Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Iwata, JP ranks #667 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,049 patents from 782 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Iwata, JP include Ricoh Company, Ntn, Canon.

Showing 1–50 of 782 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yoshinori Hayashi Ricoh Company 209
2 Koichi Okada Ntn 107
3 Akihiro Yamanaka Canon 104
#4 Takashi Koike Ntn 97
#5 Hiroshi Isobe Ntn 95
#6 Takayoshi Ozaki Ntn 83
#7 Atsushi Shibayama Nikon 75
#8 Takayuki Norimatsu Ntn 64
#9 Hisashi Ohtsuki Ntn 59
#10 Isamu Yoshida Hitachi 53
#11 Masato Aoki Minebea Mitsumi 49
#12 Yasuyuki Fukushima Wacom Co. 47
#13 Akinobu Ui Sakata Seed 44
#14 Yuji Ishida Japan Tobacco 42
#14 Motoji Egawa Minebea Co. 42
#16 Yasuo Ohno Nec 40
#17 Kazuo Komori Ntn 38
#18 Masaki Egami Ntn 37
#19 Kazunari Yamamoto Ntn 36
#19 Kunitake Matsushita Minebea Co. 36
#21 Minoru Ishijima Ntn 35
#22 Kiyoshi Yamaki Nissan Motor Co. 32
#23 Tadao Ito Enshu Limited 31
#24 Makoto Yasui Ntn 30
#24 Yoshiyuki Yokoyama Denso 30
#24 Tomoaki Makino Ntn 30
#27 Ryoji Nakahama Sanshin Industries 29
#28 Tsugito Nakazeki Ntn 28
#28 Masahiro Onodera Konica 28
#28 Kentarou Nishikawa Ntn 28
#31 Satoshi Fujimoto Komatsu Shisakusho 27
#31 Shigeaki Fukushima Ntn 27
#33 Naoki Tsuchida Yamaha Motor 26
#33 Shingo Yamazaki Canon 26
#33 Yukio Wakui Yamaha 26
#36 Yukihiro Nishio Ntn 25
#36 Teruaki Fujio Ntn 25
#38 Shunji Minami Casio Computer Co. 24
#38 Atsushi Uchiyama Yamaha Motor 24
#40 Tsugunori Konakawa Yamaha Motor 23
#40 Isao Hirai Ntn 23
#42 Jun Taue Yamaha Motor 22
#42 Tomoyoshi Koyanagi Yamaha Motor 22
#44 Syougo Suzuki Ntn 21
#44 Yukoh Hiei Japan Tobacco 21
#44 Yu Motoyama Yamaha Motor 21
#44 Shuhei Adachi Yamaha Motor 21
#44 Tamotsu Nakamura Showa 21
#44 Kengo Minami Yamaha Motor 21
#44 Kiyotake Shibata Ntn 21