Top Inventors at Nippon Television Network All Time
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshio Sugimori | 14 |
| 2 | Yoshihide Kimata | 12 |
| 3 | Joji Urano | 5 |
| #4 | Kiyoyuki Kawai | 5 |
| #5 | Tadao Kurosaki | 5 |
| #6 | Masayuki Ishida | 4 |
| #7 | Akihiro Hori | 4 |
| #8 | Seijiro Yasuki | 3 |
| #9 | Susumu Takayama | 3 |
| #10 | Yosai Araki | 3 |
| #11 | Yoshihiko Ogawa | 3 |
| #12 | Toshiya Ito | 2 |
| #13 | Toru Koguma | 2 |
| #14 | Yousai Araki | 2 |
| #15 | Hidehiko Kikuchi | 1 |
| #16 | Hiroyuki Maie | 1 |
| #17 | Kazuhiro Tsuboi | 1 |
| #18 | Katsuhiko Watanabe | 1 |
| #19 | Koichi Nakagawa | 1 |
| #20 | Kyoichi Tokiwa | 1 |
| #21 | Masakatsu Tanaka | 1 |
| #22 | Satoshi Miyabayashi | 1 |
| #23 | Shigeru Araki | 1 |
| #24 | Shoji Motohashi | 1 |
| #25 | Tatsuo Konishi | 1 |
| #26 | Tomoji Arai | 1 |
| #27 | Yoshitaka Kato | 1 |
| #28 | Yosoji Kobayashi | 1 |
| #29 | Yukio Mori | 1 |
| #30 | Yuji Yamamoto | 1 |
| #31 | Yukinori Yoneda | 1 |
| #32 | Yves C. Faroudja | 1 |
| #33 | Minoru Tamagami | 1 |