Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ichihara, JP ranks #283 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 10,766 patents from 1,659 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ichihara, JP include Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company, Permelec Electrode, Sumitomo Electric Industries.

Showing 1–50 of 1,659 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yoshitsugu Morita Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company 144
2 Takayuki Shimamune Permelec Electrode 105
3 Tadashi Okawa Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company 98
#4 Akio Kojima Sumitomo Electric Industries 88
#5 Yasuhiro Ishikawa Idemitsu Kosan Co. 84
#6 Koichi Sano Hitachi 82
#7 Haruhiko Furukawa Dow Corning Toray Co. 78
#8 Ikuo Takahashi Nisshinbo Industries 77
#9 Hirokatsu Ito Idemitsu Kosan Co. 70
#9 Katsutoshi Mine Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company 70
#11 Akihiko Nagano Canon 69
#11 Makoto Yoshitake Dow Corning Toray Co. 69
#13 Yukio Yoshida Idemitsu Kosan Co. 65
#13 Masakazu Tanaka Denso 65
#15 Akira Sakawaki Showa Denko K.K. 60
#15 Hisao Sato Seiko Epson 60
#17 Eiji Kobayashi Hitachi 57
#18 Kazunori Mukasa Furukawa Electric Co. 54
#19 Yutaka Minami Idemitsu Kosan Co. 51
#20 Yoshimitsu Tanabe Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated 46
#20 Ryosuke Yamazaki Honda Motor Co. 46
#22 Masahiro Endo Kai R&D Center Co. 45
#23 Masahiko Kuramoto Idemitsu Kosan Co. 44
#23 Tomohiro Iimura Dow Corning Toray Co. 44
#23 Takayuki Kubo Aisin Aw Co. 44
#26 Kenzo Hanawa Showa Denko K.K. 43
#26 Nobuyuki Koike Dexerials 43
#28 Masayuki Onishi Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company 42
#28 Kazuhiko Kojima Dow Tray Co. 42
#28 Koju Okazaki Mitsui Chemicals 42
#31 Keisuke Funaki Idemitsu Kosan Co. 41
#32 Akio Nodera Idemitsu Petrochemical Co. 40
#33 Ryohei Ogawa Olympus 39
#34 Shigeki Matsui Jx Nippon Oil & Energy 38
#34 Norio Tomotsu Idemitsu Kosan Co. 38
#34 Hiroshi Sakata Mitsubishi Electric 38
#34 Koji Matsunaga Mitsui Chemicals 38
#38 Kazuhisa Kashihara Furukawa Electric Co. 37
#39 Hitoshi Hata Idemitsu Kosan Co. 36
#39 Shin Yoshida Alps Electric Co. 36
#39 Kazuyuki Fukuda Kao 36
#42 Takeshi Ebara Sumitomo Chemical 35
#43 Keisaku Yamamoto Sumitomo Chemical 34
#43 Shizuo Murata Chisso 34
#43 Hiroshi Itatani Ube Industries 34
#43 Yutaka Satou Dic 34
#47 Ryoji Mori Mitsui Chemicals 32
#47 Yasushi Tohi Mitsui Chemicals 32
#49 Kenji Fukunaga Ube Industries 31
#49 Takuji Okamoto Idemitsu Kosan Co. 31