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Hikone, JP All Time

1,492 patents  ·  328 inventors

Ranked #2,132 of 112,640 cities Top 2%

Hikone, JP ranks #2,132 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,492 patents from 328 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hikone, JP include Rohm Co., Sony, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha.

Showing 1–50 of 328 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Haruo Tanaka Rohm Co. 95
2 Yoji Kawamoto Sony 45
3 Yasutaka Maeda Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 35
#4 Yukio Wada Doryokuro Kakunenryo Kaihatsu Jigyodan 33
#5 Eiichiro Hayashi Victor Company Of Japan 25
#6 Masao Tanahashi Panasonic 24
#6 Susumu Takada Smc 24
#8 Yohei Fujikawa Showa Denko K.K. 22
#9 Yuzo Sasaki Showa Denko K.K. 21
#10 Hiroyuki Yonehara Sumitomo Electric Industries 20
#10 Shunsuke Komori Panasonic 20
#12 Yasuo Itoga Takata 18
#12 Takanori Kido Showa Denko K.K. 18
#14 Tsuneo Chikaraishi Takata 17
#14 Kenzo Ito Shiseido Company, Limited 17
#14 Akira Inui Yamaha Motor 17
#17 Mikihiro Yamashita Panasonic 16
#17 Hidekazu Yabuuchi Panasonic 16
#17 Masaru Kitagawa Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. 16
#20 Hiroshi Kashiwakura Fujitec Co. 15
#21 Kazunari Ikeda Dai Nippon Printing Co. 14
#21 Kazuyuki Maeda Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 14
#23 Toshihisa Hirai Panasonic 13
#23 Toshiharu Hirota Murata Manufacturing Co. 13
#23 Yasuji Yamamoto Murata Manufacturing Co. 13
#26 Eiji Tsuji Panasonic 12
#26 Yuji MINAMIBORI Showa Denko Packaging Co. 12
#26 Shousuke Akisada Panasonic 12
#29 Kensuke Nagata Showa Denko Packaging Co. 11
#29 Mitsuo Nakanuma Sumitomo Electric Industries 11
#29 Morihiro Takeda Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. 11
#29 Noriaki Mori Sumitomo Electric Industries 11
#33 Masahiko Motegi Toray Industries 10
#33 Daisuke Tsukada Panasonic 10
#33 Masanori Katayama Hitachi 10
#33 Kenji Okuyama Honda Motor Co. 10
#33 Atsumasa Kubota Panasonic 10
#38 Fumio Mihara Panasonic 9
#38 Susumu Terada Nidec 9
#38 Takafumi Hamabe Panasonic 9
#38 Kaoru Furukawa Panasonic 9
#38 Tadanobu Kitagawa Panasonic 9
#38 Hironori Iwamoto Panasonic 9
#38 Koichi Isono Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. 9
#45 Haruo Sugai Panasonic 8
#45 Tomohiro Kunita Panasonic 8
#45 Toyokatsu Okamoto Panasonic 8
#45 Yoshinori Abura Panasonic 8
#45 Kazumi Okawa Panasonic 8
#45 Masakatsu Araki Panasonic 8

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