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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hirakata, JP ranks #313 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 9,792 patents from 1,801 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hirakata, JP include Panasonic, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Sanyo Electric Co..

Showing 1–50 of 1,801 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kiminori Mizuuchi Panasonic 134
2 Kaoru Inoue Sumitomo Electric Industries 129
3 Ikuo Yonezu Sanyo Electric Co. 85
#4 Hiroshi Sakakima Sumitomo Electric Industries 79
#5 Teruo Maruyama Sumitomo Electric Industries 74
#6 Yoshikazu Nakayama Daiken Chemical Co. 69
#7 Kazuo Eda Sumitomo Electric Industries 61
#8 Hiroaki Kosugi Sumitomo Electric Industries 57
#9 Masahiro Birukawa Sumitomo Electric Industries 56
#9 Minoru Takeda Sony 56
#11 Mamoru Kimoto Sanyo Electric Co. 53
#12 Kazuhito Kobayashi Hitachi Chemical Company 50
#13 Yoshio Kishimoto Sumitomo Electric Industries 49
#14 Satoshi Hirose Nippon Steel 48
#14 Tetsuya Tsurunari Panasonic 48
#16 Mizuki Segawa Sumitomo Electric Industries 46
#17 Ryuji Sugita Sumitomo Electric Industries 43
#17 Hiroshi Nonoue Sanyo Electric Co. 43
#19 Tetsuo Saimi Sumitomo Electric Industries 42
#20 Tomoko Morita Sumitomo Electric Industries 41
#20 Masatoshi Kitagawa Sumitomo Electric Industries 41
#20 Souhei Tanaka Canon 41
#23 Shoichiro Matsumoto Sanyo Electric Co. 37
#23 Keiichi Kuramoto Sanyo Electric Co. 37
#25 Sadayoshi Azuma Sumitomo Electric Industries 35
#26 Toshinori Nishimura Mita Industrial Co. 34
#26 Kazuhiro Araki Minolta 34
#28 Akio Miyake Takeda Chemical Industries 33
#28 Norihisa Matsumoto Komatsu 33
#28 Kenji Nagaoka Sumitomo Chemical 33
#28 Hisaki Tarui Sanyo Electric Co. 33
#32 Yutaka Shiomi Sumitomo Chemical 32
#32 Motoyoshi Murakami Sumitomo Electric Industries 32
#32 Naoki Tomiyama Exedy 32
#32 Kiyokazu Tohma Sumitomo Electric Industries 32
#32 Toshihiro Nishii Sumitomo Electric Industries 32
#32 Yoshihiro Mushika Sumitomo Electric Industries 32
#32 Naoki Ejima Sumitomo Electric Industries 32
#39 Yutaka Nio Sumitomo Electric Industries 31
#39 Masatoshi Nakai Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 31
#39 Yoshiaki Yanagida Fujitsu Limited 31
#42 Haruo Isaka Sumitomo Electric Industries 30
#43 Nobuhiro Furukawa Sanyo Electric Co. 29
#43 Tatsumi Sumi Sumitomo Electric Industries 29
#43 Keisuke Sumida Sumitomo Electric Industries 29
#43 So Noguchi Omron Healthcare Co. 29
#43 Toshihiko Fukasawa Canon 29
#43 Hideaki Yamanaka Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 29
#49 Tatsuo Mifune Sumitomo Electric Industries 28
#49 Masaharu Amano Komatsu 28