Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kobe, JP ranks #1,477 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,283 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Canon, Minolta Co., Toyota.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroyuki Yamamoto Canon 271
2 Hiroyuki Okada Minolta Co. 200
3 Hiroki Okada Toyota 156
#4 Kentaro Nakamura Fujitsu Limited 143
#5 Susumu Tanaka Nsk 108
#6 Masatoshi Yoshida Kobe Steel 84
#7 Kazuo Asano Sumitomo Rubber Industries 80
#8 Hiroaki Kawai Fujitsu Limited 75
#9 Takahiro Tanaka Yamaha 70
#10 Satoru Abe Asics 61
#11 Toshio Araki Kawasaki 59
#12 Noboru Ito Sumitomo Electric Industries 54
#13 Tomomi Sano Sumitomo Electric Industries 52
#14 Shinichi Ikeda Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 48
#15 Yukio Iwasaki Kawasaki 47
#16 Kozo Yamaguchi Aisin Aw Co. 43
#17 Kazuo Yoshikawa Fujitsu Limited 42
#18 Takuya Kawamura Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 40
#18 Yoshiaki Miyamoto Sumitomo Rubber Industries 40
#20 Hisao Yamamoto Sumitomo Chemical 38
#21 Shintaro Tomita Brother Kogyo 36
#21 Katsutoshi Takagi Kobe Steel 36
#23 Tsuyoshi Shimizu Moresco 35
#24 Hideo Nishimura Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha 32
#25 Jun Inagaki Toyobo Co. 30
#26 Takashi Yasuo Sanyo Electric Co. 28
#27 Makoto Tamaki Toyoda Gosei Co. 26
#27 Akio Sugimoto Kobe Steel 26
#29 Takeshi Ohwaki Kobe Steel 24
#29 Satomi Yamauchi Mitsubishi Electric 24
#31 Yusuke Suga Dai Nippon Printing Co. 23
#31 Kazuaki Matsuda Kubota 23
#33 Hideyuki Fujii Konica Minolta 22
#33 Shuji Kawai Kao 22
#35 Akiyoshi Kawai Pfizer 19
#36 Hideki Ishitobi Kobe Steel 17
#36 Shota Kinoshita Denso 17
#38 Yuichi Nakano Sony 16
#39 Shoji Okuda Fujitsu Limited 14
#40 Hideyuki FUJISAWA Noritz 13
#41 Akira Iwamura Sumitomo Electric Industries 11
#42 Hideki Fukumoto Mitsui Chemicals 10
#42 Shoji Shimizu Excell 10
#44 Takayoshi Miyazaki Kobe Steel 9
#45 Hiroyuki Kondou Panasonic 8
#45 Naoki Baba Toyota 8
#47 Fumiya Suzuki Sumitomo Rubber Industries 7
#47 Naoki Hikosaka Kawasaki 7
#49 Haruhisa Kaiju Matsuo Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#50 Yasuhiko Ohta Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated 5