Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tokyo, JP ranks #1 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 25,532 patents from 13,453 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tokyo, JP include Ntt Docomo, Japan Display, Nec.

Showing 1–50 of 13,453 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kazuki Takeda Ntt Docomo 98
2 Kazuaki Takeda Ntt Docomo 47
3 Hiroki Harada Ntt Docomo 45
#4 Hayato Kurasawa Japan Display 31
#5 Hisashi Futaki Nec 30
#6 Tomoyuki Sasaki Tdk 29
#6 Yusuke FUJII Disco 29
#8 Makiko Yamamoto Sony 28
#9 Takahiro Yamamoto Hitachi 26
#10 Hiroaki Takano Sony 25
#10 Hayato Kiuchi Disco 25
#10 Ikuo Yamano Sony 25
#13 Tooru Uchino Ntt Docomo 24
#13 Hiroo Ikeda Nec 24
#15 Makiko Ohmae Disco 23
#16 Minoru Matsuzawa Disco 22
#16 Taro Arakawa Disco 22
#16 Emiko Kawamura Disco 22
#16 Toshiki Miyai Disco 22
#16 Yoshiaki Yodo Disco 22
#16 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov Mujin 22
#16 Tohru Hasegawa IBM 22
#16 Takuma NAKANO Japan Tobacco 22
#16 Masamitsu Agari Disco 22
#16 Shigenori Harada Disco 22
#26 Kazuma Sekiya Disco 21
#27 Hiroshi Matsuda Canon 20
#27 Naohisa Kitazato Saturn Licensing 20
#27 Shinichi Kawano Sony 20
#30 Ryota Kimura Sony 18
#30 Ryoma Oami Nec 18
#30 Toshiyuki Tamura Nec 18
#33 Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari Ntt Docomo 17
#33 Sadafuku Hayashi Nec 17
#33 Yasutaka Nakashiba Renesas Electronics 17
#33 Keiji Nomaru Disco 17
#33 Minoru Yamaga Sony 17
#38 Takashi Watanabe Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 16
#38 Yohei Shiokawa Tdk 16
#38 Hiroki Matsuda Sony 16
#38 Hiromasa Uchiyama Sony 16
#38 Ryo Sakai Epoch Company 16
#38 Yoshimasa Funakawa Jfe Steel 16
#38 Yuki Yamamoto Sony 16
#38 Koichi Akiyama Seiko Epson 16
#38 Atsuki Tachibana Mitsubishi Electric 16
#38 Naoki Kusashima Sony 16
#48 Toshiya Suzuki Nippon Steel 15
#48 Hideyuki Inoue Eagle Industry Co. 15
#48 Masanori Uesaka Jfe Steel 15