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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sakai, JP ranks #96 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 26,415 patents from 2,905 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sakai, JP include Minolta, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory.

Showing 1–50 of 2,905 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nobuyuki Taniguchi Minolta 253
2 Wataru Ouchi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 236
3 Takashi Nakagawa Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 230
#4 Tomohiro Ikai Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 222
#5 Hiroshi Fujita Shimano 214
#6 Masashi Nagano Shimano Industrial 196
#7 Daiichiro Nakashima Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 185
#8 Katsuhiko Kishimoto Sakai Display Products 181
#9 Hidekazu Tsuboi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 169
#10 Yasuhiro Hamaguchi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 168
#11 Takashi Ochi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 152
#12 Takao Takaya Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 146
#13 Hiroyuki Ohta Hitachi 145
#14 Tsuyoshi Kamada Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 139
#15 Tohru Sonoda Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 119
#16 Yukinobu Yasugi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 118
#17 Takeshi Ueda Jtekt 117
#17 Kenji Nakano Sony 117
#19 Yuichi Yoshida Tokyo Electron Limited 114
#20 Masafumi Aramoto Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 113
#21 Takashi Uchida Canon 109
#22 Tomoko Aono Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 107
#23 Tatsuya Yamaguchi Tokyo Electron Limited 105
#23 Yasushi Kobayashi Fujitsu Limited 105
#25 Shinichi Kawato Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 103
#26 Atsuhiro Emura Shimano 101
#26 Masumi Kubo Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 101
#28 Hiromichi Tomeba Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 99
#29 Masahiro Anno Minolta Co. 94
#30 Kazuhiro Takeda Shimano 93
#31 Toshio Norita Minolta 91
#31 Shigemi Maeda Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 91
#33 Keisuke Miura Kubota 90
#33 Yoshimitsu Miki Shimano 90
#35 Kazuki Takahashi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 88
#36 Eiichi Sasaki Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 87
#37 Seiji Kaneko Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 86
#37 Yasuhiko Tanaka Fuji Photo Optical Co. 86
#39 Yasuo Fujii Murata Manufacturing Co. 84
#40 Kenichi Wada Hitachi 83
#40 Nobuaki Yamada Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 83
#42 Daisuke Nakayama 82
#43 Shinpei Okajima Shimano 81
#44 Tohru Okabe Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 79
#45 Yoshikazu Yamamoto Sumitomo Electric Industries 77
#46 Noriyuki Tanaka Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 76
#47 Junichi Yamada Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 75
#48 Nobukatsu Hara Shimano 74
#48 Hirohisa Yamada Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 74
#50 Fumiyuki Kobayashi Hitachi 73