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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Makinohara, JP ranks #1,089 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,111 patents from 303 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Makinohara, JP include Sanyo Electric Co., Yazaki, Minebea Co..

Showing 1–50 of 303 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kazuya Sato Sanyo Electric Co. 130
2 Tomohiro Ikeda Yazaki 122
3 Hiroshi Sano Minebea Co. 96
#4 Masahiro Wada Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. 93
#5 Motohisa Kashiyama Yazaki 91
#6 Nobuyuki Asakura Yazaki 67
#7 Nobuaki Date Canon 56
#8 Masato Fujiwara Nikkiso Co. 47
#9 Akira Shinchi Yazaki 44
#9 Hideto Kumakura Yazaki 44
#11 Masahiro Sawayanagi Yazaki 43
#12 Satoshi Nakai Yazaki 42
#13 Masaki Shibuya Panasonic 40
#14 Takeshi Onoda Hitachi 39
#15 Kenichi Kawashima Hitachi 38
#16 Kazuhide Takahashi Yazaki 37
#16 Masami Fuchi Mita Industrial Co. 37
#18 Toshiharu Kudo Yazaki 36
#18 Chieko Torii Yazaki 36
#18 Tomohiko Shimizu Yazaki 36
#21 Kaoru Matsumura Yazaki 34
#21 Taku Furuta Yazaki 34
#21 Masashi Tsukamoto Yazaki 34
#24 Kenta Tanaka Sumitomo Chemical 32
#24 Masayuki Saitoh Suntory Holdings Limited 32
#26 Tadahisa Sakaguchi Yazaki 30
#27 Hideki Yamanaka Fujitsu Limited 29
#27 Nobutaka Kaneko Yazaki 29
#29 Takaaki Kakimi Yazaki 28
#30 Kouki Sato Furukawa Electric Co. 27
#30 Shin Nemoto Yazaki 27
#30 Hirotaka Kiyota Yazaki 27
#33 Noboru Hayasaka Yazaki 26
#34 Yukio Nishio Fujitsu Limited 24
#34 Kiyohito Fukuda Yazaki 24
#34 Hirotaka Kurita Yamaha Motor 24
#37 Naoki Ueno Nippon Precision Circuits 23
#37 Daisuke Sugiyama Yazaki 23
#37 Norihiro Ohashi Yazaki 23
#40 Tomonori Ohashi Ebara 22
#40 Tomoyoshi Fukaya Yazaki 22
#40 Kenta Yanazawa Yazaki 22
#40 Kyohei Yamamoto Mitsubishi Electric 22
#44 Shuichi Ishibashi Yazaki 21
#44 Akinori Nakashima Yazaki 21
#46 Hiroshi Tonomura Mitsubishi Materials 20
#46 Masanori Nagasawa Yazaki 20
#46 Takahiro Miyakawa Ricoh Company 20
#49 Hidehiko Shimizu Yazaki 19
#49 Masashi Sekizaki Yazaki 19