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Kobe, JP All Time

33,625 patents  ·  5,515 inventors

Ranked #74 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Kobe, JP ranks #74 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 33,625 patents from 5,515 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, Hitachi.

Showing 1–50 of 5,515 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Takashi Ohno Fujitsu Limited 133
2 Yasuhiko Hashimoto Kawasaki 126
3 Satoshi Ouchi Hitachi 125
3 Yasuyuki Watanabe Canon 125
#5 Kazuo Sasaki Fujitsu Limited 119
#5 Yoichi Nakamura Fuji Electric Co. 119
#7 Yoshiyuki Shimizu Ricoh Company 118
#8 Kenji Yoneda — 115
#9 Takahiro Sajima Sumitomo Rubber Industries 114
#10 Kazuyoshi Shiga Sumitomo Rubber Industries 111
#11 Yoshinori Nakamura Brother Kogyo 109
#12 Shunsuke Watanabe Seiko Epson 108
#13 Masayoshi Kobayashi Kawasaki 107
#14 Toshifumi Takeuchi Hitachi 105
#15 Toshiyuki Tarao Sumitomo Rubber Industries 103
#16 Hironori Tanaka Ibiden Co. 99
#17 Tetsuya Yoshida Kawasaki 98
#18 Tadashi Ito Fujitsu Limited 96
#19 Kazuki Matsui Fujitsu Limited 94
#20 Toshihiko Miyazaki Canon 93
#21 Keiji Ohama Sri Sports Limited 92
#22 Takaaki Nagai Sysmex 84
#23 Masatoshi Yokota Sumitomo Rubber Industries 83
#23 Takashi Yoshioka Fujitsu Limited 83
#25 Kuniyasu Horiuchi Sumitomo Rubber Industries 81
#26 Yoshihiro Mizuno Fujitsu Limited 80
#27 Masahide Onuki Sumitomo Rubber Industries 79
#27 Masakazu Taguchi Fujitsu Limited 79
#29 Kazuhiko Isogawa Sri Sports Limited 78
#29 Kazuyuki Ito Sumitomo Chemical 78
#29 Nobuo Higaki Sumitomo Electric Industries 78
#29 Hisao Furukawa Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo 78
#33 Masayuki Kamon Kawasaki 77
#34 Koichi Nakajima Sumitomo Rubber Industries 76
#35 Hiroshi Takada Konica 75
#35 Kentaro Tanaka Toray Industries 75
#35 Yasuhiko Ikeda Canon 75
#35 Kazuya Koyama Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 75
#39 Koichi Fujisawa Sumitomo Chemical 74
#40 Minoru Yokoyama Canon 73
#40 Takahiro Kawashima Panasonic 73
#42 Ryo Nakamura Toyoda Gosei Co. 72
#42 Koji Uematsu Sumitomo Electric Industries 72
#42 Shinichi Takagi Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 72
#45 Naruhiro MIZUTANI Sumitomo Rubber Industries 71
#46 Kiyoshi Yagi Yazaki 70
#46 Takahiro Shigemitsu Sumitomo Rubber Industries 70
#48 Hirotaka Nakamura Sri Sports Limited 68
#49 Takashi Wada Kobe Steel 66
#50 Yasuhisa Minagawa Sumitomo Rubber Industries 63

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