We have maintained an average grant rate（※）of over 70% for the last 20 years. This grant rate is considered remarkably high, given the fact that patent grant rate of all the application filed with the Japan Patent Office is around 50% in these days, according to the JPO’s official announcement.
In addition, in order to raise accuracy, the patent grant rate since year 2010 is calculated excluding the cases lapsed by not responding to an office action in accordance with a client's intention to close the case.
We consider the key to achieving the high rate is our IP knowledge accumulated during our considerable experience in the IP field for over 30 years. Moreover, our patent attorneys and technical staff who possess high-level skills and professional career experience in various fields of expertise are always up to date with current trends and technological advancement, so as to be able to offer a positive approach for obtaining strong IP rights.
As we have dealt with a number of various IP litigations in the past, we can support you to utilize your Intellectual Property more effectively with our experience in the field.
| Examples of involved cases |
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| ・Case number 2000(Wa) 407 Request for injunction against infringement of patent rights / case number of an appeal 2002(Ne) 432 (involved as defendant’s assessor) |
| ・Case number 2005 (Wa) 10064 Request for injunction against infringement of patent rights / case number of an appeal 2006 (Ne) 10048 (involved as defendant’s representative) |
| ・Case number 2001 (Gyo-Ke) 21 Litigation against the trial decision on opposition (involved as plaintiff’s representative) |
| ・Case number 2002 (Gyo-Ke) 264 Litigation rescinding the trial decision of invalidation (involved as defendant's representative) |
| ・Case number 2007 (Gyo-Ke) 10045 Litigation against the trial decision of invalidation (involved as defendant's representative) |
| ・Case number 2009 (Gyo-Ke) 10269 Litigation against the trial decision of invalidation (involved as plaintiff’s representative) |
and more
We have been entrusted annually with over 300 patent applications from various ranges of industry.
<The number of patent applications is found by the number of patent publications>
