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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nagoya, JP ranks #131 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 20,593 patents from 897 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nagoya, JP include Murata Manufacturing Co., Sony, Brother Kogyo.

Showing 1–50 of 897 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Satoshi Tanaka Murata Manufacturing Co. 768
2 Satoshi Suzuki Sony 578
3 Atsushi Ito Brother Kogyo 390
#4 Yukihisa Takeuchi Ngk Insulators 346
#5 Takashi Shimizu Brother Kogyo 327
#6 Hiroshi Yamashita Ricoh Company 318
#7 Nao Itabashi Brother Kogyo 275
#8 Kenichi Tanaka Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 242
#9 Yasushi Okabe Brother Kogyo 216
#10 Koji Kimura Ngk Insulators 197
#11 Yoshikazu Takahashi Brother Kogyo 195
#12 Shinji Kato Ricoh Company 187
#13 Isao Kobayashi Canon 181
#14 Toshio Yamada Ngk Insulators 165
#15 Isao Watanabe Mitsubishi Electric 160
#16 Satoru Arakane Brother Kogyo 157
#17 Hideo Hasegawa Toyota 150
#17 Masakazu Aoki Hitachi 150
#19 Kiyotaka Ohara Brother Kogyo 138
#20 Kenji Sugiyama Victor Company Of Japan 136
#21 Yoshio Okamoto Hitachi 133
#22 Yasuo Fukamachi Brother Kogyo 130
#23 Yuichi Yamada Ngk Spark Plug Co. 128
#23 Tetsuo Yamada Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 128
#25 Takanobu Suzuki Brother Kogyo 125
#26 Takafumi Suzuki Japan Display 124
#27 Kenji Samoto Brother Kogyo 119
#28 Tomoaki Kato Ngk Spark Plug Co. 115
#29 Toshio Hayashi Canon 114
#30 Atsushi Hirota Brother Kogyo 113
#31 Yusuke Mizuno Megachips 105
#32 Yoshinori Shibata Makita 104
#32 Tsuyoshi Matsushita Mtg Co. 104
#34 Kazuna Taguchi Brother Kogyo 102
#35 Ryoichi Fukumoto Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 94
#35 Masayuki Itoh Fujitsu Limited 94
#37 Shota Iijima Brother Kogyo 86
#38 Haruki Yoshida Yazaki 83
#39 Hirokazu Sato Brother Kogyo 82
#40 Masafumi Miyazawa Brother Kogyo 81
#40 Yasuo Nishikawa Fujitsu Limited 81
#42 Yoshiharu Tanaka Minolta Co. 79
#42 Hisao Kato Mitsubishi Electric 79
#44 Koji Kawasaki Denso 78
#44 Yuji Kaneko Sodick Co. 78
#46 Takayuki Shibayama Daido Metal Company 77
#46 Makoto Miyazaki Minolta Co. 77
#46 Tetsuro Kobayashi Brother Kogyo 77
#49 Hiromitsu Tanaka Brother Industries 75
#50 Takao Kojima Ngk Spark Plug Co. 74