The following table shows the ranking of Japanese IP law firm. The ranking is based on the following conditions.
- Technical field: IT (information technology, computer Software, computer program, method using software, etc.)
- Status: Japanese granted patents in 2021 (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).
Ranking | No. | IP law firm | Website |
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1 | 1582 | Sakai International Patent Office | View |
2 | 702 | SHIGA International Patent Office | View |
3 | 555 | ITOH International Patent Office | View |
4 | 322 | SUZUYE & SUZUYE Intellectual Property Law | View |
5 | 321 | TAIYO, NAKAJIMA & KATO | View |
6 | 317 | SOCO IP LAW FIRM | View |
7 | 311 | Ohtsuka Patent Office | View |
8 | 277 | In-house patent attorney | - |
9 | 229 | TMI Associates | View |
10 | 205 | In-house patent attorney | - |
11 | 188 | Fukami Patent Office, P.C. | View |
12 | 178 | HIBIKI IP LAW FIRM | View |
13 | 146 | Asahi Patent Firm | View |
14 | 144 | KOKUBUN INTERNATIONAL PATENTS & TRADEMARKS | View |
15 | 143 | KOHNO & KOHNO | View |
16 | 138 | IP Firm SHUWA | View |
17 | 136 | YKI Intellectual Property Attorneys | View |
18 | 125 | MIZOI INTERNATIONAL PATENT FIRM | N/A |
19 | 122 | Koyo International Patent Firm | View |
20 | 119 | Suzaku IP Attorneys | View |
21 | 117 | HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK | View |
22 | 116 | Shobayashi International Patent &Trademark Office | View |
23 | 115 | NII Patent Firm | View |
24 | 115 | Serio Patent & Trademark Attorneys | View |
25 | 110 | SUNNEXT International Patent Office | View |
26 | 110 | SEIWA PATENT & LAW | View |
27 | 109 | Prezio IP Firm | View |
28 | 108 | TANI & ABE, p.c. | View |
29 | 108 | Seiryo Intellectual Property Corp. | View |
30 | 107 | PRIMEWORKS IP Attorneys | View |
31 | 104 | Fuso Patent Firm | View |
32 | 104 | One ip | View |
33 | 104 | TOU-OU PATENT FIRM | View |
34 | 102 | Nishikawa & Associates | View |
35 | 102 | Isono International Patent Office, P. C. | View |
36 | 99 | In-house patent attorney | - |
37 | 99 | ONDA TECHNO Intl. Patent Attys | View |
38 | 99 | S & S INTERNATIONAL PPC | View |
39 | 98 | IPTech | View |
40 | 93 | Soei Patent & Law Firm | View |
41 | 93 | Nagoya International Patent Firm | View |
42 | 92 | SUNRISE PATENT OFFICE | View |
43 | 92 | Isshiki & Co. | View |
44 | 89 | A.SAKAI & ASSOCIATES | View |
45 | 87 | Haruka Patent & Trademark Attorneys | View |
46 | 86 | IRD Patent Office | View |
47 | 82 | SUGIMURA & Partners | View |
48 | 80 | Ashida & Kimura | View |
49 | 79 | RYUKA IP LAW FIRM | View |
50 | 74 | Minami Aoyama Patent and Trademark Attorneys | View |
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.