Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chiba, JP ranks #55 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 41,467 patents from 6,266 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chiba, JP include Ricoh Company, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Sony.

Showing 1–50 of 6,266 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroshi Yoshinaga Ricoh Company 241
2 Hiroaki Yoda Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 235
3 Teruhiko Suzuki Sony 219
#4 Yoshiaki Suzuki Canon 216
#5 Hidefumi Yoshida Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 211
#6 Kazuyuki Yamamoto Sony 210
#7 Masayuki Orihashi Panasonic 205
#8 Toshio Miyazawa Hitachi Displays 183
#9 Takatoshi Nakamura Sony 174
#9 Naoto Watanabe Canon 174
#11 Masahiro Kawamura Idemitsu Kosan Co. 164
#12 Masashi Shiraishi Sae Magnetics (H.K.) 156
#13 Shingo Hattori Brother Kogyo 149
#14 Yoshikazu Kobayashi Nec Infrontia 146
#15 Yuki Tanaka Nec 131
#16 Tetsuya Inoue Idemitsu Kosan Co. 119
#17 Norihiko Nakamura Toyota 117
#18 Takeshi Kijima Seiko Epson 112
#19 Takashi Niwa Seiko Instruments 111
#20 Naoki Ishikawa Canon 107
#21 Masakazu Funahashi Idemitsu Kosan Co. 105
#22 Akiko Saito Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 104
#22 Seizo Suzuki Ricoh Company 104
#24 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Canon 101
#25 Keisuke Shimizu Panasonic 100
#26 Kunio Fukuda Sony 98
#27 Masahiro Takizawa Hitachi Medical 93
#27 Noriyuki Kimura Ricoh Company 93
#27 Shuichi Matsui Chisso 93
#30 Seiji Higurashi Victor Company Of Japan 89
#30 Kenji Ogasawara Seiko Instruments 89
#30 Nobuyuki Matsumoto Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 89
#33 Kazuo Takada Sanyo Electric Co. 88
#33 Juichiro Takada Takata 88
#35 Manabu Oumi Seiko Instruments 85
#35 Masato Kaneko Idemitsu Kosan Co. 85
#37 Hiroyuki Honma Sony 84
#38 Tomohiro Ishii Sony 83
#39 Hideki Yoshikawa J. Morita Mfg. 81
#39 Teppei Yokota Sony 81
#41 Koichi Taniguchi Canon 80
#41 Minoru Tsuji Sony 80
#41 Takeshi Kanaya Suntory Flowers Limited 80
#44 Takashi Nakanishi Sony 78
#45 Daisuke Kawae Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 76
#45 Takahiro Sakaguchi Teac 76
#47 Kazuyoshi Suzuki Sony 74
#47 Junichi Hirakata Hitachi 74
#47 Kazumi Tanaka Canon 74
#47 Yumiko Mizuki Idemitsu Kosan Co. 74