Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Okayama, JP ranks #499 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,592 patents from 1,590 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Okayama, JP include Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo, Casio Computer Co., Canon.

Showing 1–50 of 1,590 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Toshio Miyake Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 192
2 Yuta Saito Casio Computer Co. 123
3 Koichiro Nishikawa Canon 89
#4 Michio Kubota Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 73
#5 Hiroto Chaen Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 67
#6 Masashi Kurimoto Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 65
#7 Shigeharu Fukuda Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 64
#8 Rie Kojima Panasonic 62
#9 Michio Sasaoka Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisya 54
#10 Kenichiro Hayashi Panasonic 53
#10 Tatsuo Fujii Sumitomo Electric Industries 53
#12 Hideo Hayashi Nippon Oil 52
#12 Sigeru Torii Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisya 52
#14 Masakazu Mitsuhashi Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 48
#14 Hiroki Nakagawa Jsr 48
#16 Mitsuru Inoue Canon 45
#17 Minoru Okamoto Sumitomo Electric Industries 43
#18 Tomoyuki Nishimoto Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 41
#18 Yasushi Taniguchi Canon 41
#20 Yutaka Kameyama Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisya 37
#21 Shuzo Sakai Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 36
#22 Akira Yamane Elmo Co. 35
#23 Yoshio Shimizu Bizen Chemical Co. 34
#24 Shinsuke Fukuoka Asahi Kasei Chemicals 33
#24 Takashi Shiroi Otsuka Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisya 33
#24 Osamu Sano Koyo Seiko Co. 33
#27 Keiji Tsusaki Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 31
#28 Hiroshi Miyachi Smc 30
#29 Tatsuya Kanda Fujitsu Limited 29
#29 Tomonari Watanabe Canon 29
#31 Yoshiyuki Ando Kuraray Co. 28
#32 Tetsuya Hanamoto Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 27
#33 Yasunori Yanai Sumitomo Electric Industries 25
#33 Fumiya Zaima Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 25
#35 Osamu Kazeto Kuraray Co. 24
#35 Kimio Nakayama Kuraray Co. 24
#35 Shunji Izumi Izumi Products 24
#35 Kazuyuki Tsukimori Omron 24
#39 Yoichi Tobiyama Jfe Steel 23
#39 Hidetaka Suzuki Nissan Motor Co. 23
#39 Katsumasa Ogawa 23
#42 Kazuhiko Maruta Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo 22
#42 Tomomi Takahashi Oji Paper Co. 22
#42 Koichi Ozaki Riken 22
#45 Yasuhiro Miyake Anritsu 20
#45 Takashi Sera Seiko Epson 20
#47 Manabu Takahashi Omron 19
#47 Taichi Negi Kuraray Co. 19
#49 Shinya Katsube Omron 18
#49 Hajime Tanabe Mitsubishi Electric 18