Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sapporo, JP ranks #792 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,264 patents from 983 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sapporo, JP include Sony, Nec, Nippon Shokubai Co..

Showing 1–50 of 983 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yuji Shinohara Sony 132
2 Jun Furukawa Nec 108
3 Shigeru Yamaguchi Nippon Shokubai Co. 89
#4 Masanori Saito Central Glass Company, Limited 75
#5 Masaharu Doi Fujitsu Limited 66
#6 Shoji Hara Fujitsu Limited 56
#7 Yuichi Kitagawa Kokusan Denki Co. 50
#8 Masahide Harada Hitachi 49
#9 Takao Masuda Furukawa Electric Co. 48
#10 Takuya Yoshikawa Furukawa Electric Co. 46
#11 Kikuo Umegaki Hitachi 45
#12 Shuichi Yasuda Screen Holdings Co. 44
#13 Yoshinori Nakata Fanuc 41
#14 Hiroaki Tomofuji Fujitsu Limited 38
#14 Jun Maruyama Komatsu 38
#16 Yasuhiro Ohmori Hosiden 36
#17 Shinji Maruyama Fujitsu Optical Components Limited 35
#18 Kazuhiro Shibuya Seiko Epson 32
#18 Tohru Ueda Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 32
#20 Yuichi Miura Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 31
#21 Hiroko Sehata Panasonic 28
#21 Kunimasa Saitoh National University Corporation Hokkaido University 28
#21 Satoshi Ogasawara Casio Computer Co. 28
#24 Hitoshi Komuro Hitachi High-Technologies 25
#25 Nobuhito Masuda Fujitsu Limited 24
#25 Yoshifumi Kajiwara Fujitsu Limited 24
#27 Wataru Ueda Asics 23
#28 Yuta Nakasaka Furukawa Electric Co. 22
#29 Hiroaki Misawa National University Corporation Hokkaido University 21
#29 Shinsaku Abe Mitutoyo 21
#29 Akio Kawamura Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 21
#29 Noriaki Mizuguchi Fujitsu Limited 21
#29 Issei Yokoyama Horiba 21
#29 Masaaki Ashida Nissan Motor Co. 21
#35 Noriyuki Sato Toyo Suisan Kaisha 20
#35 Masaki Kitsunezuka Nec 20
#35 Hideyoshi Harashima National University Corporation Hokkaido University 20
#35 Hironori Matsushima Mitsubishi Electric 20
#39 Takuya Nakao Asahi Glass Co. 19
#39 Hiroshi Mitsuhashi Tsumura & 19
#39 Kazuhisa Sueoka Hokkaido University 19
#42 Osamu Nakaguti Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 18
#42 Hiroaki Sakashita Fujitsu Limited 18
#42 Shuji Iwanaga Tokyo Electron Limited 18
#42 Seiichi Taguchi Fujitsu Limited 18
#42 Kenichi Kano Sony 18
#47 Hidekatsu Kobayashi Fujitsu Limited 16
#47 Noboru Kitamura Research Development Corporation Of Japan 16
#47 Hiroyuki Takita Fujitsu Limited 16
#47 Yoshiaki Nishijima Denso 16