Our service

Provides services including consultations by patent attorneys on inventions, preparation of application documents for patents, utility models, designs and trademarks, and representation of various procedures from the filing of applications to the obtaining of rights, and otheres. Our office places an emphasis on interviewing examiners and trial examiners, and also meets the expectations of the obtaining of rights at an early stage by means of an early examination, etc.

Our staffers who have been trained in foreign patent offices deal with the filing of various types of foreign applications in collaboration with local patent offices in various foreign countries. An application claiming a priority under the Paris Convention will be filed by submitting application documents to the country in which the application is to be filed within one year from the filing date in Japan.

The filing of a PCT application is a system that makes it possible to secure the filing date of application in multiple designated countries by filing an international application in the Japanese language to the Japan Patent Office within one year from the filing date in Japan, with its international filing date being granted thereby. By submitting a translated text of the application to each of the designated countries within 30 months thereafter, the application procedure moves to the domestic procedure of the designated country.

Makes searches of prior publications of patents, utility models, designs and trademarks, invalidation materials, etc. to prepare a search report. Also, prepare a written expert opinion concerning the effectiveness and nature of infringement of rights (whether they belong to a technical scope or not). Supports the business strategies of clients by means of such search and appraisal.

In both of the cases of protecting the rights of a client company and attacking the rights of its competitors, an emphasis is placed on technical explanation in oral proceedings. In so doing, efforts are made to seek accurate judgement by providing easy-to-understand technical explanations of technologies even if they are of a high level.

Any suit to cancel a trial decision and specific litigation of infringement will be addressed appropriately as a procedural attorney. Also, an emphasis is placed on technical explanations for judges, and efforts are made to contribute to the protection of clients products to meet the needs of clients for obtaining their rights as well as their protection in the market.

Consultation is also available concerning education of in-house intellectual properties, strategies for intellectual properties, licensing agreements, etc. Please feel free to contact us at any time.