IAT WORLD Patent Law Firm U R L http://www.w-pat.com E-mail i@w-pat.com ■Starting from the left; Naofumi KAMIYAMA Hideharu WATANABE Kensei KAWAMURA [Headquarters] [Nagano Chino Branch] 7th Floor, HULIC Nakano Bldg. 44-18, honcho 4-chome,Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0012, Japan Room No.501 Izumi Buil., 3-21, Tsukahara 1-chome,Chino-shi, Nagano 391-0002, Japan TEL.: +81-3-5342-1181 TEL.: +81-266-82-8518 FAX.: +81-3-5342-1182 FAX.: +81-266-82-8519 [Ueno Branch] [Shanghai Branch] Shanghai IAT Consulting Co., LTD. Room No.301 Okachimachi GreenPlaza, 6-5, Taitou 4-chome,Taitou-ku, Tokyo 110-0016, Japan 1097-16-19A, Pudong da dao, Shanghai TEL.: +81-3-5688-0858 TEL.: +86-21-38820851 FAX.: +81-3-5688-0859 // THE CHARACTERS OF IAT WORLD PATENT LAW FIRM // (1) We are confident about Chinese and US patent practices. (We have two in-house Chinese patent attorneys in Shanghai and Tokyo office, and visit US patent law firms to discuss patent cases and other IP matters every year.) (2) Our main technical fields are Software, Mechanical and Chemical. (3) We have received a high evaluation from our clients regarding quality of patent applications. (All of draft patent applications are carefully checked by partners in our firm.) (4) We handle suits against appeal trial decision, patent litigations, expert opinion works, contracts and copyright matters. (5) We have extensive experience with trademark and design cases. (6) We provide our clients with top level service at reasonable price. (7) We also act as a liaison between clients. // STAFF //--- as of December 1st, 2011 　 Hideharu WATANABE: Representative of Partners, Patent attorney Specialty: Mechanical engineering, Trademark and Contract Kensei KAWAMURA: Representative of Partners, Patent attorney Specialty: Electricity and Communication Naofumi KAMIYAMA: Partner, Patent attorney Specialty: Mechanical engineering and Control engineering Toshinao SHIMODAIRA: Partner, Patent attorney Specialty: Electricity and Electronics Mitsumasa ISHII: Partner, Patent attorney Specialty: Control engineering and Signal processing Nobuhiko KITAHARA: Patent attorney Specialty: Optics Zehn WANG: Chinese patent attorney Specialty: Chemistry and Biotechnology Mei GUO: Chinese patent attorney Specialty: Mechanical and Engineering Ryuichi Yamazaki: Counsel, Attorney at law Number of other staffs: Males: 8 and Females: 7 //PRACTICE// 1. Filing patent applications, Searches and Litigations 　 (1) Specialized fields Electrical and Electronic field (information equipment/ communication), Chemical field, Mechanical field and Optical field (Automobile , Printer, Precision instrument, Optical instrument, Mobile phone, Acoustic instrument, Software, Precision device, NANO-material, and others) (2) International patent applications PCT, US, EP, China, Korea, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Russia, Brazil, and others (3) Suit against appeal trial decision: 1.5 cases per year (4) Expert opinion: 10-15 cases per year (incl. US and China cases) (5) Patent agreement: 10-12 cases per year (incl. US and China cases) (6) Trial for invalidation of patent: 3-7 cases per year (incl. US and China cases) (7) Support domestic and international patent suit: 5-10 cases per year 　 2. Consulting (1) Searching business partners We support purchasing and selling patent and trademark rights and technology for and on behalf of our clients. Also, we support establishing agreements regarding such trades. (2) TRIZ We support discovering inventions using TRIZ. (3) Development of new products We support development of new products with experts in various fields. (4) Outsourcing We take care of paper works, such as keeping file wrappers or managing deadlines, on behalf of our clients. (5) Lecture We have variety of lecture contents for beginners to experts regarding IP. (6) Education We support education for engineers in companies. (7) Support for Chinese employees We support education regarding IP for Chinese employees by experienced in-house Chinese patent attorneys. //POLICY// ■　Our mission (1) To keep IAT for 100 years We have to carry out our job responsibility since IP is necessary to be managed over a long period of time. 　 (2) To act as a bridge between Japan and the rest of the world We back up Japanese companies penetrating in the world market. (3) To be a consulting firm We dedicate our knowledge and experiences in order for our clients to develop since IP exists for business development. 　 ■ Our action policy (1) To think of clients' business first IP strategy is crucial to business success. Business can't become successful only by filing patent and trademark applications. We provide IP strategies to lead our clients' business to a successful conclusion. (2) To be conscious of the world at all times Now, the whole of Asia is considered as a single market. (3) To provide something extra to our clients Our biggest job is to represent our clients' intentions. Our motto is "to provide something extra to our clients." (4) To provide great value to our clients We make every effort to provide great value to our clients at a low price. 　 　 The member's page is only applicants. For more information and question, contact directly.

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