The following table shows the ranking of Japanese IP law firm. The ranking is based on the following conditions.
- Technical field: Medical device (syringe, stent, endoscope apparatus, X-ray imaging apparatus, etc.)
- Status: Japanese granted patents in 2021 (registration date).
- First country: Foreign (i.e., patents with claiming priority of a foreign application, or patents based on PCT application whose receiving office is not 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 | Web |
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1 | 435 | SHINSEI PATENT OFFICE | View |
2 | 242 | SHUSAKU・YAMAMOTO | View |
3 | 226 | SHIGA International Patent Office | View |
4 | 215 | Nakamura & Partners | View |
5 | 215 | SEIWA PATENT & LAW | View |
6 | 210 | ITOH International Patent Office | View |
7 | 177 | M&S Partners | View |
8 | 147 | ONDA TECHNO Intl. Patent Attys | View |
9 | 146 | In-house patent attorney | - |
10 | 135 | TANI & ABE, p.c. | View |
11 | 118 | YUASA AND HARA | View |
12 | 94 | Aoyama & Partners | View |
13 | 94 | SUBARU PATENT OFFICE | View |
14 | 71 | Okuyama & Sasajima | View |
15 | 67 | HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK | View |
16 | 65 | SUZUYE & SUZUYE Intellectual Property Law | View |
17 | 57 | Takaoka IP Law | View |
18 | 55 | Asamura Patent Office, p.c. | View |
19 | 52 | Fukami Patent Office, P.C. | View |
20 | 52 | Kita-Aoyama International Patent Bureau | View |
21 | 52 | Sonderhoff & Einsel | View |
22 | 51 | TMI Associates | View |
23 | 48 | Sonoda & Kobayashi | View |
24 | 48 | YKI Intellectual Property Attorneys | View |
25 | 44 | Kai-U Patent Law Firm | View |
26 | 43 | Shimizu Patent Office | View |
27 | 41 | Soei Patent & Law Firm | View |
28 | 40 | Shobayashi International Patent &Trademark Office | View |
29 | 36 | TAIYO, NAKAJIMA & KATO | View |
30 | 32 | OSHIMA & PARTNERS | View |
31 | 30 | KYOWA PATENT AND LAW OFFICE | View |
32 | 29 | Shinjyu GLOBAL IP | View |
33 | 28 | SUGIMURA & Partners | View |
34 | 28 | SAEGUSA & Partners | View |
35 | 27 | Hiraki & Associates | View |
36 | 27 | Yoshikawa International Patent Office | View |
37 | 27 | TSUKUNI & ASSOCIATES | View |
38 | 26 | Abe, Ikubo & Katayama | View |
39 | 26 | ASAHINA & CO. | View |
40 | 24 | RYUKA IP LAW FIRM | View |
41 | 23 | KAWAGUTI & PARTNERS | View |
42 | 21 | IP Firm SHUWA | View |
43 | 20 | Washida & Associates | View |
44 | 19 | Ohtsuka Patent Office | View |
45 | 19 | AXIS Patent International | View |
46 | 19 | R&C IP Law Firm | View |
47 | 19 | Miyoshi & Miyoshi | View |
48 | 19 | Yamakawa International Patent Office | View |
49 | 18 | KOKUBUN INTERNATIONAL PATENTS & TRADEMARKS | View |
50 | 17 | HIROE AND ASSOCIATES, patent professional corporation | 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.