Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hamamatsu, JP ranks #971 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,456 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hamamatsu, JP include Toyota, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Fujitsu Limited.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroshi Kobayashi Toyota 747
2 Takashi Inoue Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 534
3 Yuji Takahashi Fujitsu Limited 290
#4 Masafumi Ito Teac 273
#5 Masahiro Hayashi Brother Kogyo 230
#6 Masashi Suzuki Brother Kogyo 138
#7 Akio Ito Seiko Epson 116
#8 Takuya Suzuki Mitsubishi Electric 114
#9 Mitsuo Watanabe Fujitsu Limited 110
#10 Yoshinori Kato Teijin Limited 105
#11 Shoji Kawahito National University Corporation Shizuoka University 73
#12 Yoji Yamada Asmo Co. 68
#13 Hiroyuki Asakura Sumitomo Electric Industries 57
#14 Koji Okazaki Honda Motor Co. 56
#15 Yoshinobu Ito Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 54
#16 Masahiro Sugiura Toyota Central R&D Labs 51
#17 Akinori Saito Mitutoyo 43
#18 Takayuki Sakurai Ngk Insulators 42
#19 Takuya Fujita Sony 37
#20 Shigeo Hara Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 35
#21 Kota Suzuki Sumitomo Heavy Industries 27
#22 Kenji Ohashi Murata Kikai 24
#23 Daisuke Yoshioka Sony 21
#24 Yohei Nakano Mitsubishi Electric 20
#24 Koji Tsukada Hitachi 20
#24 Mitsuhiro Nagao Spansion Llc. 20
#27 Makoto Takayanagi Trinc.Org 19
#28 Mitsuhiro Ishihara Takaoka Electric Mfg. Co. 17
#29 Fumio Iwase Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 15
#30 Tsugio Ito Yamaha 11
#30 Tatsuya Inaba Kawai Gakki Seisakusho 11
#30 Shinya Hattori Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 11
#33 Yuichi Terada Asmo Co. 10
#33 Tsuyoshi Miyaki Yamaha 10
#35 Masafumi Nakata Yamaha 9
#36 Akihito Fukui Suzuki Motor 8
#37 Mitsuo Yamaguchi Meiji Seika Kaisha 7
#37 Mitsutoshi Setou Shimadzu 7
#39 Kazuhiro Kashiwagi Kowa Company 6
#39 Tetsuto Kawai Yamaha 6
#41 Eri HIRAI Yamaha 4