Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Naruto, JP ranks #3,522 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 839 patents from 219 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Naruto, JP include Nichia, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Canon.

Showing 1–50 of 219 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Keiji Emura Nichia 53
2 Fujio Inoue Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 40
3 Kenji Asai Nichia 25
#4 Yasushi Morimoto Canon 24
#5 Isamu Tateishi Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 20
#6 Shigeru Wakabayashi Shikoku Kakoki Co. 19
#7 Toshio Matsushita Nichia 17
#8 Kinji Hashimoto Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 15
#9 Tsuneo Yasuda Mitsubishi Electric 14
#9 Akihisa Takaichi Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 14
#11 Masatoshi Chihiro Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 13
#11 Takashi Okamura Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 13
#13 Takumi Sumida Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 12
#13 Shigekazu Fujita Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 12
#13 Kazuyoshi Kawai Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 12
#13 Yasuhide Inoue Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 12
#17 Koji Nagao Mitsubishi Electric 11
#17 Isao Takemura Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 11
#19 Seiji Tani Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 10
#19 Tomohiko Hatano Nichia 10
#19 Shota Minami Toyota 10
#19 Akifumi Yamawaki Sanyo Electric Co. 10
#23 Takeru Fujii Teikoku Seiyaku Co. 9
#23 Akira Tabuchi Otsuka Chemical Co. 9
#25 Toyoki Mori Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 8
#25 Katsuo Takikawa Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. 8
#25 Yeong-Man Hong Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 8
#25 Shigetoshi Kashiyama Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 8
#25 Masamitsu Izumi Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 8
#30 Moriteru Asano Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 7
#30 Tadao Shibutani Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 7
#30 Mika Amiya Nichia 7
#30 Shizuo Nakamura Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 7
#30 Takenori Kimura Sanyo Electric Co. 7
#30 Yoshihisa Tanada Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 7
#30 Koushi Iwata Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 7
#30 Hirosuke HAYASHI Nichia 7
#38 Toshihiro Hamakawa Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. 6
#38 Tomooki Kawasaki Nichia 6
#38 Akitsuna Akagi Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 6
#38 Kiyoto Goto Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 6
#42 Junichi Minamikawa Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#42 Masao Nobuta Shikoku Kakoki Co. 5
#42 Masanao Shinohara Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#42 Yasunori Nagahama Nichia 5
#42 Nobuaki Sumiyoshi Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 5
#42 Yasuhiro Mitsumoto Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory 5
#42 Yukinori Konishi Tomita Pharmaceutical Co. 5
#42 Norio Osaki Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisya 5
#50 Hisao Mukai Tomita Pharmaceutical Co. 4