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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shizuoka, JP ranks #1,003 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,387 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shizuoka, JP include Ricoh Company, Nikon, Yazaki.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroshi Yamada Ricoh Company 563
2 Daisuke Inoue Ricoh Company 199
3 Toshiyuki Nakamura Nikon 180
#4 Kei Sato Yazaki 171
#5 Junichi Ito Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 165
#6 Kenji Aoki Ngk Insulators 142
#7 Takeshi Iwasaki Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 130
#8 Yasuyuki Saito Hitachi Automotive Systems 108
#9 Koji Ishii Ryobi 104
#10 Tatsuya Ishikawa Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 98
#11 Eiji Kato Tdk 91
#12 Atsushi Mizutani Fujifilm 85
#13 Yuji Mori Hitachi 72
#13 Akira Masuda Nippondenso Co. 72
#15 Nobuo Kato Brother Kogyo 69
#16 Masahiro Takamatsu Yazaki 65
#17 Kiyoshi Yoshino Roland 62
#18 Masayuki Morita Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 59
#19 Mitsuru Naruse Ricoh Company 57
#20 Akihiro Nomura Canon 56
#21 Makoto Goto Brother Kogyo 53
#22 Naoyuki Maeda Tokai Trw & Co. 52
#23 Hiroki Tashiro Yazaki 49
#24 Atsushi Yasuda Denso 43
#25 Kazunori Miura Yazaki 42
#26 Masahiro Yoshino Konica 40
#27 Takehiro Shimizu Hitachi Chemical Company 39
#28 Takahisa Hirano Mitsubishi Mining 34
#29 Masanobu Suzuki Yazaki 31
#30 Toru Tsuchihashi Fujifilm 30
#31 Toshiaki Asai Ricoh Company 29
#32 Toshinori Yamamoto Yazaki 28
#33 Shigeo Yamada Mitsubishi Electric 27
#33 Akihito Kimura Roland 27
#35 Teru Morishita Toyota 23
#35 Jin Watanabe Yazaki 23
#37 Naoto Ishikawa Yazaki 22
#38 Susumu Matsuda Tokyo Electron Limited 19
#38 Naoki Sekine Shinkawa 19
#38 Takuya Murayama Murata Manufacturing Co. 19
#41 Hirotaka Iida Nisshinbo Industries 18
#42 Takeshi Nagase Fujitsu Limited 15
#42 Yukihiro Onoda Koito Manufacturing Co. 15
#44 Tetsushi Suzuki Toyota 14
#45 Daisuke MIYAGI Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 13
#46 Katsuhiro Sakurai Toyota 12
#47 Toru Ohashi Pioneer 11
#47 Katsuyoshi Fujita Toyota Industries 11
#49 Shinji Katou Sumitomo Wiring Systems 10
#49 Kazuhiko Nonomura Askat 10