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Okutama, JP
All Time
495 patents · 50 inventors
Ranked
#6,024
of 111,555 cities
Top 6%
Showing 1–50 of 50 inventors
Rank
Inventor
Primary Company
Patents
1
Yoshio Hagihara
Olympus
74
2
Goro Kitsukawa
Hitachi
70
2
Haruo Yoda
Hitachi
70
#4
Shigeo Mikoshiba
Hitachi
33
#5
Masahisa Kousaka
Hoya Lens Thailand
22
#6
Hisatake Yokouchi
Hitachi Medical
20
#7
Yasuhiro Katoh
Hitachi
19
#8
Masayoshi Yoshimura
Hitachi
15
#8
Seiji Mizukoshi
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
15
#10
Hirotami Koike
Topcon
14
#11
Takumi Fujiwara
Toyota
13
#11
Hidemi Itakura
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
13
#13
Yoshio Honma
Hitachi
11
#13
Kouetsu Wada
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
11
#15
Kanji Tsujii
Hitachi
8
#16
Reiko Kawachi
Toshiba Visual Solutions
7
#16
Hideji Fujii
Hitachi
7
#18
Kunizo Sahara
Hitachi
6
#18
Toyoji Okuwaki
Hitachi
6
#20
Tadashi Ishimura
Yamabiko
5
#21
Noriaki Honma
Hitachi
4
#21
Makoto Hamano
Jnc
4
#23
Akihiko Hamanaka
Jvckenwood
3
#23
Takehito NONOMURA
Nikon Vision Co.
3
#23
Juji Ishigame
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.
3
#23
Kanji Kinameri
Hitachi
3
#23
Takeo Kadoi
Iwatsu Electric Co.
3
#23
Minoru Ozaku
Juki
3
#29
Naoki Oguri
Fujitsu Limited
2
#29
Toshiro Uchinami
—
2
#29
Katsuyuki Nagano
Hitachi
2
#29
Takeo Koseki
Hoya
2
#29
Yasushi Ikuta
Hitachi
2
#29
Takakazu Funo
Hitachi Medical
2
#29
Shunji Tochihara
Kokusai Electric
2
#29
Ryosei Sudo
—
2
#37
Hiroshi Ichiyama
Olympus Medical Systems
1
#37
Harue Shibahara
Yakult Honsha
1
#37
Masuo Umenoto
Hitachi
1
#37
Tadeo Kaneko
Hitachi
1
#37
Hisaaki Ohtaka
—
1
#37
Masaru Seino
Toshiba Ceramics Co.
1
#37
Tetsuo Ohsora
Hoya
1
#37
Kiminobu Numata
Olympus Medical Systems
1
#37
Tetsurou Hoshiba
Nittetsu Mining Co.
1
#37
Hideko Iwamoto
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
1
#37
Kaoru Enokido
—
1
#37
Hiroyuki Harashima
Sapporo Holdings Limited
1
#37
Tomio Nagai
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
1
#37
Tornomi Murayama
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
1