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Outline of office

Office was established on January 1964 at Tamura-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo Office's staff started the business by a select few.

Under rapid business enlargement office repeated enlargement and movement presently the location Minato-ku Tokyo with 32 staff including 2 patent attorneys, specialist in all technical sphere and business staff.
from and to foreign patent offices in Europe, United States, Asia etc.

Office prosecutes home patent business broadly in large sphere covering precision machinery,
electronics, electricity, machinery, chemistry, with big enterprises, small entity, individual etc.
Office offers the positive service business through "Techno-Business Exchange Conference" held by the associated firm "N.P.L" specially for the business after filing patent applications and the license business after obtained the patent.

[Address]

105-0004
Nihon Seimei Shimbashi BLDG,, 3rd Floor, No.18-16, Shimbashi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
TEL:03-3503-2821 FAX:03-3508-1810

Outline of service

We are daily endeavoring write higher quality specification.

Home patent application

[Technical field]

Optical apparatus, electronics and communication apparatus, electricalapparatus, chemical, medical and machinery parts, machinery equipment,measurement apparatus,construction, engineering, sewing apparatus, software, living necessaries etc.

[Business content]

We value and issue technical opinion for technical contents in broad field, write high-quality specification and perform patent application, request forobjection, request for appeal and law-suit with responsibility under rich experiences.

Foreign patent application

[Foreign countries]

We file patent application to all foreign countries such as United States of America, Canada, Central and South America, EC countries, Russia, Australia, Newzealand, South Africa, Asean countries, China, Taiwan etc.

[Foreign clients]

We receive patent application from clients in China,Taiwan, Korea, United States of America, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway etc.

[Technical field]

Precision machinery, electronics control apparatus, electrical control apparatus, air conditioning machinery,machinery apparatus,biotechnology,genetic technology,general chemistry, automobile, injection molding apparatus, software etc.

[Business content]

  1. We perform more accurate technical translation for patent specification under co-working with experienced translator and technical specialist.
  2. We perform technical opinion for technical contents,high quality patent specification, filing patent application, requesting appeal, and law suit.
  3. We support clients rights abroad associated with foreign patent office.
  4. We perform mufti patent filing services including {Paris root} for {PCT} and {EPC} application.

Design registration application

We propose, advice and support to file independent and/or similar design application in order to obtain more strong design right.

Trademark registration application

We perform accurate advice by searching prior trademark during the process of selection and decision of trademark in new commodities and service.
We perform accurate advice specially for newly founded cubic trademark and group trademark in conformity with new regulations. We perform not only legal support but also various advice in order to protect clients rights.

Appeal,Trial,Infringement

We perform deliberate advice and effective procedure in appeal for rejection, request for patent objection, invalidation appeal etc.
We endeavor fully in case of dissatisfaction to protect clients right in trial at Tokyo High Court and Supreme Court.
We perform best answer to patent infringement with co-working with lawyer either side in case plaintiff or defendant.

Seach prior art

We established electronicall terminal which can access on-line to the database of Patent Office (for patent, utility model registration, etc)
We can rapidly search for reference to trademark, prior art, publication, laid-open publication, etc.
We can rapidly search developed invention design, similar technics, reference technics, and can confirm beforehand prior art, and thees can prevent from filing fruitless application.

Technical opinion for technical contents of invention

Our specialist search whether the technical contents invented or designed by client are well known or infringe prior art.
We decide from the difference of prior art, advice, and perform with responsibility to draft the specification and to file application.
We do not reveal any information obtained from clients and therefore please consult and apply us without hesitation.

Introduction of office staff

President Hiroyuki Niwa, Patent Attorney

In charge:

lawsuit, appeal, technical opinion, international application, foreign application.

Special field:

chemistry, machinery, electricity.

Career:

Graduated at Kogakuin University thorough Vice President of Patent Attorney Association, member, Vice-chairman, chairman of the committees of Patent Attorney Association, member of Examiner of Patent Attorney Examination, President in Japan for Asia Patent Attorney Association.
Presently member of Patent Attorney Committee, Director of asia Patent Attorney Committee, Head quarter, leader in Kanagawa-ken for invention and design, lecturer for patent law in Kogakuin University, and Director of Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology.
Awarded many commendation and prizes for meritorious deed as Patent Attorney.

Tadao Noguchi Patent Attorney

In charge:

electricity, electronics, machinery, appeal, international application.

Special field:

electricity, electronics.

Career:

Graduated Kanazawa University, Technology Dept., Electricity Sec, entered Patent Office, Appeal 4 dept. through, Examiner in Appeal 3,4,5 dept., chief-Examiner, chief in Appeal Dept.
presently entered the Office as number 2 for patent business.

Miyoshi Nishio ,Patent Attorney

In charge:

application, foreign application

Special field:

marine engineering (shipbuilding) engineering matarial mechanics, structural mechanics, hydraulic engineering, electrical and electronic engineering
Quclified as a patent attorney in 2005

Career:

graduated Osaka University,

Office staff

Many staff graduated either national university such as Tokyo University, Hokkaido University, Tokyo Foreign Languages University or private university in technical science, foreign language, and under the presidents leadership and direction are working positively for the clients with long years experiences and achievements.

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