koichi Nakajima Sumitomo Rubber Industries 8
#13 Kenji Takasu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 8
#13 Shunsuke Watanabe Seiko Epson 8
#13 Yasutaka Okada Sumitomo Metal Industries 8
#13 Junichi Matsuoka Kawasaki 8
#13 Tomoki Shidori Denso Ten Limited 8
#19 Masayoshi Kobayashi Kawasaki 7
#19 Hikaru Nagakura Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#19 Toshiyuki Tarao Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#19 Jun Fujihara Tokyo Electron Limited 7
#19 Kazuhiro Ichikawa Seiko Epson 7
#19 Daisuke KOHNO Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#19 Takehiro Nishimura Kawasaki 7
#26 Yukitaka Taga Kawasaki 6
#26 Kazuya Koyama Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#26 Kuniyasu Horiuchi Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#26 Satoko Tsuchihashi Sumitomo Rubber Industries 6
#30 Kenta Moriyasu Asics 5
#30 Kippei Matsuda Kawasaki 5
#30 Hiroshi Tadaoka Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#30 Keiichiro Kamura Kawasaki 5
#30 Masahiko Ueda Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#30 Yoshitaka MURAMATSU Kawasaki 5
#30 Masayuki Mitsue Kawasaki 5
#30 Naoki Yukawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#30 Ryoji Ohashi Kawasaki 5
#30 Masayuki Enomoto Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#30 Hideyuki Imai Kawasaki 5
#30 Masahiro Miyake Kawasaki 5
#30 Keisuke Ohara Toyota 5
#30 Kazuyuki Ito Sumitomo Chemical 5
#30 Hideyasu Muraoka Kawasaki 5
#30 Takahiro Shigemitsu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 5
#30 Ryota Sakamine Dunlop Sports Co. 5
#30 Hironori Tanaka Ibiden Co. 5
#48 Hiroshi Yamaoka Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#48 Yasuhisa Minagawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 4
#48 Tetsuya Yoshida Kawasaki 4

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