Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nagoya, JP ranks #50 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 42,765 patents from 6,680 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nagoya, JP include Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Ngk Insulators, Fujitsu Limited.

Showing 1–50 of 6,680 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Akira Sakai Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 244
2 Yusuke Watanabe Ngk Insulators 163
3 Kengo Oishi Fujitsu Limited 155
#4 Junji Watanabe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 150
#4 Tomohiro Kanbe Brother Kogyo 150
#6 Shin Hasegawa Ricoh Company 144
#6 Masato Endo Toyota 144
#8 Nobuo Nakamura Sony 128
#9 Tsutomu Suzuki Brother Kogyo 127
#10 Takatoshi Takemoto Ace Denken Co. 126
#11 Takahiro Aoki Fujitsu Limited 125
#11 Kazuyoshi Shibata Ngk Insulators 125
#13 Mitsuharu Hattori Brother Industries 123
#14 Makoto Ohmori Ngk Insulators 112
#15 Junichi Yokoi Brother Kogyo 107
#16 Hiroshi Hirayama Hitachi 106
#16 Yukio Mori Sanyo Electric Co. 106
#16 Yukihiko Sato Brother Industries 106
#16 Hirotake Nakamura Brother Kogyo 106
#20 Yukio Miyairi Ngk Insulators 103
#20 Yoshihiro Tanaka Minolta 103
#22 Yutaka Ishii Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 100
#22 Takeyuki Takagi Brother Kogyo 100
#24 Yoshimasa Kobayashi Ngk Insulators 99
#25 Takashi Nojima Canon 96
#26 Tsutomu Kato Brother Kogyo 95
#26 Takashi Omura Brother Kogyo 95
#28 Ryo Kuroda Canon 90
#28 Shin Kikuchi Canon 90
#28 Tsuyoshi Arai Denso 90
#31 Takaichiro Umeda Brother Kogyo 88
#32 Kosuke Nukui Brother Kogyo 87
#33 Yoshihiro Hoshino Hoshino Gakki Co. 86
#33 Naoki Yamamuro Toyota 86
#35 Masanao Idogawa Toyota 85
#35 Isao Kishi Brother Kogyo 85
#37 Noriyuki Kawamata Brother Kogyo 84
#37 Takamoto Watanabe Denso 84
#39 Hideharu Tajima Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 82
#39 Nobuyuki Tomatsu Toyota 82
#41 Jun Sakakibara Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 81
#42 Keita Shimizu Brother Kogyo 80
#43 Akihiro Mouri Canon 79
#43 Minoru Maeda Fujitsu Limited 79
#43 Yasuo Hojo Toyota 79
#46 Hirokazu Watanabe Yoshida Kogyo K.K. 78
#47 Isao Kimura Canon 77
#48 Masaya Fujioka Brother Kogyo 76
#48 Hideaki Sasaki Hitachi 76
#50 Osamu Sugiyama Yazaki 75