Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Itami, JP ranks #247 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 12,188 patents from 1,436 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Itami, JP include Ngk Insulators, Mitsubishi Electric, Sumitomo Electric Industries.

Showing 1–50 of 1,436 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Takashi Harada Ngk Insulators 292
2 Kazutami Arimoto Mitsubishi Electric 195
3 Takao Nakamura Sumitomo Electric Industries 169
#4 Naoji Fujimori Sumitomo Electric Industries 115
#5 Akira Yamakawa Sumitomo Electric Industries 100
#6 Seiji Nakahata Sumitomo Electric Industries 94
#6 Shuji Yazu Sumitomo Electric Industries 94
#8 Kazuyasu Fujishima Mitsubishi Electric 93
#9 Tetsuji Miyazaki Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. 90
#9 Katsushi Akita Sumitomo Electric Industries 90
#11 Yusuke Yoshizumi Sumitomo Electric Industries 82
#12 Yoshiki Nishibayashi Sumitomo Electric Industries 77
#13 Keiji Ishibashi Sumitomo Electric Industries 73
#14 Shigeto Maegawa Mitsubishi Electric 71
#15 Yasushi Inoue Nitto Denko 70
#16 Shuji Iino Minolta 63
#16 Tsuyoshi Fujioka Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. 63
#18 Fumitaka Sato Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 62
#19 Shinsuke Fujiwara Sumitomo Electric Industries 61
#19 Kensaku Motoki Sumitomo Electric Industries 61
#21 Susumu Okuno Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal 60
#21 Masaki Kumanoya Mitsubishi Electric 60
#21 Shingo Kuwano Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. 60
#24 Koichiro Mashiko Mitsubishi Electric 58
#24 Shigenori Sakikawa Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. 58
#26 Tomohisa Wada Mitsubishi Electric 57
#27 Takashi Kuroi Mitsubishi Electric 54
#28 Yasuki Kido Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal 52
#29 Kazumi Sawayanagi Konica Minolta 51
#30 Gaku Harada Nec Tokin 50
#31 Akihiko Ikegaya Sumitomo Electric Industries 49
#32 Akihiro Hachigo Sumitomo Electric Industries 48
#33 Takuji Okahisa Sumitomo Electric Industries 47
#33 Hitoshi Fujimoto Canon 47
#35 Kazuhiro Ikeda Sumitomo Electric Industries 46
#35 Haruyo Fukui Sumitomo Electric Industries 46
#35 Katsuhiro Tsukamoto Mitsubishi Electric 46
#35 Kazuki Okuno Sumitomo Electric Industries 46
#39 Shuji Nakao Mitsubishi Electric 45
#40 Minoru Nakano Sony 44
#40 Masahiko Yoshimoto Mitsubishi Electric 44
#42 Yasushi Fujiwara Brother Kogyo 43
#42 Hideki Moriguchi Sumitomo Electric Industries 43
#44 Junji Machida Minolta 42
#44 Takamichi Sumitomo Sumitomo Electric Industries 42
#46 Masahito Matsuo Mitsubishi Electric 41
#47 Akio Hara Sumitomo Electric Industries 40
#47 Akira Doi Hitachi 40
#47 Manabu Miura Nissan Motor Co. 40
#47 Yasuyuki Kanada Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal 40