Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ibaraki, JP ranks #51 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 42,143 patents from 6,779 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ibaraki, JP include Ntn, Canon, Maxell.

Showing 1–50 of 6,779 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Toru Takahashi Ntn 508
2 Takeshi Hashimoto Canon 225
3 Takahiro Mori Canon 219
#4 Kazuhiko YOSHIZAWA Maxell 212
#5 Takehiro Nakamura Ntt Docomo 203
#6 Satoshi Ueda Fujitsu Limited 165
#7 Atsushi Ikeda Canon 161
#8 Asao Nishimura Hitachi 144
#9 Takashi Oda Nitto Denko 123
#10 Hiroshi Sugitani Canon 118
#11 Norio Nakamura Seiko Epson 115
#12 Akira Nishiyama Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 113
#13 Masayoshi Shimizu Fujitsu Limited 111
#14 Tadashi Kojima Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 104
#15 Naoto Hirosaki National Institute For Materials Science 103
#16 Seiji Umemoto Nitto Denko 102
#16 Yoshiaki Takeuchi Sumitomo Chemical 102
#18 Hiroshi Kuroda Hitachi 100
#19 Yasuhiko Abe Toshiba Medical Systems 96
#19 Minoru Miyatake Nitto Denko 96
#21 Takeshi Igarashi Sony 94
#22 Shuichi Tamura Canon 92
#22 Shuichi Suzuki Ricoh Company 92
#24 Toichi Hirata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 91
#24 Hideaki Inoue Nissan Motor Co. 91
#26 Satoru Adachi Ntt Docomo 89
#27 Tomomasa Nishikawa Hitachi Koki Co. 79
#28 Naoki Ogawa Nissan Motor Co. 78
#29 Yuzo Kadomukai Hitachi 76
#30 Satoshi Honda Honda Motor Co. 75
#31 Ken Takei Hitachi 74
#31 Gohfu Suzukamo Sumitomo Chemical 74
#31 Junichi Tamura Canon 74
#34 Takuya Nakazono Nitto Denko 73
#34 Masataka Goto Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 73
#36 Satoshi Yamamura Koito Manufacturing Co. 72
#36 Hironori Minagawa Canon 72
#38 Tomohiko Yamamoto Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 71
#38 Masaru Fuse Sumitomo Electric Industries 71
#40 Koichiro Inomata Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 70
#41 Nao Murakami Nitto Denko 67
#41 Kenji Katsumata Hitachi 67
#43 Kazuhiko Funabashi Hitachi Koki Co. 66
#43 Tomoya Ogawa Toyota 66
#43 Yoshihisa Matsubara Nec 66
#46 Takayuki Fukushima Showa Denko K.K. 65
#46 Tatsuya Ogawa Teijin Limited 65
#48 Hiroaki Onishi Rohm Co. 64
#49 Ryota Fukumoto Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 63
#49 Hiroshi Hamano Fujitsu Limited 63