Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koji Takahashi | Canon | 529 |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Sony | 227 |
| 3 | Naoki Morita | — | 84 |
| #4 | Tetsuya Kanbe | Showa Denko K.K. | 57 |
| #5 | Hirofumi Harada | Seiko Instruments | 48 |
| #6 | Shigeru Miyake | Hitachi | 34 |
| #7 | Koichi Ejiri | Ricoh Company | 31 |
| #8 | Kazuaki Yazawa | Sony | 25 |
| #9 | Hidemi Kawai | Nikon | 21 |
| #10 | Taro Tadano | Sony | 19 |
| #10 | Tomohiro Koyata | Sony | 19 |
| #12 | Hideo Nakano | Sumitomo Electric Industries | 16 |
| #13 | Kenji Tomiyoshi | National Semiconductor | 15 |
| #13 | Eiji Kasahara | Sony | 15 |
| #15 | Keisuke Nishizawa | Seiho International | 11 |
| #16 | Masayuki Satoh | Taiyo Yuden Co. | 9 |
| #17 | Keiichi Kawana | Kawasaki Steel | 8 |
| #18 | Yuichiro Asano | Kawasaki Steel | 7 |
| #18 | Atsuko Ogawa | Sumitomo Chemical | 7 |
| #20 | Koichi Yamawaki | Taylor Made Golf Company | 6 |
| #20 | Masayuki Yazawa | Kajima | 6 |
| #22 | Takehiko Komatsu | Applied Materials | 5 |
| #22 | Koji Hino | Nec | 5 |
| #24 | Yoshiro Tsuboi | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 4 |
| #25 | Yoichi Oshima | Cirque | 2 |
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