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 2019 (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
177Sonderhoff & Einsel View
261Sonoda & Kobayashi View
360SEIWA PATENT & LAW View
458ITOH International Patent Office View
546SUZUYE & SUZUYE Intellectual Property Law View
638Nakamura & Partners View
736YKI Intellectual Property Attorneys View
836SHIGA International Patent Office View
933Meisei International Patent Firm View
1031RYUKA IP LAW FIRM View
1130TRY International IP LAW FIRM View
1228SUGIMURA & Partners View
1328Kyosei International Patent Office View
1427SENDA PATENT BUREAU View
1526Aoyama & Partners View
1626Fukami Patent Office, P.C. View
1720TMI Associates View
1818ONDA TECHNO Intl. Patent Attys View
1918Katayose Patent View
2016Osuga & Associates View
2116Washida & Associates View
2214TSUKUNI & ASSOCIATES View
2313SHUSAKU・YAMAMOTO View
2413Anzai Patent FirmN/A
2512YUASA AND HARA View
2612Suzuran International Patent FirmN/A
2712TAIYO, NAKAJIMA & KATO View
2812Soei Patent & Law Firm View
2911Okabe International Patent Office View
3010Miyoshi & Miyoshi 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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