Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Yokohama, JP ranks #1,263 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,667 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yokohama, JP include Canon, Sony, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kazuo Suzuki Canon 202
2 Masao Suzuki Canon 173
3 Koichi Matsumoto Sony 158
#4 Toru Watanabe Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 154
#5 Yoshinori Matsui Nec 153
#6 Hiroaki Fujita Sony 108
#7 Tomoo Mitsunaga Sony 90
#8 Koji Miyata Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 82
#9 Yoshitaka Tsunashima Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 79
#9 Yusuke Kohyama Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 79
#11 Tadashi Iijima Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 66
#12 Yoshinori Tsuchiya Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 64
#13 Keitaro Imai Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 62
#13 Naoki Abe IBM 62
#15 Tomoyuki Yamada Socionext 61
#16 Satoru Sugita Mitsubishi Electric 60
#17 Shigeru Mizuno Anelva 58
#18 Takashi Yamamura Victor Company Of Japan 55
#19 Akihiro Nitayama Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 54
#20 Tohru Furuyama Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 53
#21 Tadashi Honda Dartmouth College 49
#22 Taku Umebayashi Sony 48
#23 Masaya Kondo Canon 47
#24 Masayuki Inui Research Institute Of Innovative Technology For The Earth 43
#25 Tomoya Saito Halo Lsi 37
#26 Tokuhisa Ohiwa Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 33
#26 Gaku Sudo Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 33
#28 Akio Nakada Olympus Optical Co. 32
#29 Hideaki Matsumoto Fujitsu Limited 30
#30 Yasushi Shikata Canon 28
#31 Kunio Satake Pfizer 24
#31 Keishi Inoue Sony 24
#33 Munehiro Yoshida Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 23
#34 Kazuo Onishi Kyocera 22
#34 Toshihiro Imaeda Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 22
#36 Shohei Tsutsumi Canon 20
#36 Hideki Kanai Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 20
#38 Mariko Takayanagi Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 18
#39 Eiji Sawa Bridgestone 17
#40 Rie Takada 16
#41 Akira Sudo Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 15
#41 Mitsuhiro Ito Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 15
#41 Takefumi Suzuki Zeon 15
#41 Tsutomu Miura Eastman Kodak 15
#45 Kenichi Tomita Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 13
#45 Karl Hornik Infineon Technologies Ag 13
#47 Yasunobu Hitomi Sony 12
#47 Souichi Sugiura Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 12
#49 Hirohisa Kawasaki Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 11
#49 Haruki Nojo Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 11

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