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Iwata, JP
All Time
5,023 patents · 782 inventors
Ranked
#1,029
of 111,555 cities
Top 1%
Showing 1–50 of 782 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Yoshinori Hayashi
Ricoh Company
208
2
Koichi Okada
Ntn
106
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
Motoji Egawa
Minebea Co.
42
#14
Yuji Ishida
Japan Tobacco
42
#16
Yasuo Ohno
Nec
40
#17
Kazuo Komori
Ntn
38
#18
Masaki Egami
Ntn
37
#19
Kunitake Matsushita
Minebea Co.
36
#19
Kazunari Yamamoto
Ntn
36
#21
Minoru Ishijima
Ntn
34
#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
Yukio Wakui
Yamaha
26
#33
Shingo Yamazaki
Canon
26
#33
Naoki Tsuchida
Yamaha Motor
26
#36
Teruaki Fujio
Ntn
25
#36
Yukihiro Nishio
Ntn
25
#38
Atsushi Uchiyama
Yamaha Motor
24
#38
Shunji Minami
Casio Computer Co.
24
#40
Isao Hirai
Ntn
23
#40
Tsugunori Konakawa
Yamaha Motor
23
#42
Jun Taue
Yamaha Motor
22
#42
Tomoyoshi Koyanagi
Yamaha Motor
22
#44
Yu Motoyama
Yamaha Motor
21
#44
Tamotsu Nakamura
Showa
21
#44
Kiyotake Shibata
Ntn
21
#44
Kengo Minami
Yamaha Motor
21
#44
Shuhei Adachi
Yamaha Motor
21
#44
Yukoh Hiei
Japan Tobacco
21
#44
Syougo Suzuki
Ntn
21
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