The following table shows the ranking of Japanese IP law firm. The ranking is based on the following conditions.

  • Technical field:  Pharmaceutical (pharmaceutical composition, medicine, API, production method of thereof, etc.)
  • Status:  Japanese granted patents in 2019 (registration date).
  • First country:  Japan (i.e., (i) patents with claiming priority of a Japanese application, (ii) patents based on Japanese domestic application, or (iii) patents based on PCT application whose receiving office is Japan Patent Office without claiming any priority).
  • Count:  The number of patents handled by each Japanese IP law firm was counted (if the applicant is represented by a firm member (attorney), it was counted as being handled by the firm).
RankingNo.IP law firmWebsite
182Takashima International Patent Office View
269Aoyama & Partners View
367SAEGUSA & Partners View
451The Patent Corporate Body Aruga Patent Office View
547Hiraki & Associates View
644Soei Patent & Law Firm View
744SIKs & Co. View
837LEXIA PARTNERS View
926Iwatani Patent Office View
1024SHIGA International Patent Office View
1124IP Firm SHUWA View
1223SEIWA PATENT & LAW View
1323Hirota & Associates View
1423Shimizu Patent Office View
1523YUASA AND HARA View
1620OHNO & PARTNERS View
1720TMI Associates View
1817HOSODA INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE View
1916TSUKUNI & ASSOCIATES View
2015SHUSAKU・YAMAMOTO View
2115Ono & Company View
2214In-house patent attorney
2314Nakamura & Partners View
2413Ashida & Kimura View
2513Ochanomizu International Patent Office View
2613Moegi Patent Office View
2712HATTA & ASSOCIATES View
2812Morimoto & Associates View
2912Abe, Ikubo & Katayama View
3012Kuzuwa & Partners View
In preparing the table, a patent search expert conducted a patent search using patent classification and keywords (as necessary) in order to extract patents in specific technical field (here, Pharmaceutical field).
In the patent search, it was confirmed that a high-accuracy population (i.e., a population not including non-relevant fields) of patents was obtained. Subsequently, the population was used to create the table.

By entering the Firm name or Attorney name in the "Legal Representative Name" column of Patentscope (search system of WIPO), you can find the patent information handled by each Firm.

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