Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kariya, JP ranks #71 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 35,753 patents from 4,822 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kariya, JP include Panasonic, Honda Motor Co., Sumitomo Electric Industries.

Showing 1–50 of 4,822 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Masayuki Hoshino Panasonic 504
2 Takashi Aoki Honda Motor Co. 398
3 Masaaki Kobayashi Sumitomo Electric Industries 238
#4 Makoto Taniguchi Denso 167
#5 Naoki Yoshida Seiko Epson 155
#5 Hiroshi Isono Toyota 155
#7 Koji Sakai Denso 146
#8 Keisuke Suzuki Tokyo Electron Limited 145
#9 Hitoshi Yamada Fujitsu Limited 124
#10 Takashi Kawashima Fujifilm 123
#11 Masashi Mori Denso 109
#12 Kenji Hara Canon 108
#13 Nobuyuki Watanabe Olympus 104
#13 Shigeru Kamio Denso 104
#15 Minoru Kato Nikon 99
#15 Takuya Hasegawa Yazaki 99
#17 Tetsuya Aoyama Seiko Epson 96
#17 Kunihiko Hayashi Sony 96
#19 Tadao Suzuki Sony 94
#20 Hiroshi Yano Sumitomo Electric Industries 92
#20 Yuki SUZUKI Toyota 92
#22 Akira Itoh Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited 87
#23 Hiroyuki Kodama Advics Co. 79
#24 Masashi Miyagawa Canon 78
#25 Naoki Yokoyama Fujitsu Limited 74
#26 Tsutomu Hayashi Honda Motor Co. 72
#27 Tomoyuki Kato Fujitsu Limited 71
#27 Shin Yasuda 71
#27 Yuichi Takeuchi Denso 71
#30 Kazuyoshi Obayashi Denso 70
#30 Satoshi Itoh Denso 70
#32 Yosuke Ito Denso 69
#33 Yoshiki Kato Hitachi 68
#34 Hideki Kabune Denso 67
#34 Kazuhiro Uehara Denso 67
#36 Naoki Kawasaki Denso 66
#36 Kouji Miura Panasonic 66
#38 Takeshi Tsukamoto Canon 64
#39 Nobuya Watabe Denso 63
#39 Hiroyuki Hotta 63
#41 Masaki Uchiyama Canon 62
#42 Takatoshi Sekizawa Denso 61
#42 Takeshi Torii Subaru 61
#42 Yuzo Harata Denso 61
#42 Tomohisa Sano Canon 61
#46 Toshihiro Fujita Denso 60
#46 Hiroaki Asano Panasonic 60
#48 Toshiaki Saito Ryobi 59
#48 Hiroshi Haraguchi Denso 59
#50 Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Denso 58