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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kawasaki, JP ranks #15 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 113,992 patents from 15,035 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kawasaki, JP include Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Hitachi, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co..

Showing 1–50 of 15,035 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Norio Takami Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 381
2 Noboru Shibata Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 280
3 Daisaburo Takashima Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 230
#4 Koichi Kimura Hitachi 225
#5 Masatoshi Arai Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 215
#6 Masao Kato Canon 211
#7 Tomoko Adachi Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 205
#8 Yoshihiro Kawasaki Fujitsu Limited 201
#9 Tsutomu Takahashi Sony 178
#10 Yoshinori Nakagawa Canon 168
#11 Shinichi Hashimoto Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 167
#12 Yoshiyuki Imanaka Canon 166
#13 Yutaka Oishi IBM 164
#14 Hiroshi Nishida Murata Manufacturing Co. 162
#15 Kazuhisa Obuchi Fujitsu Limited 159
#16 Masaki Sugiyama Fujitsu Optical Components Limited 157
#17 Wataru Saito Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 154
#18 Hideo Miura Hitachi 152
#19 Takayuki Yagi Canon 148
#20 Satoshi Shimada Hitachi 145
#21 Jiro Moriyama Canon 142
#22 Yusuke Kobayashi Fuji Electric Co. 140
#23 Tomohiro Saito Enplas 139
#23 Takahiro Imai Sumitomo Electric Industries 139
#25 Yoshihisa Kojima Toshiba Memory 138
#26 Michiaki Sakamoto Nec Lcd Technologies 137
#27 Shuichi Murakami Canon 136
#28 Masaru Kidoh Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 131
#29 Norihiro Ishii Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. 126
#29 Kiyohide Satoh Canon 126
#31 Masaki Aoki Sumitomo Electric Industries 123
#32 Takashi Ishii Yazaki 120
#33 Shigenori Yanagi Fujitsu Limited 118
#34 Masao Yamamoto Sumitomo Electric Industries 117
#35 Yutaka Koizumi Canon 115
#36 Katsuhiko Mori Canon 114
#36 Teruo Ozaki Canon 114
#38 Yasuhide Matsumoto Fujitsu Limited 111
#39 Osamu Tsujii Canon 106
#40 Yosuke Akimoto Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 105
#41 Satoshi Shirotori Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 104
#41 Akiyuki Tanizawa Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 104
#41 Hiroaki Fujimoto Sanshin Industries 104
#44 Kunio Hara Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 102
#44 Keiichi Nakamura Sumitomo Wiring Systems 102
#44 Hisao Nakashima Fujitsu Limited 102
#47 Koji Kurihara Fujitsu Limited 101
#47 Kenichi Shiraishi Nikon 101
#49 Takeshi Ishihara Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 100
#49 Satoshi Ueno Ricoh Company 100