Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Machida, JP ranks #241 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 12,291 patents from 1,436 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Machida, JP include Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, Audio-Technica, Fujitsu Component Limited.

Showing 1–50 of 1,436 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kazunori Watanabe Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 254
2 Hiroshi Akino Audio-Technica 251
3 Yukihiro Mori Fujitsu Component Limited 141
#4 Kenji Itoh Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 126
#5 Soichiro Kawakami Canon 111
#6 Kiyomitsu Kudo Canon 108
#7 Shinsuke Mitsuma IBM 102
#8 Kazuyuki Miya Sumitomo Electric Industries 97
#9 Akira Takano Panasonic 94
#9 Katsuhito Sakurai Canon 94
#11 Akira Yoda Fujifilm 91
#12 Gen Murakami Hitachi 81
#13 Kenichiro Aoki Toyota 80
#14 Hiroshi Fuji Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 79
#15 Johji Nishio Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 78
#16 Hideki Yagi Sumitomo Electric Industries 70
#17 Kazuhiko Takaishi Fujitsu Limited 69
#18 Kazuyasu Nakamura Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. 68
#18 Isao MASUIKE Kyocera 68
#20 Takashi Totsuka Sony 67
#20 Hideo Asano IBM 67
#22 Masato Yamanobe Canon 65
#22 Naoyuki Ogura Hitachi 65
#24 Shuntaro Aratani Canon 64
#24 Junji Saito Mitsui Chemicals 64
#26 Akira Shiba Fujitsu Limited 63
#27 Shunji Tanaka Kawasaki 62
#28 Fangwei Tong Kyocera 60
#28 Hironao Kawano Olympus 60
#30 Masashi Hirose Canon 59
#31 Yoshio Imura Nikon 58
#32 Yasue Sato Canon 57
#33 Hisato Yabuta Canon 55
#34 Masashi Ogasawara Canon 54
#34 Yoshihiro Nakashima Daicel Chemical Industries 54
#34 Masazumi Matsubara Fujitsu Limited 54
#34 Masamichi Toyama Canon 54
#38 Gaku Yamamoto IBM 53
#39 Yoshio Kudo Toyota 52
#39 Tomoya Sugita Panasonic 52
#41 Tsuyoshi Aoki Fujitsu Limited 50
#42 Shin Takehara Mazda Motor 49
#42 Kazuya Hosoe Canon 49
#42 Hirokazu Ihara Hitachi 49
#42 Norio Ohkuma Canon 49
#46 Hideo Saikawa Canon 48
#47 Ryuta Tanaka Fujitsu Limited 47
#47 Kunihiro Yamamoto Canon 47
#49 Takashi Kawana Mitsubishi Electric 45
#50 Koichiro Nakazawa Canon 44