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Kumamoto, JP
All Time
7,016 patents · 1,227 inventors
Ranked
#769
of 111,555 cities
Top 1%
Showing 1–50 of 1,227 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Hideki Watanabe
Sony
177
2
Kenji Nishi
Nikon
147
3
Takashi Matsuo
Sony
131
#4
Isao Yamamoto
Rohm Co.
103
#5
Teruaki Itoh
Aoi Seiki Co.
74
#6
Takashi Nakazawa
Nissan Motor Co.
71
#6
Tadashi Iino
Yazaki
71
#8
Kiyohisa Tateyama
Tokyo Electron Limited
68
#9
Naoto Nakamura
Canon
66
#10
Akira Wada
Fujikura
62
#11
Kei Tashiro
Sony
58
#12
Takeshi Tsuchiya
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co.
50
#13
Norihiro Ito
Tokyo Electron Limited
47
#13
Susumu Hiyama
Sony
47
#15
Tomohiro Kaneko
Tokyo Electron Limited
45
#15
Takahiro Ueno
Mitsubishi Electric
45
#15
Mikio Nakashima
Tokyo Electron Limited
45
#15
Hiroyuki Kawashima
Sony
45
#19
Masami Hayashi
Mitsubishi Electric
44
#19
Osamu Oka
Tomoeagawa Paper Co.
44
#19
Takeshi Tamura
Nichia
44
#22
Hiroki Ohno
Tokyo Electron Limited
43
#23
Yoichi Ootsuka
Sony
42
#24
Koji Oda
Mitsubishi Electric
41
#24
Masashi Enomoto
Tokyo Electron Limited
41
#24
Yoshihiro Kai
Nissha Printing Co.
41
#27
Jiro Higashijima
Tokyo Electron Limited
39
#28
Yuichiro Inatomi
Tokyo Electron Limited
37
#28
Shogo Inaba
Seiko Epson
37
#28
Nobuhiro Ogata
Tokyo Electron Limited
37
#31
Yasuaki Yamada
Canon
36
#32
Yuichi Iwata
Ngk Insulators
35
#33
Kazunobu Ota
Sony
34
#33
Tetsuya Yoneda
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
34
#35
Yuichi Masutani
Mitsubishi Electric
33
#35
Chikateru Nozaki
Juridical Foundation The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute
33
#37
Nobuaki Ishiga
Mitsubishi Electric
32
#38
Yusuke Tomita
Exedy
31
#38
Hiroichi Inada
Tokyo Electron Limited
31
#40
Yasuo Hayashida
Omron
30
#40
Hiroyuki Miyahara
Victor Company Of Japan
30
#40
Kazuhiro Takeshita
Tokyo Electron Limited
30
#40
Satoshi Okamura
Canon
30
#44
Shin Iwabuchi
Sony
29
#44
Yasushi Takiguchi
Tokyo Electron Limited
29
#46
Hidenori Akiyama
Pakal Technologies
28
#46
Jun Nonaka
Tokyo Electron Limited
28
#46
Naoki Tsumura
Mitsubishi Electric
28
#49
Tomoharu Ogita
Sony
27
#50
Shinichi Arakawa
Sony
26
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