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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hikari, JP ranks #4,146 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 681 patents from 125 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hikari, JP include Hitachi, NS Sumikin Stainless, Kanebo, Limited.

Showing 1–50 of 125 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ken Yoshioka Hitachi 79
2 Junichi Hamada NS Sumikin Stainless 47
3 Ikuo Yoshida Hitachi 36
3 Shoji Ikuhara Hitachi 36
#5 Yoshifumi Ogawa Hitachi 31
#6 Saburo Kanai Hitachi 29
#7 Saburou Kanai Hitachi 23
#8 Takeshi Ikemoto Kanebo, Limited 20
#9 Yutaka Ohmoto Hitachi 19
#9 Hideo Takai Hitachi 19
#11 Kenichi Kuwabara Fujitsu Limited 18
#12 Haruhiko Kajimura Sumitomo Metal Industries 13
#12 Toshio Baba Nec 13
#14 Takashi Oosawa Nippon Steel 12
#15 Tadashi Komori Nippon Steel 10
#16 Toshiyuki Suehiro Nippon Steel 9
#16 Yasumichi Miyagawa Tosoh 9
#16 Jun Araki The University Of Tokyo 9
#19 Atsutaka Hayashi NS Sumikin Stainless 8
#19 Norihiro Kanno NS Sumikin Stainless 8
#21 Shigeo Matsuyama Denso 7
#21 Yuusuke Oikawa NS Sumikin Stainless 7
#21 Yutaka Omoto Hitachi 7
#24 Takazumi Ishizu Hitachi 6
#24 Kokichi Yoshida Takeda Chemical Industries 6
#26 Ryoji Hamasaki Hitachi 5
#26 Toshihiro Kosuge Nippon Steel 5
#26 Kozo Kamiya Nippon Oil 5
#26 Hikaru Sakamoto Furukawa Denchi Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#26 Tadahiro Izu Nippon Steel 5
#31 Takao Niinobe Sachem 4
#31 Masaki Kajiyama Japan Display 4
#31 Jiro Tominaga Nippon Steel 4
#31 Haruo Ohguro Nippon Steel 4
#31 Kazuaki Kihara Takeda Chemical Industries 4
#31 Kensuke Shimomura Nippon Steel 4
#31 Masaharu Tachimori Nippon Steel 4
#31 Tooru Matsuhashi NS Sumikin Stainless 4
#39 Yuuji Yoshimura National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology 3
#39 Tatsuki Satou Takeda Vaccines 3
#39 Mitsuru Nakayama Nippon Steel 3
#39 Shin-ichi Teraoka Nippon Steel 3
#39 Ryuji Nakao Nippon Steel 3
#39 Ryuuzou Hanzawa Nippon Steel 3
#39 Ryouji Hamasaki Hitachi 3
#39 Takamasa Ohno Nippon Steel 3
#39 Takashi Minamigi Toyo Kohan Co. 3
#39 Kenji IMAMOTO Hitachi 3
#39 Kazunori Ishizaka Jvckenwood 3
#39 Izumi Muto Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co. 3