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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rifu, JP ranks #243 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 577 patents from 314 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rifu, JP include Spin Master, Tokyo Electron Limited, Canon.

Showing 1–50 of 314 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wataru Sato Spin Master 9
2 Yoshihide Kihara Tokyo Electron Limited 8
2 Koji Kawamura Canon 8
2 Yuki Kato Toyota 8
2 Akio Takada Dexerials 8
2 Masahiro Tabata Tokyo Electron Limited 8
#7 Toshiaki Sugawara Dexerials 7
#7 Masanobu Honda Tokyo Electron Limited 7
#9 Masaru Terakawa Sony 6
#9 Kazuki Moyama Tokyo Electron Limited 6
#9 Maju TOMURA Tokyo Electron Limited 6
#9 Tomoki Yamada Alps Alpine Co. 6
#9 Takanobu Iwama Sony 6
#9 Hiroki Endo Toyota 6
#15 Yuji Ogata Hitachi 5
#15 Tomoki Nobuta Nec Tokin 5
#15 Kazuya Nagaseki Tokyo Electron Limited 5
#15 Sho Kumakura Tokyo Electron Limited 5
#15 Yasuharu Sasaki Tokyo Electron Limited 5
#15 Eiji Takahashi Kobe Steel 5
#21 Kippei Sugita Tokyo Electron Limited 4
#21 Eiji Nakashio Sony 4
#21 Ikuyasu Miyako Alps Alpine Co. 4
#21 Akihiro Yokota Tokyo Electron Limited 4
#21 Naohiko Okunishi Tokyo Electron Limited 4
#21 Takehito Shimatsu Fuji Electric Co. 4
#21 Tatsumi Fujiyoshi Alps Electric Co. 4
#21 Shigeshi Sakakibara Dexerials 4
#21 Ryosuke Suzuki Nintendo Co. 4
#21 Takashi Uenomachi Alps Alpine Co. 4
#21 Yoshitsugu Wakita Alps Alpine Co. 4
#21 Takayuki Hatanaka Olympus 4
#21 Koichi Takayama Sumitomo Electric Industries 4
#34 Hiroshi Wakuda Alps Alpine Co. 3
#34 Kumi Inoue Tohoku University 3
#34 Yasuyuki Kudo Hitachi 3
#34 Tomoya Endo Tokyo Electron Limited 3
#34 Wataru Kimura Alps Alpine Co. 3
#34 Takahiro Takeuchi Japan Display 3
#34 Daisuke Takada Makino Milling Machine Co. 3
#34 Takashi Dokan Tokyo Electron Limited 3
#34 Satoko Asaoka Sony 3
#34 Akira Yoshikawa Tohoku University 3
#34 Yasutaka HAMA Tokyo Electron Limited 3
#34 Kentaro Ishii Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 3
#34 Shinji Himori Tokyo Electron Limited 3
#34 Yutaka Muramoto Dexerials 3
#34 Yasuyuki Kitamura Alps Alpine Co. 3
#34 Shinsuke Oka Tokyo Electron Limited 3
#34 Sho Taguchi Canon 3