Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masao Amano | Canon | 30 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Tarutani | Hitachi | 21 |
| 3 | Hiroyuki Yoshimori | Olympus Optical Co. | 17 |
| #4 | Shinichi Dosaka | Olympus Optical Co. | 11 |
| #5 | Kazuya Omata | Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha | 10 |
| #6 | Kenji Tsujita | Konica | 8 |
| #7 | Chikara Aizawa | Citizen Watch Co. | 5 |
| #7 | Nobuo Miyairi | Olympus Optical Co. | 5 |
| #9 | Kenzi Tuzita | Konishiroku Photo Industry Co. | 3 |
| #10 | Souichi Arai | Fuji Electric Co. | 2 |
| #11 | Mitsunori NASU | Enomoto Co. | 1 |
| #11 | Akihiko Yanaga | — | 1 |
| #11 | Teruyuki Omata | Citizen Holdings Co. | 1 |
| #11 | Kazuo Uwajima | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 1 |
| #11 | Hideaki Kameyama | Renesas Technology | 1 |
| #11 | Yoshimichi Osada | Enomoto Co. | 1 |
| #11 | Takao Omata | Subaru | 1 |
| #11 | Ko Itoku | — | 1 |
| #11 | Junichiro Kawaguchi | The Director-General Of The Institute Of Space And Astronautical Science | 1 |
| #11 | Minoru Moriya | Nirec | 1 |
| #11 | Yoshikazu Nishijima | Olympus | 1 |
| #11 | Takahiro Ohkubo | Konica | 1 |