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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chiba, JP ranks #1,109 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,051 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chiba, JP include Canon, Sony, Idemitsu Kosan Co..

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Koji Suzuki Canon 383
2 Mitsuhiro Suzuki Sony 161
3 Tetsuya Yamada Canon 137
#4 Kenji Hashimoto Idemitsu Kosan Co. 120
#5 Hiroshi Matsuoka Isuzu Motors Limited 110
#6 Masaaki Yamamoto Ntt Docomo 102
#6 Takashi Nishihara Panasonic 102
#8 Naoyuki Yamamoto Canon 98
#9 Akihiro Ito Ckd 95
#10 Ichiro Sasaki Canon 89
#11 Masanobu Tanaka Canon 83
#12 Hitoshi Takeuchi Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 82
#13 Yoshihisa Nomura Toyota 73
#14 Shigeo Takahashi Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 67
#15 Nobuaki Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 66
#16 Shuichi Nakamura Nippon Steel 64
#16 Toru Ozaki Seiko Instruments 64
#18 Kenji Adachi Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. 62
#19 Atsushi Hori Sumitomo Electric Industries 61
#19 Masami Watanabe Idemitsu Kosan Co. 61
#21 Hiroki Ueda Konica Minolta 60
#22 Tetsuya Fujii Toyoda Gosei Co. 59
#23 Shinichiro Kato Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. 52
#23 Toshiyuki Sano Brother Kogyo 52
#25 Tomoo Suzuki Konica Minolta 49
#26 Hiroaki Mori Toyota 45
#27 Takaaki Toyooka Kawasaki Steel 40
#28 Masashi Aoki Fujitsu Limited 36
#29 Shinobu Takagi Novozymes A/S 34
#30 Yasuhiko Nakagawa Nissan Motor Co. 33
#30 Hiroaki Kondo Kobe Steel 33
#32 Tomoko Kato Dow Corning Toray Co. 30
#33 Takao Morita Mitsubishi Motors 29
#34 Kenji Imai Ricoh Company 26
#35 Hiroshi Maekawa Mitsui Chemicals 24
#36 Yasunobu Yamazaki Idemitsu Kosan Co. 21
#37 Masahiro Fukuyama Sumitomo Chemical 19
#37 Takahiro Misu Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 19
#39 Masahiro Tanabe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 18
#40 Takahiro Kan Kawasaki Steel 16
#41 Hitoshi Funada Kao 15
#42 Nobuyuki Yoshizawa NTT 13
#42 Katsuhiko Nunokawa Sony 13
#42 Masayoshi Nojiri Kao 13
#42 Yoshio Hayakawa Ministry Of International Trade & Industry 13
#46 Toru Nonami Unknown 12
#46 Hidefumi Okabe Aisin Aw Co. 12
#48 Takayuki Kuroki Mitsui Chemicals 11
#48 Tomoya Koseki Kawasaki Steel 11
#50 Takeshi Oono Hitachi High-Technologies 10