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Nagano, JP
All Time
3,868 patents · 38 inventors
Ranked
#1,275
of 111,555 cities
Top 2%
Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Takashi Yamamoto
Mitsubishi Electric
694
2
Akira Takahashi
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
620
3
Takashi Abe
Sony
289
#4
Tadashi Nakamura
Ricoh Company
275
#5
Hiroshi Sakai
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
255
#6
Hideki Ito
Nuflare Technology
168
#7
Koji Shimizu
Toray Silicone Co.
131
#7
Koichi Nishimura
Fanuc
131
#9
Seiji Sato
Sony
119
#10
Masaru Takeuchi
Brother Kogyo
94
#11
Tomoyuki Suzuki
Sumitomo Chemical
92
#12
Shigeo Fujita
Seiko Epson
78
#13
Hisao Tanaka
Sony
77
#14
Koji Ohashi
Seiko Epson
72
#15
Toshio Nakajima
Rohm Co.
69
#16
Takumi Kobayashi
Pentax
66
#16
Toshifumi Sakai
Seiko Epson
66
#16
Hitoshi Iwata
Mitsubishi Electric
66
#19
Yoshio Yamada
Ishikawa Gasket Co.
64
#20
Takashi Yanagisawa
IBM
57
#21
Yasuhiro Maruyama
Brother Kogyo
56
#22
Kazuhiro Aoki
Sumitomo Electric Industries
40
#23
Kazuhiro Ota
Sintokogio
35
#24
Yasunori Hattori
Ntt Docomo
32
#25
Takashi Mano
Seiko Epson
31
#26
Yasuhiro Hosokawa
Seiko Epson
26
#27
Toshihiko Yamazaki
Seiko Epson
24
#28
Ko Watanabe
Toyota
23
#29
Tatsuya Ishida
Adeka
20
#30
Nobuo Takeuchi
Mazda Motor
18
#31
Hiromitsu Miyajima
Otis Elevator
16
#32
Kensuke Sakai
Subaru
14
#33
Shinobu Kaneko
Toyota
13
#34
Tomoki Matsuzawa
Seiko Epson
12
#35
Motoki Kuhara
Oncotherapy Science
9
#36
Ayako Sakai
Sysmex
8
#37
Koichi Kubota
Kotobuki Seiyaku Co.
6
#38
Yasuo Fujimori
Nidec Sankyo
2