Japanese Patent Resources

 Japanese IP Service Providers

Foreign nationals must be represented before the JPO by a representative domiciled in Japan. You can find a list of Japanese patent attorneys at the web site of James W Piper & Co. Another shorter list is available from the Patent Attorneys Cooperative Association of Japan.

Japanese patent attorneys are members of an association which establishes the fees to be charged. Accordingly, there is little variation in prices. Hiroe and Associates is one firm which makes its fee schedule available on the web.

If you are looking for a service in Japan, you may want to try the Townpage web site. This is an English-language yellow pages service provided by the Japanese state telephone company.