Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masato Tanaka | Canon | 373 |
| 2 | Akira Hashimoto | Mitsubishi Electric | 272 |
| 3 | Hiroshi Harada | National Institute Of Information And Communications Technology | 259 |
| #4 | Hideki Kobayashi | Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company | 241 |
| #5 | Yukio Watanabe | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 113 |
| #6 | Shinya Matsumoto | Honda Motor Co. | 98 |
| #7 | Akira Yamauchi | Yamaha | 97 |
| #8 | Masato Okuda | Fujitsu Limited | 78 |
| #9 | Junichi Ishii | Hitachi | 76 |
| #10 | Makoto Murakami | Seiko Epson | 72 |
| #11 | Takayuki Migita | Nidec | 46 |
| #12 | Kazutaka Okamoto | Hitachi | 34 |
| #13 | Tomohiro Fukumura | Nidec | 27 |
| #14 | Ryo Takagi | Rohm Co. | 20 |
| #15 | Masaki Adachi | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 19 |
| #16 | Takashi Dogahara | Mitsubishi Motors | 11 |
| #17 | Mike Schuster | — | 3 |
| #17 | Hayato Asano | Denso | 3 |
| #17 | Haruki Hasegawa | Bayer Healthcare | 3 |
| #17 | Jun Haginaka | Shinwa Chemical Industries | 3 |
| #21 | Shunji Natsuka | University of Michigan | 2 |
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