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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Yao, JP ranks #1,403 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,385 patents from 437 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yao, JP include Fanuc, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Hosiden.

Showing 1–50 of 437 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kazuhiro Yamamoto Fanuc 195
2 Mitsuhiro Murata Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 153
3 Hayato Kondo Hosiden 85
#4 Takeshi Isoda Hosiden 62
#5 Shinichi Saeki Sumitomo Electric Industries 61
#6 Kazunori Kanda Nippon Paint Holdings Co. 49
#7 Masanori Hamada Sumitomo Electric Industries 47
#7 Tomoya Hirano Sri Sports Limited 47
#9 Shusuke Nemoto Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co. 46
#10 Yasuhiko Bito Sumitomo Electric Industries 44
#11 Takao Asano Hosiden 38
#12 Keiji Mine Hosiden 35
#13 Toshiharu Miyoshi Hosiden 32
#14 Mikio Nakagawa Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 31
#14 Kiyoshi Miyazawa Sanden 31
#16 Satoru Fujiwara Hosiden 29
#17 Masaru Yasui Hosiden Electronics Co. 27
#17 Yasuo Nakai Hosiden 27
#19 Sachio Tsujino Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 22
#19 Kosuke Sasada Hosiden 22
#19 Katsushi Miki Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co. 22
#22 Shuzo Hirakushi Koyo Seiko Co. 21
#23 Masahiro Hashizume Mita Industrial Co. 19
#23 Takehiko Yamada Hitachi 19
#25 Kazutake Boku Sumitomo Electric Industries 17
#25 Yuta Iwamoto Hosiden 17
#25 Haruyuki Takebayashi Shimano 17
#28 Yasuhiko Eguchi Exedy 15
#29 Shinya Sakurai Denso 14
#30 Takahiro Wakikaido Mita Industrial Co. 13
#30 Kazuhisa Kajihara Koyo Seiko Co. 13
#30 Norio Ichitsubo Hosiden Electronics Co. 13
#30 Taketo Hayashi Sumika Fine Chemicals Co. 13
#30 Toshimasa Matsuoka Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 13
#30 Yoshihiro Ishii Rengo Co. 13
#30 Mitsuhiro Shibata Sumitomo Chemical 13
#37 Yuta Kawakami Hosiden 12
#37 Hideto Fujita Sanyo Electric Co. 12
#39 Kazuyuki Ogura Konica Minolta Opto 11
#39 Yousuke Nagano Hitachi 11
#39 Katsunori Mitsuhashi Ozk Co. 11
#39 Kyoko Ito Unicharm 11
#43 Tatsuo Nagayoshi Fujitsu Limited 10
#43 Masanobu Fujii Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 10
#43 Mitsuhiro Asano Hosiden 10
#46 Haruhiko Yamasaki Ozk Co. 9
#46 Yoshio Goda Sumitomo Electric Industries 9
#46 Hiromi Wakasono Sumitomo Electric Industries 9
#46 Junichi Tamamura Hosiden Electronics Co. 9
#46 Kentaro MURATA Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 9