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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nanbu, JP ranks #475 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 298 patents from 140 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nanbu, JP include Toyota, Kubota, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha.

Showing 1–50 of 140 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hideaki Nishimura Toyota 11
2 Hirokazu Ito Kubota 9
2 Noboru Nitta Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 9
#4 Ryota Saeki Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 8
#5 Kenji Itagaki Toyota 7
#5 Junichi Morimura Toyota 7
#7 Sou Miyazaki Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#7 Shunichi Ono Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#7 Hitoshi Iizaka Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#7 Yoshiaki Mochizuki Casio Computer Co. 5
#7 Ken Iguchi Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#7 Yohei Doi Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#13 Tomoyoshi Utsumi Yamaha Motor 4
#13 Shogo Ito Toyota 4
#13 Sota Harada Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 4
#13 Tomohiro Shinagawa Toyota 4
#13 Masao Yano Toyota 4
#13 Hidefumi Aikawa Toyota 4
#13 Shu Akuzawa Yamaha Motor 4
#13 Yuki Koike Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 4
#21 Takaaki Ikari Nippon Light Metal Company 3
#21 Kohei Tochigi Toyota 3
#21 Shuji Yokoyama Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Yukiko Yokoyama Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Hideyuki Kumei Toyota 3
#21 Sunao Tsuchida Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Tatsuya Fukuyama Yamaha 3
#21 Yuki Kawashima Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Yayoi Doi Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Kousei MIYASHITA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Masatsugu KAWAKAMI Toyota 3
#21 Hideyuki Nishida Toyota 3
#21 Yusuke Hamada J.S.T. Mfg. Co. 3
#21 Tetsuya Sadowara Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Takuma Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 3
#21 Noriyoshi HARA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Yasunari Miyazaki Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Tetsuya Nobuoka Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#21 Kiyotaka Murakami Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 3
#40 Naoyuki Misaka Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 2
#40 Sadatoshi Oishi Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#40 Takayuki Iwamoto Toyota 2
#40 Tohru Kobayashi Hitachi 2
#40 Hayato Kimura Nuflare Technology 2
#40 Tsuyoshi Sanada Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#40 Yuji Negishi Casio Computer Co. 2
#40 Naoki Harayama Toyota 2
#40 Chiaki Chida Yazaki 2
#40 Hiroyuki Taki Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#40 Shintaro Hotta Toyota 2