Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hiroshima, JP ranks #111 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 22,805 patents from 4,738 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hiroshima, JP include Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Delta Tooling Co..

Showing 1–50 of 4,738 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yasuyuki Tanaka Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 201
2 Akihiro Yamamoto Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 169
3 Etsunori Fujita Delta Tooling Co. 115
#4 Tomohiro Nakagawa Komatsu 112
#5 Masaaki Shimizu 103
#6 Hitoshi Sasaki Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. 100
#7 Kazuya Oda Fujitsu Limited 98
#8 Kazuhiro Ueda Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. 77
#9 Shinichi Hasegawa Sony 75
#9 Hiroko Morii Toda Kogyo 75
#11 Keisuke Iwasaki Toda Kogyo 72
#12 Yasushi Ishida Canon 70
#12 Ichiro Wada Unicharm 70
#14 Hiroaki Oka Panasonic 69
#14 Kenji Maruyama Fujitsu Limited 69
#16 Nobuyuki Nakayama Mazda Motor 65
#17 Hiroyuki Miyata Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor 64
#17 Mitsuo Hitomi Mazda Motor 64
#19 Daisuke Umetsu Mazda Motor 63
#20 Yumi Ogura Delta Tooling Co. 61
#20 Akihide Takami Mazda Motor 61
#20 Hiroyuki Baba Mazda Motor 61
#23 Yukio Kato Hitachi 60
#24 Masami Nishida Omron 59
#24 Toshiaki Nishimoto Hitachi 59
#26 Hiromasa Fujii Ntt Docomo 56
#26 Yoichiro Yamazaki Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. 56
#28 Masanao Sato Hitachi 55
#29 Takuya Kinoshita Nissan Motor Co. 53
#30 Keiji Maruyama Mazda Motor 52
#31 Tatsuhiko Iwasaki Mazda Motor 51
#32 Masanari Sueoka Mazda Motor 50
#33 Toru Takashina Mitsubishi Electric 49
#34 Mitsuo Nakatani Hitachi 45
#34 Seiji Kawasaki Delta Tooling Co. 45
#34 Noriyuki Wada Mitsubishi Electric 45
#34 Shintaro Sakitani Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. 45
#34 Kaoru Kobayashi Ono Pharmaceutical Co. 45
#34 Kazutoshi Nobumoto Mazda Motor 45
#40 Hirofumi Ogawa Hitachi 44
#40 Masahiro Naito Murata Manufacturing Co. 44
#40 Masanori Sugiyama Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 44
#40 Haruo Okimoto Mazda Motor 44
#44 Masaki Chiba Nec 43
#44 Toshiyuki Yamaguchi Nec Display Solutions 43
#44 Makoto Otsubo Denso 43
#47 Noriyuki Iwata Mazda Motor 42
#47 Kaoru Adachi Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. 42
#47 Shigeki Inoue Hitachi 42
#50 Masahisa Yamakawa Mazda Motor 41