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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Osaka, JP ranks #13 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 6,823 patents from 3,377 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Osaka, JP include Panasonic, Sun Patent Trust, Japan Display.

Showing 1–50 of 3,377 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tadamasa TOMA Panasonic 89
2 Toshiyasu SUGIO Sun Patent Trust 53
3 Kiyofumi Abe Panasonic 49
#4 Tomohiro Kimura Panasonic 47
#5 Mikihiro Ouchi Sun Patent Trust 40
#6 Youji Shibahara Sun Patent Trust 36
#7 Ryuichi KANOH Panasonic 35
#7 Toru Matsunobu Sun Patent Trust 35
#9 Akihiko Nishio Panasonic 34
#10 Hiroyuki Abe Japan Display 30
#11 Satoshi Shahana Shimano 26
#12 Kyoko Tanikawa Sun Patent Trust 24
#13 Kengo Terada Sun Patent Trust 22
#14 Masanobu Mizusaki Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 21
#15 Noritaka IGUCHI Panasonic 19
#16 Housei MIZUNO Autonetworks Technologies 18
#17 Manabu Maeda Panasonic 17
#18 Kensuke Nakura Panasonic 16
#18 Anongsack Paseuth Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal 16
#20 Takafumi Nishino Shimano 15
#20 Eiichi Uriu Panasonic 15
#20 Takeshi Kishikawa Panasonic 15
#20 Osamu Nakamura Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 15
#24 Kenji Oinuma Aac Technologies Pte. 14
#24 Yoshihiro Ujiie Panasonic 14
#24 Masahiko Tsukuda Panasonic 14
#24 Hiroatsu Tamai Kyocera Document Solutions 14
#24 Naoto Miyakoshi Kyocera Document Solutions 14
#29 Kazuya Hasegawa Panasonic 13
#29 Kouji Nishino Fujikin Incorporated 13
#29 Akihiro Kondo Kawasaki 13
#29 Tamotsu Shimizu Kyocera Document Solutions 13
#29 Masahiro Nakakura Shimano 13
#29 Yuji Unagami Panasonic 13
#35 Kohichi Tanaka Sakai Display Products 12
#35 Masataka Nonaka Panasonic 12
#35 Yasuhiro Tsuchizawa Shimano 12
#35 Yusuke Matsumoto Seiko Epson 12
#35 Toshihiko Takahashi Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. 12
#35 Kenta Murakami Panasonic 12
#35 Toshiya Mori Panasonic 12
#42 Masato Usui Kyocera Document Solutions 11
#42 Kenichi Satake Kyocera Document Solutions 11
#42 Hiroyuki Miyoshi IBM 11
#42 Yasuhiro Michishita Kyocera Document Solutions 11
#42 Tsutomu Shinohara Fujikin Incorporated 11
#42 Takashi Nomura Xanavi Informatics 11
#48 Motoji Ohmori Panasonic 10
#48 Toshihisa Nakano Panasonic 10
#48 Nobukazu Ikeda Fujikin Incorporated 10