Kobe, JP ranks #1,706 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 79 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, Toyota.
Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentaro Nakamura | Fujitsu Limited | 11 |
| 2 | Yukio Iwasaki | Kawasaki | 8 |
| 3 | Hiroki Okada | Toyota | 7 |
| #4 | Hiroyuki Yamamoto | Canon | 6 |
| #4 | Shinichi Ikeda | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company | 6 |
| #6 | Takahiro Tanaka | Yamaha | 4 |
| #6 | Yusuke Suga | Dai Nippon Printing Co. | 4 |
| #6 | Masatoshi Yoshida | Kobe Steel | 4 |
| #9 | Fumiya Suzuki | Sumitomo Rubber Industries | 3 |
| #9 | Hiroyuki Okada | Minolta Co. | 3 |
| #9 | Shota Kinoshita | Denso | 3 |
| #12 | Kazuaki Matsuda | Kubota | 2 |
| #12 | Hideyuki Fujii | Konica Minolta | 2 |
| #12 | Yoshiaki Miyamoto | Sumitomo Rubber Industries | 2 |
| #12 | Jun Inagaki | Toyobo Co. | 2 |
| #16 | Hiroaki Kawai | Fujitsu Limited | 1 |
| #16 | Tsuyoshi Shimizu | Moresco | 1 |
| #16 | Shintaro Tomita | Brother Kogyo | 1 |
| #16 | Takashi Yasuo | Sanyo Electric Co. | 1 |
| #16 | Toshio Araki | Kawasaki | 1 |
| #16 | Takuya Kawamura | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 1 |
| #16 | Kazuo Yoshikawa | Fujitsu Limited | 1 |
| #16 | Susumu Tanaka | Nsk | 1 |
| #16 | Takayoshi Miyazaki | Kobe Steel | 1 |
| #16 | Hiroyuki Kondou | Panasonic | 1 |
| #16 | Hideyuki FUJISAWA | Noritz | 1 |
| #16 | Satoru Abe | Asics | 1 |