Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ashiya, JP ranks #2,160 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,473 patents from 346 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ashiya, JP include Ngk Insulators, Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Nakanishi.

Showing 1–50 of 346 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Daisuke Kimura Ngk Insulators 54
2 Keizou Ishii Nippon Paint Holdings Co. 37
2 Eiichi Nakanishi Nakanishi 37
#4 Satoru Ikeuchi Konishiroku Photo Industry Co. 33
#5 Noriyasu Echigo Sumitomo Electric Industries 29
#5 Yoshito Saji Sumitomo Electric Industries 29
#5 Nobuo Hashimoto Nikon 29
#8 Masakatsu Takahashi Unknown 27
#9 Shiro Mita Santen Pharmaceutical Co. 24
#10 Motoo Tadokoro Sanyo Electric Co. 21
#11 Seigou Sakagami Sumitomo Rubber Industries 20
#12 Hiroshi Ikeuchi Murata Manufacturing Co. 19
#13 Masayasu Kato Takeda Chemical Industries 18
#13 Mitsuaki Harada Seiko Epson 18
#15 Hiromu Matsumura Shionogi & Co. 17
#15 Mitsuie Matsumura Mitsubishi Electric 17
#17 Seigi Kawarai Hitachi Maxell 16
#17 Hideki Kanenobu Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. 16
#17 Kozo Masuda Hitachi 16
#20 Fumio Oi Sumitomo Chemical 14
#20 Makoto Isono The Procter & Gamble 14
#20 Motoji Kondo Furuno Electric Company Limited 14
#20 Atsuo Baba Takeda Chemical Industries 14
#24 Mikihiko Sukeno Konica Minolta 13
#24 Shigeo Ohno 13
#26 Takafumi Mitsunaga Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 12
#26 Takaaki Shogaki Yaskawa Electric 12
#26 Hidetomo Tanaka Canon 12
#26 Kiyokazu Yamanaka Sumitomo Electric Industries 12
#26 Koji Higashikawa Yaskawa Electric 12
#26 Toshio Atsumi Sumitomo Chemical 12
#32 Toshio Nishioka Sumitomo Chemical 11
#32 Koichiro Fujisaki Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. 11
#32 Atsuhiro Noda Konica Minolta Opto 11
#35 Kazuyoshi Umehara Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 10
#35 Rinta Ibuki Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 10
#35 Takasuke Mori Kobe Steel 10
#35 Kihachiro Ohta Nippon Densan Co. 10
#39 Susumu Tsubota Agency Of Industrial Science And Technology 9
#39 Yoshitomo Tohyama Sumitomo Chemical 9
#39 Kazuyuki Yoshizaki Chugai Pharmaceutical 9
#42 Takao Kamei Electric Power Development Co. 8
#42 Yoshiaki Azuma Teijin Limited 8
#42 Kaoru Niihara The Procter & Gamble 8
#42 Akio Fukui Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co. 8
#42 Osamu Kirino Sumitomo Chemical 8
#42 Masakazu Higuchi Kyoto University 8
#42 Noboru Matsuguchi Daimatsu Kagaku Kogyo Co. 8
#42 Hirofumi Kinomura Yaskawa Electric 8
#42 Tatsuya Kon Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. 8