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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kure, JP ranks #1,013 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,344 patents from 736 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kure, JP include Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, Mazda Motor, Satake Engineering Co..

Showing 1–50 of 736 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tatsuya Honda Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 184
2 Shinya Kamada Mazda Motor 78
3 Toshihiko Satake Satake Engineering Co. 70
#4 Naoki Oda Nec 55
#5 Yuji Harada Mazda Motor 52
#6 Yasuyoshi Kato Babcock-Hitachi 50
#7 Naoki Izumi Rohm Co. 40
#8 Koji Kuramashi Kyocera Document Solutions 38
#9 Yoshiki Watanabe 33
#10 Junichi Taga Mazda Motor 29
#11 Tetsuya Yokoyama Yanmar Holdings Co. 28
#12 Akira Sumitani Gigaphoton 27
#13 Takahiro Inada Kawasaki 26
#14 Kiyotaka Mamiya Mazda Motor 24
#14 Kenji Kiyama Babcock-Hitachi 24
#16 Toshio Hidaka Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 23
#17 Takahiro Tochioka Mazda Motor 22
#18 Nobuyuki Hama Mitutoyo 20
#18 Kunihiko Kurisu Mazda Motor 20
#18 Keiichi Miyamoto Ricoh Company 20
#21 Yasushi Niwa Mazda Motor 19
#21 Fusatoshi Tanaka Mazda Motor 19
#21 Katsuya Kikuiri Alps Electric Co. 19
#24 Hiroyasu Hamamura Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 18
#24 Yuji Fujikawa Mitutoyo 18
#26 Yasunari Nakayama Mazda Motor 17
#26 Mitsuhiro Horikawa Elpida Memory 17
#26 Takuji Okumura Mazda Motor 17
#26 Takanori Nakamoto Babcock-Hitachi 17
#26 Shigehito Takamoto Babcock-Hitachi 17
#26 Yoshihiro Takemoto Gp Daikyo 17
#26 Koji Sawahata Webasto Japan Co. 17
#33 Kengo Sudoh Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 16
#33 Kenji Asada Seiko Epson 16
#33 Shigeyuki Mori Mazda Motor 16
#33 Takeatsu Ito Mazda Motor 16
#33 Yoshiyuki Omori Mitutoyo 16
#38 Keisuke Yamaguchi Nuflare Technology 15
#38 Toshikazu Tsumura Hitachi 15
#40 Naomi Imada Babcock-Hitachi 14
#40 Tadanobu Yamamoto Mazda Motor 14
#40 Kazuhiro Hirahara Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 14
#40 Yasuo Osawa Denso 14
#40 Yuya Honda Mazda Motor 14
#45 Tomonori Nishida Dai Nippon Printing Co. 13
#45 Kouji Kuramashi Babcock-Hitachi K.K. 13
#45 Tamaki Nakamura Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 13
#45 Munetsugu Matsuo Nippon Steel 13
#45 Hiroshi Ishizaka Babcock-Hitachi 13
#45 Yasuhiro Ogauchi Mazda Motor 13