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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kobe, JP ranks #2,576 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,202 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kobe, JP include Pioneer Electronic, Canon, Hitachi.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Toshio Suzuki Pioneer Electronic 378
2 Shinya Suzuki Canon 197
3 Hirotada Ueda Hitachi 67
#4 Makoto Nakayama Yazaki 54
#5 Wako Iwamura Sumitomo Rubber Industries 51
#6 Toshikazu Kayano Asics 50
#6 Atsushi Hirano 50
#8 Yoshiki Sasai Riken 36
#9 Yoshi Sato Kawasaki 34
#10 Kazuki Fukushima IBM 30
#11 Toshihiko Nishimura Kobe Steel 29
#12 Nobuyasu Shimomura Kawasaki 23
#12 Shigeki Ono Kawasaki 23
#14 Shinya Kitano Kawasaki 22
#15 Norihisa Takayama Konica Minolta 18
#15 Tetsuya Nomura Fujitsu Ten Limited 18
#17 Satoru Takada Kobe Steel 17
#18 Kevin Bacon Axikin Pharmaceuticals 13
#19 Nobuyuki Nishiguchi Kawasaki Motors 12
#19 Shuichi Miyanishi Kawasaki 12
#21 Kyoko Masuda Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. 9
#21 Toyoaki Sagawa Kawasaki 9
#23 Kevin B. Bacon Schering 8
#24 Hideki Kawaguchi Toto 7
#24 Yoshinori Hara Kawasaki 7
#24 Hirokazu Kurata Sysmex 7
#27 Osamu Yamada University of California 5
#28 Iori KURATA Isuzu Motors Limited 4
#28 Ken Inouye Shionogi & Co. 4
#28 Yukio Kitamura Mitsubishi Electric 4
#31 Hsiang-Kuen Mao Huber Engineered Woods 2
#31 Tsuneo Ono Heishin Sobi Kabushiki Kaisha 2

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