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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Takasago, JP ranks #772 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,389 patents from 811 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Takasago, JP include Daini Seikosha, Kaneka, Ohara.

Showing 1–50 of 811 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Makoto Ueda Daini Seikosha 88
2 Yasuyoshi Ueda Kaneka 76
3 Naoyuki Goto Ohara 74
#4 Kazuo Yamaguchi Hitachi 64
#5 Toshihiko Okamoto Kaneka 61
#6 Junichi Nakai Kobe Steel 56
#7 Kiyoshi Suenaga Mitsubishi Electric 55
#8 Akinori Sato Kyocera 48
#9 Hitoshi Hirakawa Shinoda Plasma 47
#10 Shigemi Mandai Mitsubishi Electric 45
#10 Hitoshi Takagi Kobe Steel 45
#12 Koji Noishiki Kobe Steel 42
#13 Toshio Hirai Unknown 41
#14 Yoshihiko Yasohara Kaneka 40
#15 Shigeto Adachi Kobe Steel 35
#16 Kenji Nagura Kobe Steel 33
#17 Hiroyuki Watanabe Tosoh 32
#17 Shigeru Kawano Kaneka 32
#17 Yutaka Narukawa Kobe Steel 32
#20 Kazuo Kishimoto Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo 31
#20 Tatsuo Yoshida Nihon Kohden 31
#20 Hideo Makishima Nec 31
#23 Taku Ichiryu Mitsubishi Electric 30
#23 Jun Tomono Kaneka 30
#23 Kiyoshi Horie 30
#23 Naoyuki Tashiro Kobe Steel 30
#23 Yoshinori Hirai Asahi Glass Co. 30
#28 Hiroshi Hatanaka Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 28
#28 Hiroshi Tamagaki Kobe Steel 28
#28 Katsuyu Wakabayashi Kaneka 28
#31 Hisashi Mitamura Kobe Steel 27
#32 Yoichi Matsumoto Nsk 25
#32 Takuo Shigehisa Kobe Steel 25
#32 Hiroki Fukuno Mitsubishi Electric 25
#35 Kazuo Morimoto Mitsubishi Mining 24
#36 Shigehiko Miyamoto Kaneka 23
#36 Takao Shibata Precision Fukuhara Works 23
#36 Koichiro Hashimoto Kobe Steel 23
#39 Takahiko Ishii Kobe Steel 22
#39 Hozumi Tanaka Pioneer Electronic 22
#39 Ayako Yano Kaneka 22
#42 Katsuhiko Yoshida Kobe Steel 21
#42 Morio Ishihara Jeol 21
#42 Ryotaro Magoshi Mitsubishi Electric 21
#45 Kenji Fujii Kaneka 20
#45 Hideto Oyama Kobe Steel 20
#45 Yasuaki Yamane Kobe Steel 20
#45 Tadashi Moroshima Kaneka 20
#45 Kazunori Hosoe Kaneka 20
#50 Norifumi Yamada Kobe Steel 19