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

  • Technical field:  Semiconductor (semiconductor chip, material, wafer, device, etc.)
  • Status:  Japanese granted patents in 2017 (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).
RankingNo.IP law firmWebsite
1127SHIGA International Patent Office View
2124Sonderhoff & Einsel View
370ITOH International Patent Office View
463Sonoda & Kobayashi View
554Nakamura & Partners View
643Osuga & Associates View
740SUZUYE & SUZUYE Intellectual Property Law View
840Washida & Associates View
938RYUKA IP LAW FIRM View
1037SEIWA PATENT & LAW View
1135ONDA TECHNO Intl. Patent Attys View
1235Aoyama & Partners View
1332Anderson Mori & Tomotsune View
1429SENDA PATENT BUREAU View
1526Meisei International Patent Firm View
1625Kyosei International Patent Office View
1724YKI Intellectual Property Attorneys View
1824Anzai Patent FirmNone
1922Soei Patent & Law Firm View
2021SUGIMURA & Partners View
2121SHUSAKU・YAMAMOTO View
2220Takahashi Hayashi and Partner Patent Attorneys inc. View
2320YUASA AND HARA View
2419Fukami Patent Office, P.C. View
2518TMI Associates View
2616Katayose Patent View
2714Asamura Patent Office, p.c. View
2812TSUKUNI & ASSOCIATES View
2910Yoshikawa International Patent Office View
3010Yanagida & Associates 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, semiconductor 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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