Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kurume, JP ranks #4,135 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 684 patents from 195 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kurume, JP include Ricoh Company, Bonac, Tachi-S Co..

Showing 1–50 of 195 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Akihiro Itoh Ricoh Company 69
2 Tadaaki Ohgi Bonac 30
3 Shinichi Mizuno Tachi-S Co. 25
#4 Shigetoshi Kuma Mitsui Chemicals 23
#5 Jiro Harada Harada Industry Co. 21
#6 Hisaya Takahashi Nec 19
#7 Nobuo Kawato Mitsui Chemicals 17
#8 Masafumi Mikami Daiso Co. 14
#9 Mitsuo Nishi Tokyo Electron Limited 13
#9 Eriko Aoki Bonac 13
#11 Tomohiro Hamasaki Bonac 10
#11 Osamu Gotoh Honda Motor Co. 10
#13 Tomoyuki Fukuda Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited 9
#13 Christoph Daube Leybold Gmbh 9
#13 Toshihiro Koga Sumitomo Electric Industries 9
#16 Nobuyoshi Koga Towa 8
#17 Katsuhiko Hirashima Fujitsu Limited 7
#17 Akihito Yamasaki Panasonic 7
#17 Hidehito Nakamura National Institute Of Radiological Sciences 7
#17 Ryu Nakao Zeria Pharmaceutical Co. 7
#21 Keiichi Yamasaki Mazda Motor 6
#21 Hisao Shirohzu Bonac 6
#21 Tsuyoshi Kakuta Sumitomo Electric Industries 6
#21 Seikoh Abe Sumitomo Electric Industries 6
#21 Hirofumi Shiraishi Tokyo Electron Limited 6
#21 Shigeki Shichijo Green Peptide Co. 6
#21 Hisataka Inoue Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. 6
#21 Kazumi Ohtsubo Sumitomo Electric Industries 6
#29 Kyosuke Masaki Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#29 Michiharu Sakata Mitsui Chemicals 5
#29 Tomoaki Hoshino Kurume University 5
#29 Nagahiro Kawano Ngk Insulators 5
#29 Masasuke Harada Nippon Rubber Co. 5
#29 Arata Toshimitsu Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#29 Hiroshi Okamatsu Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#36 Shoshilo Fuzita Nippon Rubber Co. 4
#36 Yoshio Asakawa 4
#36 Yoshinobu Muranaga Casio Computer Co. 4
#36 Eiichi Mukai Tokyo Electron Limited 4
#36 Masahiro Motono Sansho Seiyaku Co. 4
#36 Takayuki Mizutani Bonac 4
#36 Joshua Lawn Nishiyama 4
#36 Kazuya Koumoto Japan Science And Technology Agency 4
#36 Kazuyuki Yoshidomi Panasonic 4
#36 Junichi Fukushima Komatsu 4
#36 Kohei SUYAMA Panasonic 4
#36 Hisayuki Tsujimori Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 4
#36 Kenichi Kawazoe Yamatake 4
#36 Yoshiharu Moronaga Nippon Rubber Co. 4
#50 Jingo Kusukawa Kurume University 3