Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Toyota, JP ranks #77 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 31,505 patents from 5,020 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Toyota, JP include Canon, Toyota, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha.

Showing 1–50 of 5,020 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Akihiro Katayama Canon 222
2 Tooru Matsubara Toyota 205
3 Hiroyuki Katayama Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 182
#4 Hiroaki Ikeda Elpida Memory 167
#4 Masashi Nakamura Mitsubishi Electric 167
#6 Masakazu Suzuki J. Morita Mfg. 156
#7 Yukifumi Yamada Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 144
#8 Kenji Nakao Sumitomo Electric Industries 141
#9 Tatsuya Hashimoto Toyota 137
#10 Hideaki Watanabe Sony 134
#11 Takayuki Abe Nuflare Technology 132
#11 Toshiaki Sato Kuraray Co. 132
#13 Hiromasa Suzuki Toyota 120
#14 Shin Sakurada Toyota 119
#15 Norio Ishikawa Minolta 114
#16 Masashi Ogawa Fujitsu Limited 110
#16 Masato Yoshikawa Bridgestone 110
#18 Kenji Matsuo Toyota 106
#19 Hiroyuki Tomita Nikon 100
#20 Masaki Okamura Toyota 92
#21 Hiroaki Niino Advics Co. 85
#21 Mitsuhiro Nada Toyota 85
#21 Toshikazu Kato Olympus Optical Co. 85
#24 Yuta Watanabe Toyota 79
#25 Masaru Sasaki Tokyo Electron Limited 78
#26 Akira Ogino Sony 75
#26 Kazuhisa Takeda Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 75
#28 Yuki Ogawa Toyota 74
#29 Kunio Morisawa Toyota 73
#30 Takayuki Aoki Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 71
#30 Yukio Nakagawa Ishida Co. 71
#30 Noritake Mitsutani Toyota 71
#30 Keiji Hayashi Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 71
#34 Toshifumi Suzuki Honda Motor Co. 70
#35 Shigeki Kinomura Toyota 69
#35 Satoshi Taniguchi Toyota 69
#35 Takahiro Yoshimura J. Morita Mfg. 69
#38 Yutaka Ohashi Mitsubishi Electric 68
#38 Kazuya Ueda Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 68
#40 Hiroyuki Okamoto Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha 67
#40 Noboru Takagi Toyota 67
#42 Hiroshi Hata Toyota 65
#42 Tetsuya Miyazaki Toyota 65
#42 Hiroyuki Imanishi Toyota 65
#45 Akihiro Morimoto Fujikin Incorporated 64
#46 Osamu Hori Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 63
#47 Hiroshi Kanda Hitachi Medical 62
#47 Hiroki Sawada Toyota 62
#47 Shinichiro Mori Fujitsu Limited 62
#50 Koki Ikeda Toyota 61