Document searches are indispensable for avoiding potential infringement, monitoring competitors' activities, and blocking the grant of or invalidating patents. Searches are also useful for monitoring the progress of applications and proceedings of interest to our clients. Under the supervision of patent attorneys, the specialists in our search division work exclusively on document searches and make effective use of the numerous intellectual property databases available in Japan.

Our search specialists combine scientific backgrounds with extensive intellectual property search experience.  They perform prior art and invalidation searches to ensure the acquisition of strong patent rights, to prevent the allowance to competitors of potentially problematic patents, and to invalidate competitors' patents.  They also provide watch services for the continuous monitoring of particular cases and of competitors' patent activities.

Search results are analyzed by attorneys and technical specialists in order to provide our clients with search reports which consider all relevant information.

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	Mechanical Engineering
	Electrical & Electronic Engineering
	Chemistry, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
Trademarks & Designs
Licensing & Consulting
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