Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Himeji, JP ranks #353 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,830 patents from 1,500 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Himeji, JP include Toyota, Mitsubishi Electric, Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha.

Showing 1–50 of 1,500 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yuji Inoue Toyota 157
2 Akira Morishita Mitsubishi Electric 123
3 Toshio Iwata Mitsubishi Electric 92
#4 Masashi Okamoto Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 86
#5 Mitsuharu Morishita Mitsubishi Electric 83
#6 Hiroshi Kono Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 80
#7 Masanori Ikeda Tdk 67
#8 Shuzoo Isozumi Mitsubishi Electric 65
#9 Yukio Yasuda Mitsubishi Electric 60
#10 Yoshio Irie Nippon Shokubai Co. 59
#10 Hirofumi Ohuchi Mitsubishi Electric 59
#12 Katsuyuki Wada Nippon Shokubai Co. 54
#13 Satoshi Iwami Sumitomo Rubber Industries 53
#14 Kazushi Torii Nippon Shokubai Co. 52
#15 Tohru Shibata Daicel Chemical Industries 49
#16 Shiro Iwatani Mitsubishi Electric 45
#17 Kozo Nogi Nippon Shokubai Co. 44
#18 Junichi Kawashima Nissan Motor Co. 42
#18 Minoru Inoue Fujitsu Limited 42
#20 Yoshiaki Asayama Mitsubishi Electric 41
#20 Sei Nakahara Nippon Shokubai Co. 41
#20 Keizo Inoue Daicel Chemical Industries 41
#23 Hideyuki Takai Canon 40
#24 Izuru Shinjo Mitsubishi Electric 39
#24 Yukinobu Nishimura Mitsubishi Electric 39
#24 Kenichi Hirose Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 39
#27 Masaaki Taruya Mitsubishi Electric 38
#28 Masato Takeuchi Hitachi 37
#28 Manabu Uchida Chisso 37
#30 Kiyokazu Ishizuka Nippon Steel 36
#30 Yujiro Hara Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 36
#30 Akinobu Matsuyama Daicel Chemical Industries 36
#30 Tomoya Shimizu Toyota 36
#30 Yoko Yamamoto Fujinon 36
#35 Toshiyuki Sawada Sanyo Special Steel Co. 35
#35 Masayoshi Onishi Mitsubishi Electric 35
#37 Atsuko Hashimoto Mitsubishi Electric 34
#37 Satoshi Komurasaki Mitsubishi Electric 34
#37 Toru Nakai Ibiden Co. 34
#37 Kazuki Kimura Nippon Shokubai Co. 34
#37 Katsuya Nakamoto Mitsubishi Electric 34
#42 Shin-ichiro Hirai Takeda Chemical Industries 33
#43 Katsuhisa Tanaka Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 32
#44 Hajime Namikoshi Daicel Chemical Industries 31
#44 Masatoshi Ueoka Nippon Shokubai Co. 31
#44 Takaaki Fujiwa Daicel Chemical Industries 31
#44 Hirotoshi Maekawa Mitsubishi Electric 31
#44 Kenji Kadonaga Nippon Shokubai Co. 31
#49 Mitsuteru Mutsuda Daicel-Evonik 30
#49 Ryoichi Ohara Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 30