Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Yokohama, JP ranks #207 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 14,000 patents from 287 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yokohama, JP include Hitachi, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha.

Showing 1–50 of 287 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hiroshi Suzuki Hitachi 826
2 Hiroshi Watanabe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 776
3 Satoshi Inoue Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 413
#4 Takeshi Suzuki Canon 398
#5 Masahiro Ishida Ricoh Company 337
#6 Takayuki Ikeda Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 311
#7 Akitoshi Yamada Canon 261
#8 Akira Watanabe Olympus Optical Co. 251
#9 Wei Quan Huawei 224
#10 Daisuke Takahashi Fujitsu Limited 210
#11 Hiromitsu Hirabayashi Canon 204
#12 Hideaki Fukuzawa Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 175
#13 Masaki Sato Canon 174
#14 Kazuo Yamazaki Canon 159
#15 Akira Sugiyama Sony 148
#16 Shoji Tanaka International Superconductivity Technology Center 142
#17 Kazuo Hashimoto Hashimoto 135
#18 Shinya Nakamura Toyota 134
#19 Yasunori Kaneda Hitachi 133
#20 Gerrit Jan Hemink Sandisk Technologies 131
#21 Jun Ogawa Tokyo Electron Limited 128
#22 Satoshi Sakai Renesas Technology 126
#23 Yasushi Shimizu Canon 124
#24 Masato Ono 123
#25 Yusuke Sakai Sony 122
#25 Shiro Suzuki Sony 122
#27 Masami Suzuki Pioneer 115
#28 Takeshi Harada Hitachi 114
#29 Takashi Oeda Hitachi 111
#30 Nobuyoshi Nakajima Fujitsu Limited 106
#31 Kazuhiko Matsumoto Ziosoft 105
#32 Hajime Inoue Sony 104
#33 Hiroshi Osawa Sony 100
#34 Yasuhiro Fujimori Sony 96
#35 Toshiaki Ono Sumco 95
#36 Kenji Tamura Honda Motor Co. 92
#36 Masaru Yano United Microelectronics 92
#38 Shinichi Hara Canon 91
#39 Hiroyuki Masuda Sony 90
#40 Takashi Tomita Sony 84
#40 Masaru Wada Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated 84
#42 Kunihiko Sato 82
#43 Ryosuke Takahashi Canon 81
#43 Shutai Okamura Panasonic 81
#45 Takeshi Okuyama Fujitsu Component Limited 78
#46 Koichi Kawai Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 76
#46 Hirofumi Yamamoto Microsoft 76
#48 Ryohei Takahashi Sony 75
#48 Kazuyuki Saito Canon 75
#50 Tetsuya Nakagawa Toyota 74

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