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KAO CORPORATION

City:

TOKYO

Country:

Japan

Published Applications:

2,717

Last publication date:

2026-07-02

Patent Grants:

1,983

Last grant date:

2026-02-10

Kao Corporation is a Japanese chemical, cosmetics, and health care company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1887, it is one of the oldest companies in Japan and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Kao Corporation produces a wide range of products including laundry detergents, skin care products, cosmetics, and health care products. It also operates a number of subsidiaries in countries around the world. Kao Corporation has a strong commitment to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts to reduce its environmental impact.

Quarterly KAO CORPORATION Patent Applications

Top Inventors for applications by KAO CORPORATION

These are the the leading inventors for applications assigned to KAO CORPORATION:

Eiji Shirai 32 Wakayama, Japan
Nobumichi Kamiyoshi 29 Wakayama, Japan
Yoshikazu OGURA 26 Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Kubo 25 Wakayama, Japan

Teruyuki FUKUDA 23 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Teruyuki Fukuda 21 Wakayama, Japan
Ryuma MIZUSHIMA 20 Wakayama, Japan
Yuta MATSUMOTO 19 Cincinnati, OH United States

Tadanori YOSHIMURA 19 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Yasuhiro Doi 19 Wakayama, Japan
Tomohide Yoshida 19 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Yasuhiro DOI 18 Kainan-shi, Japan

Masaaki Shimoda 18 Wakayama, Japan
Shin KOIKE 18 Tokyo, Japan
Eiji Shirai 18 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Steven BREAKSPEAR 18 Darmstadt, Germany

Akihito Kawahara 17 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Takashi Kubo 17 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Takashi MATSUO 17 Tokyo, Japan
Nobumichi KAMIYOSHI 17 Wakayama-shi, Japan

Takehiko Tojo 17 Tochigi, Japan
Yasufumi Ueda 17 Wakayama, Japan
Yoshiaki Kumamoto 16 Tochigi, Japan
Takehiko Tojo 16 Utsunomiya, Japan

Takahiro HIOKI 16 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan
Takehiro Tsutsumi 16 Wakayama, Japan
Takatoshi Murase 15 Haga-gun, Japan
Yasufumi UEDA 15 Wakayama-shi, Japan

Kazuo OKI 15 Wakayama, Japan
Takatoshi Murase 15 Tochigi, Japan
Koji MINE 15 Wakayama, Japan
Akira Takenaka 14 Wakayama, Japan

Hiroshi Mizuhata 14 Wakayama, Japan
Hirotaka Takeno 14 Wakayama, Japan
Masatoshi Kamei 14 Wakayama, Japan
Tatsuro Ozaki 14 Wakayama, Japan

Masaaki Shimoda 13 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Shinichi Sata 13 Wakayama, Japan
Junichi FURUKAWA 13 Sumida-ku, Japan
Yasuhiro Doi 13 Kainan, Japan

Akihiro Eida 13 Wakayama, Japan
Katsutoshi Aoki 13 Wakayama, Japan
Takahiro Sato 13 Wakayama, Japan
Hiroyuki FUJINUMA 13 Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Moriwaki 13 Haga-gun, Japan
Koji Azuma 13 Wakayama, Japan
Akira Shimotoyodome 13 Haga-gun, Japan
Toshimasa Hamai 13 Wakayama, Japan

Hiroshi Hori 13 Wakayama, Japan
Yohei YOSHIKAWA 13 Wakayama, Japan
Takehiko TOJO 13 Utsunomiya-shi, Japan
Satoshi Kunii 12 Wakayama, Japan

Yutaka YOSHIDA 12 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken, Japan
Hirokazu TAKAHASHI 12 Tokyo, Japan
Yasunori Inagaki 12 Wakayama, Japan
Tomohide Yoshida 12 Wakayama, Japan

Hirotaka TAKENO 12 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Hiroyuki Yoshida 12 Wakayama, Japan
Shingo Odajima 12 Tochigi, Japan
Akihiro Eida 12 Wakayama-shi, Japan

Yoshinori INAGAWA 12 Sumida-ku, Japan
Tetsuaki Fukushima 12 Wakayama, Japan
Masahito Yamazaki 12 Wakayama, Japan
Tomohito Koshika 12 Tokyo, Japan

Toshiya Hagihara 12 Wakayama, Japan
Toshiteru Komatsu 12 Kamisu, Japan
Masataka Ishikawa 12 Tochigi, Japan
Masahiko Ogawa 12 Tokyo, Japan

Nobuyoshi SUZUKI 12 Wakayama, Japan
Kazuhiro Okada 12 Tokyo, Japan
Hiromoto Mizushima 12 Wakayama, Japan
Yohei Yoshikawa 11 Wakayama-shi, Japan

Satoshi KUNII 11 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Minoru Kase 11 Kamisu-shi, Japan
Hajime MIYABE 11 Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuro OZAKI 11 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan

Shoichi Murata 11 Wakayama, Japan
Ryuma MIZUSHIMA 11 Wakayama-shi, Japan
Yutaka Yoshida 11 Wakayama, Japan
Bernd NÖCKER 11 Darmstadt, Germany

Yukiteru Sugiyama 11 Narita, Japan
Keiji Shibata 11 Kamisu, Japan
Yoshiaki KUMAMOTO 11 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama-ken, Japan
Keiji Endo 11 Haga-gun, Japan

Michio Terasaka 11 Wakayama, Japan
Peter BAUER 11 Darmstadt, Germany
Masahiro FUKUDA 10 Tokyo, Japan
Yasumitsu Sakuma 10 Wakayama, Japan

Thomas MARKERT 10 Monheim, Germany
Naoko Saito 10 Utsunomiya-shi, Japan
Koji Koyanagi 10 Wakayama, Japan
Hiroshi HORI 10 Wakayama-shi, Japan

Tadayuki Suzuki 10 Wakayama, Japan
Bernd Nöcker 10 Darmstadt, Germany
Takashi Mukai 10 Wakayama, Japan
Shogo KAMENOUE 10 Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, Japan

Toru Nishimura 10 Wakayama, Japan
Minoru Kase 10 Kamisu, Japan
Susumu OHISHI 10 Tokyo, Japan
Shinji Yamamoto 10 Tokyo, Japan

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