Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Tsuchiura, JP ranks #1,048 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,237 patents from 519 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Tsuchiura, JP include Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Hitachi Maxell, Mitsubishi Electric.

Showing 1–50 of 519 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shinya Imura Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 114
2 Kazunori Nakamura Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 85
3 Shiho Izumi Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 68
#4 Masatoshi Hoshino Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 67
#5 Kenji Hiraku Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 53
#6 Eiji Koyama Hitachi Maxell 46
#7 Seiji Ishida Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 45
#7 Akira Nakata Mitsubishi Electric 45
#9 Hiroshi Ogura Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 42
#9 Norihide Saho Hitachi 42
#11 Shinichi Nishiyama Hitachi 39
#12 Yuji Umemoto Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 37
#13 Nobuyuki Osawa Nippon Seiko Co. 36
#13 Hiroki Ishii Funai Electric Co. 36
#15 Takashi Ikimi Hitachi 34
#15 Masatsugu Arai Hitachi 34
#15 Tomohiko Yasuda Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 34
#15 Akira Tadano Smc 34
#19 Hideki Morii Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 32
#20 Takeshi Kazama Denso 31
#20 Katsuhiro Sasaki Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 31
#22 Kazuhiro Ichimura Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 28
#23 Hisashi Shibata Eisai 27
#23 Richard Clark Eisai 27
#25 Toshikazu Minoshima Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 26
#25 Yoshihiko Kotake Eisai 26
#25 Kenji Otani Hitachi 26
#28 Yoshio Ishihara Nippon Sanso 25
#29 Makoto Okita Eisai 24
#29 Hiroyuki Azuma Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 24
#29 Takayuki Satou Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 24
#29 Yuji Azuma Hitachi Displays 24
#33 Kouji Tamori Jsr 23
#33 Akinori Ishii Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 23
#35 Takao Kurosawa Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 22
#35 Akio Hoshi Canon 22
#37 Hidenobu Tsukada Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 21
#37 Shigeaki Funyuu Hitachi Chemical Company 21
#37 Katsuaki Kikuchi Hitachi 21
#40 Atsushi Ichikawa Hitachi 20
#40 Hiroshi Ishizaki Hitachi 20
#40 Katsuro Motoe Riso Kagaku 20
#43 Keizo Saito Lube Co. 19
#43 Toru Nakajima Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 19
#45 Yoshinori Furuno Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 18
#46 Naoki Kaneda Akebono Brake Industry Co. 17
#46 Yasunori Ota Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 17
#46 Shigetaka Nakamura Noritsu Koki Co. 17
#46 Yutaka Tokiwa Director-General Of Agency Of Industrial Science And Technology 17
#50 Kazuhiro Iwai Honda Motor Co. 16