Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tokushima, JP ranks #426 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,498 patents from 1,059 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tokushima, JP include Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Nippon Oil, Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal.

Showing 1–50 of 1,059 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Masahiro Abe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 162
2 Kazuo Matsuura Nippon Oil 153
3 Makoto Abe Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal 143
#4 Motokazu Yamada Nichia 133
#5 Shinji Nakamura Sumitomo Electric Industries 131
#6 Hideki Yoshida Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 129
#7 Takuya Nakabayashi Nichia 119
#8 Satoshi Yamanaka Mitsubishi Electric 115
#9 Shoji Hosokawa Nichia 87
#10 Michiaki Tominaga Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 81
#11 Masakazu Sakamoto Ryobi 78
#12 Setsuro Fujii Torii & Co. 70
#13 Kenji OZEKI Nichia 63
#14 Masafumi Kuramoto Nichia 62
#15 Yoshiharu Nagae Hitachi 60
#16 Shiro Sakai Seoul Semiconductor Co. 56
#17 Tsuyoshi OKAHISA Nichia 55
#18 Ryohei Yamashita Nichia 54
#19 Takuya Hashimoto Nichia 53
#20 Soichiro MIURA Nichia 48
#21 Masaaki Fukuda Fuji Photo Optical Co. 47
#22 Hideaki Kuroda Sony 46
#23 Tomohide Miki Nichia 45
#24 Hirofumi Kawaguchi Nichia 44
#25 Kazuma KOZURU Nichia 43
#25 Kazuhiro Kamada Nichia 43
#27 Shimpei Sasaoka Nichia 42
#28 Eriko Sato Canon 41
#29 Yasuo Ono Seoul Semiconductor Co. 40
#30 Tadayuki Kitajima Canon 38
#30 Masatsugu Ichikawa Nichia 38
#32 Shinichi Nagahama Nichia 36
#33 Eiichiro Okahisa Nichia 34
#33 Motoaki Tanaka Taiho Pharmaceutical Co. 34
#33 Shigeru Bando Bando Kiko Co. 34
#33 Tomonori MIYOSHI Nichia 34
#37 Yuki Shiota Nichia 32
#37 Hidenori Ogawa Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 32
#37 Hiroaki Matsumura Nichia 32
#40 Yoichi Yabuuchi Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 30
#41 Tsutomu Fujimura Kao 29
#41 Akira Hori Nichia 29
#43 Taizou Sunano Sanyo Electric Co. 28
#43 Yuji Tada Otsuka Chemical Co. 28
#43 Satoru Nakai Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. 28
#46 Yusaku Achi Nichia 27
#46 Kazuaki Bando Bando Kiko Co. 27
#46 Toshio Satoh Nippon Hypox Laboratories Incorporated 27
#46 Daisuke Sanga Nichia 27
#50 Kenji Nakaoka Livedo 26