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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Iwakuni, JP ranks #1,485 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,270 patents from 421 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Iwakuni, JP include Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Teijin Limited, Sanyo Electric Co..

Showing 1–50 of 421 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Norio Kashiwa Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 86
2 Susumu Honda Teijin Limited 54
2 Yasuhiko Nomura Sanyo Electric Co. 54
#4 Motonobu Kubo Daikin Industries 51
#5 Takashi Yoshitomi Teijin Limited 49
#6 Yoshio Machida Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 44
#7 Akira Todo Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 41
#8 Kazuo Kohmura Mitsui Chemicals 38
#9 Yataro Ichikawa Teijin Limited 31
#10 Shigeyoshi Hara Hercules 28
#11 Yoshihisa Kiso Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 27
#12 Toru Sawaki Teijin Limited 26
#13 Fumiaki Yamaguchi Honda Motor Co. 24
#13 Keizo Shimada Teijin Limited 24
#15 Noriaki Kihara Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 22
#15 Fujihisa Matsunaga Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 22
#17 Daisuke Fukuoka Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 20
#17 Osamu Nishikawa Sekisui Chemical Co. 20
#19 Tohru Yoshikane Toyo Jidoki Co. 19
#19 Kenji Ishimaru Tosoh Akzo 19
#19 Kenji Sugimura Mitsui Chemicals 19
#22 Kakue Nakamoto Toyo Jidoki Co. 18
#22 Takashi Date Nippon Paper Industries Co. 18
#24 Takeyuki Kawaguchi Teijin Limited 17
#24 Tomohisa Isobe Daicel Chemical Industries 17
#26 Shinichi Hiramoto Toyo Jidoki Co. 16
#26 Shingo Emi Teijin Limited 16
#28 Hidetoshi Yoshioka Nippon Paper Industries Co. 15
#28 Hiroyuki Hori Hitachi 15
#28 Hiroyoshi Minematsu Teijin Limited 15
#28 Akihiro Aoki Teijin Limited 15
#28 Kazutaka Tsuru Mitsui Chemicals 15
#28 Takeshi Muranaka Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 15
#28 Tsutomu Kiriyama Teijin Limited 15
#28 Yutaka Matsuoka Yazaki 15
#36 Ryoji Tsukamoto Teijin Limited 14
#36 Jiro Sadanobu Teijin Limited 14
#36 Hitoshi Mantoku Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 14
#36 Katsuo Taniguchi Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 14
#36 Junichi Okita Mazda Motor 14
#36 Sadahiko Matsuura Mitsui Chemicals 14
#36 Shizuo Azuma Teijin Limited 14
#43 Hiroshi Mera Teijin Limited 13
#43 Osamu Kai Tamura Electric Works 13
#43 Shinichiro Shoji Teijin Limited 13
#43 Seiichi Ikeyama Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 13
#43 Susumu Norota Teijin Limited 13
#43 Fumio Ueda Mitsubishi Electric 13
#43 Kiyoshi Sugie Teijin Limited 13
#50 Noritsugu Saiki Teijin Limited 12