Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hoya, DE ranks #5,772 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 441 patents from 85 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hoya, DE include Ricoh Company, Zaidan Hojin Biseibutsu Kagaku Kenkyu Kai, Canon.

Showing 1–50 of 85 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hideo Maeda Ricoh Company 43
2 Masa Hamada Zaidan Hojin Biseibutsu Kagaku Kenkyu Kai 37
3 Seiichi Omino Canon 30
#4 Hidenori Sakai Kobe Steel 20
#5 Michio Imada Olympus Optical Co. 17
#6 Shojiro Horiguchi Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co. 16
#7 Yasuhisa Shiobara Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 13
#7 Nobuyuki Uematsu Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha 13
#9 Yasuyuki Nagao Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. 12
#9 Hidero Matsumoto Canon 12
#11 Yoshinobu Arita NTT 11
#12 Takeo Komiyama Citizen Watch Co. 10
#13 Yasuji Komatsu Toa Nenryo Kogyo, K.K. 9
#14 Tsuyoshi Kakita Konica 8
#14 Shoichi Tsuji Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated 8
#16 Masaaki Furuyama Subaru 7
#16 Koji Yano Tanabe Seiyaku Co. 7
#18 Seiichiro Iwafune Bridgestone 6
#18 Toshiki Nagase Canon 6
#18 Nobuhiro Oi Chugai Pharmaceutical 6
#18 Manabu Itsumi Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Public 6
#18 Kenzo Hiramatsu Casio Keisanki 6
#18 Naoki Homma Fujifilm Business Innovation 6
#24 Tohru Ide Subaru 5
#24 Mitsuru Hanajima Sony 5
#24 Nobuyoshi Hatori Iwatsu Electric Co. 5
#24 Akio Koda Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#28 Sadao Nishikiori Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. 4
#28 Yasushi Takahashi Nakano Vinegar Co. 4
#28 Kimio Okubo Fujitsu Limited 4
#28 Hiroyuki Sugibuchi Junkosha 4
#28 Naokazu Sugiyama Mecta 4
#28 Hiroshi Tsuchita Meiji Dairies 4
#28 Takuya Nagata Mitsubishi Electric 4
#28 Katsumi Motohashi Olympus Optical Co. 4
#28 Mitsuaki Maeda Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company Limited 4
#37 Kikuo Wada Nec 3
#37 Naokuni Namiki Slidex 3
#37 Hirokazu Kudoh 3
#37 Bunnosuke Ushioda Nkk Co. 3
#37 Keitaro Yokota Subaru 3
#37 Kumiko Tajima Kao 3
#37 Takahiko Fukuzawa Citizen Watch Co. 3
#37 Noboru Sawada Mayekawa Mfg. Co. 3
#45 Yoshiro Kaneko National Institute For Materials Science 2
#45 Kanji Satoh Nirec 2
#45 Katsusuke Hoshida Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Public 2
#45 Hiroshi Takisawa Olympus Optical Co. 2
#45 Yoshikazu Yaginuma Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. 2
#45 Taro Ohyama Toyo Ink Mfg. Co. 2