Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Yachiyo, JP ranks #3,286 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 916 patents from 236 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yachiyo, JP include Canon, Honda Motor Co., Edwards Japan Limited.

Showing 1–50 of 236 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Saburo Sugawara Canon 86
2 Masayoshi Yamanaka Honda Motor Co. 36
3 Yasushi Maejima Edwards Japan Limited 32
#4 Yoshinobu Ohtachi Edwards Japan Limited 26
#5 Takefumi Hatanaka Arex Electronics 24
#6 Osamu Kawamura Nippon Piston Ring Co. 20
#6 Kazutaka Takeuchi Canon 20
#6 Masatoshi Todokoro Staff Co. 20
#9 Tsutomu Takaada Edwards Japan Limited 18
#10 Shigeki Yagi Seiko Instruments 17
#11 Hideo Fukami Edwards Japan Limited 15
#12 Toshiaki Kawashima Edwards Japan Limited 14
#12 Satoshi Okudera Boc Edwards Technologies Limited 14
#14 Mikio Yoshinuma Fujikura 13
#14 Toshiaki Kishine Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co. 13
#16 Seiichi Morikawa Sony 12
#16 Michiharu Takahashi Uro Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 12
#16 Yasuhiro Tamaki Fujikura 12
#19 Shigeru Nakane Takara Co. 11
#20 Sumitoshi Sootome Canon 10
#20 Akitoshi Kumagae Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 10
#20 Hiroshi Hasegawa Ss Pharmaceutical Co. 10
#23 Hideo Kushida Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 9
#23 Kazunori Umeda Hitachi 9
#23 Hideo Isozaki Kohjin Co. 9
#23 Masao Mutaguchi Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. 9
#27 Tadahiro Shimozono Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co. 8
#27 Yukiyasu Domae Mitsubishi Electric 8
#27 Tsuneaki Motai Fujikura 8
#27 Hiroto Tanamachi Kao 8
#27 Hiroyoshi Hamanaka Mitsubishi Petrochemical Company Limited 8
#32 Tomoki Hatsumori Taiheiyo Cement 7
#33 Hiroyuki Tsuboi Dainippon Ink And Chemicals 6
#33 Kiyonori Fujisaki 6
#33 Mikio Iwakuni Uniden 6
#33 Kazuo Tanihira Fujikura 6
#33 Takuo Fukushima Asahi Denka Kogyo 6
#33 Yoshimi Tsuchiya Kao Soap Co. 6
#39 Tatsuo Tateno Sumitomo Chemical 5
#39 Junya Takatsu Canon 5
#39 Kaoru Koyanagi Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated 5
#39 Norihiro Kurokawa Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#39 Haruyuki Nishimi Sumitomo Heavy Industries 5
#39 Ichiro Fujioka Pfu Limited 5
#39 Yutaka Nakadai Renesas Technology 5
#46 Takashi Kenmochi University of California 4
#46 Ryochi Kato 4
#46 Tsuneaki Mohtai The Fujikura Cable Works Limited 4
#46 Yasuhiko Teshima Shinto Paint Co. 4
#46 Keisuke Etoh Sumitomo Electric Industries 4