Imai & Associates' services include the preparation,
filing and prosecution of patent and utility model applications in the
software, optical, electrical, electronic, mechanical and chemical fields,
as well as nearly every other technical discipline. Application document
reviews and prior art searches are also conducted on-line, with a considerable
time saving.
Trademark and design applications are handled in a similar manner.
Even before filing, many clients utilize our on-line searches of registered
and applied-for trademarks as a powerful tool in their product and service
naming work.
Imai & Associates also offers comprehensive application and registered
right management services that provide secure protection against missed
dates and deadlines, such as those relating to examination request and
annuity payment. Other services are provided in connection with expert
opinions, surveys, litigation and most other industrial property right
related matters. Clients desiring long-term services are invited to
retain us as consultants.
Thanks to well-established relationships with leading patent and trademark
firms around the globe, Imai & Associates is able to provide its domestic
clients with unparalleled services in North, Central and South America,
Europe, and numerous Asian countries including China, Korea and Singapore.
Overseas clients wishing to file in Japan have access to the same extensive
range of professional services that Imai & Associates extends to its
domestic clients, plus various additional services peculiar to international
filings. Applications received in English are translated into Japanese
by translators expert in their respective fields. All correspondence
regarding legal and technical matters is prepared in English by attorney,
while office actions, cited references and the likes are translated
by professional translators and reviewed by the attorney handling the
case, if required. So, the language problems are nonexistent.
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