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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kusatsu, JP ranks #930 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,572 patents from 735 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kusatsu, JP include Hitachi, Daikin Industries, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba.

Showing 1–50 of 735 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Naoto Kobayashi Hitachi 66
2 Kenichi Sakakibara Daikin Industries 61
3 Takeshi Araki Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 57
#4 Kentarou Niki Daikin Industries 56
#5 Toshio Sunaga IBM 47
#6 Kouichirou Seki Daikin Industries 43
#7 Takaya Suzuki Hitachi 41
#8 Yoshikazu Kimura Ebara 37
#9 Masahiko Chouji Daikin Industries 36
#9 Satoshi Tokuda Shimadzu 36
#9 Hideshi Tanaka Victor Company Of Japan 36
#12 Toru Koyanagi Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 35
#13 Kazutoh Takesako Takara Shuzo Co. 34
#14 Tatsuji Enoki Takara Bio 33
#14 Katsumi Okayama Sony 33
#16 Hiromu Ueshima Ssd 32
#16 Kaichi Tsuji Daikin Industries 32
#18 Ichiro Fujieda Nec 31
#19 Takanori Ikegaya Mitsubishi Electric 29
#20 Junichi Mineno Takara Bio 28
#20 Osamu Imai Ngk Insulators 28
#22 Kazuaki Ohkubo Otsuka Electronics Co. 26
#23 Kanichi Fujikawa Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 24
#23 Shintaro Ikeda The Victaulic Company Of Japan Limited 24
#25 Tetsuya Fukumoto Omron 23
#26 Masayoshi Shirahata Mitsubishi Electric 22
#27 Seiji Kawai Daikin Industries 21
#27 Takashi Deguchi Konica 21
#27 Nobuyuki Matsuo Shimano 21
#30 Nobuyuki Sakashita Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 20
#30 Akira Kuwabara Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. 20
#30 Yoshihiro Kataoka Daikin Industries 20
#30 Yasuo Muneta Omron 20
#34 Tomoyuki Haikawa Daikin Industries 19
#34 Yumi Saitou Daikin Industries 19
#34 Hiroyuki Tsujikawa Sumitomo Electric Industries 19
#34 Yuuichi Yamamoto Mitsubishi Electric 19
#34 Masahiro Kodama Sony 19
#34 Hidekatsu Nogami Omron 19
#40 Yasuhito Uetsuji Omron 18
#40 Yasutomo Kawanishi Fujifilm 18
#42 Seiichi Manabe Asahi Kasei Kogyo Co. 17
#42 Akihiko Sakashita Daikin Industries 17
#44 Masao Koga Denki Kagaku Kogyo 16
#45 Masahiro Tsubokawa Sumitomo Electric Industries 15
#45 Kenichi Mae Nintendo Co. 15
#45 Itaru Shigehara Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 15
#45 Hirokazu Kameda Canon 15
#45 Munekazu Ogawa Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 15
#45 Akiko Yamamoto Nichia 15