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

  • Technical field:  Biotechnology (Protein, amino acid, DNA, RNA, Recombinant DNA, antibody, peputide, iPS cell, ES cell, vaccine, etc.)
  • Status:  Japanese granted patents in 2017 (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
1166Hiraki & Associates View
285SHIGA International Patent Office View
378Takashima International Patent Office View
477SAEGUSA & Partners View
575The Patent Corporate Body Aruga Patent Office View
656Aoyama & Partners View
751IP Firm SHUWA View
849KYOWA PATENT AND LAW OFFICE View
941Soei Patent & Law Firm View
1039Shimizu Patent Office View
1138SIKs & Co. View
1237SEIWA PATENT & LAW View
1337Abe, Ikubo & Katayama View
1437Hirota & Associates View
1536TMI Associates View
1634YUASA AND HARA View
1734Sakai International Patent Office View
1828OHNO & PARTNERS View
1927Nakamura & Partners View
2025Hirota, Nagare & Associates View
2123Moegi Patent Office View
2223YuNeed International Patent Office View
2323TAIYO, NAKAJIMA & KATO View
2422YASUTOMI & Associates View
2522Tanigawa and AssociatesNone
2622HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK View
2721KUNPU INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGENTS View
2820Iwatani Patent Office View
2919Kuzuwa & Partners View
3019CENTCREST IP Attorneys 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, Biotechnology 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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