Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kyoto, JP ranks #23 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 87,183 patents from 11,909 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kyoto, JP include Panasonic, Maxell, Sony.

Showing 1–50 of 11,909 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mitsuaki Oshima Panasonic 352
2 Yasunobu Hashimoto Maxell 246
3 Kazuo Yamamoto Sony 225
#4 Naoki Matsumoto Tokyo Electron Limited 217
#5 Junichi Matsumoto Ricoh Company 202
#6 Takeshi Nakajima Sumitomo Electric Industries 198
#7 Jun Sasaki Murata Manufacturing Co. 195
#8 Hiroyuki Takeuchi Chisso 194
#9 Kenji Inoue Kaneka 192
#10 Takeshi Ono Canon 182
#11 Toru Yamada Sumitomo Electric Industries 176
#11 Masahide Tanaka Rohm Co. 176
#13 Shigeru Yamamoto Komatsu 172
#14 Satoshi Sato Panasonic 167
#15 Takeshi Takagi Panasonic 165
#16 Isao Takahashi Hitachi 158
#17 Masami Tomita Ricoh Company 152
#18 Yusuke Mori Nec 150
#18 Tadashi Kobayashi Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 150
#20 Hiroaki Sugiura Mitsubishi Electric 137
#21 Koji Ikeda Ngk Insulators 135
#21 Takahiro Nakamura Nec 135
#23 Takanori UEJIMA Murata Manufacturing Co. 134
#24 Yusuke Kinoshita Toyota Industries 132
#24 Masayuki Shinohara Omron 132
#26 Takashi Shinohe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 129
#26 Nobuo Masuoka Maxell 129
#28 Hideaki Yoshida Olympus 125
#29 Keizo Ohta Nintendo Co. 123
#30 Tomohiro Takahashi Sony 122
#31 Shuhei Yamamoto Seiko Instruments 121
#31 Tetsuya Hamada Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 121
#33 Minoru Hashimoto Canon 120
#33 Toshikazu Nakamura Fujitsu Limited 120
#35 Kenichiro Ashida Nintendo Co. 117
#35 Masao Saito Rohm Co. 117
#37 Yoshio Koike Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 116
#38 Akihiro Arai Pentax 115
#38 Takeo Azuma Panasonic 115
#40 Wataru Fukui Mitsubishi Electric 112
#40 Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo Co. 112
#42 Yoshiyuki Matsunaga Panasonic 111
#42 Masaaki Nakayama Rohm Co. 111
#44 Hiroshi Kitagawa Honda Motor Co. 110
#45 Takayuki Tsutsui Murata Manufacturing Co. 109
#45 Hiroshi Okumura Nec 109
#47 Masashi Murakami Panasonic 108
#47 Osamu Kawamae Hitachi 108
#49 Masato Ibuki Nintendo Co. 107
#50 Masahiko Kobayakawa Rohm Co. 105