Patent (including foreign applications) and trademark application fees
IP Advisory Services
IP related contract review
Patent (including foreign applications) and trademark application fees
Standard reference fees for patent (including foreign applications) and trademark matters are shown below
Fees vary depending on the difficulty of the project and other factors.
We do not have a contingency fee system because we do not have an application-only policy.
Consultation fee: 6,600 yen/30 minutes including tax (If the consultation is longer than 30 minutes, the fee will be charged at 2,200 yen/10 minutes )
*If we accept your case, we will deduct the consultation fee from the cost.
*A system is available for small and medium-sized enterprises, individuals, universities, etc. to receive a reduction or exemption of the examination fee and patent fee (for the first through the tenth year) if certain requirements are met.
→ Patent fee reduction and exemption system
*Foreign application support programs are available for small and medium-sized companies.
→ Foreign Application Support Program for Small and Medium Enterprises
- Patent
| Our service fee (tax included) | JPO Fee | Total | |
| At the time of filing | *Basic fee: 176,000 yen – *Additional fees for claims, specifications, drawings, and sequences (if any) will be charged separately. | 14,000 yen | 190,000 yen |
| At the time of request for examination (in the case of patent application) | *Basic fee: 11,000 yen | 142,000 yen – *For applications filed on or after April 1, 2019 | 153,000 yen- |
| Correspondence to notification of reasons for refusal (prosecution) | *Basic fee: 55,000 yen per *Additional fees for additional pages and additional invoices (for increases only) will be charged separately. | Unnecessary | 55,000 yen- |
| When registering settings | *Basic fee: 22,000 yen | 13,800 yen – *3-year fee for registration fee for examination requests made after April 1, 2004. | 35,800 yen- |
* Click here for details on JPO fees → List of JPO fees
- Foreign Patent (PCT Application (Japanese))
| Our service fee (tax included) | JPO Fee | Total | |
| At the time of filing | *Basic fee: 220,000 yen (110,000 yen if the priority right is based on our basic application) *Additional fees for claim, specification, drawing, and sequence list (if any) will be charged separately. | *International filing fee: 165,900 yen- *For online filing on or after September 1, 2023 and up to 30 sheets of paper *Sending fee: 17,000 yen *For international filing on or after April 1, 2022 *Search fee: 143,000 yen *For each Japanese international application whose international search organization is Japan Patent Office | 444,600 yen |
| Support for International Phase Prosecution | *Examination of international search report/international preliminary examination report: 22,000 yen *Article 19 amendment: 22,000 yen *Application for international preliminary examination: 11,000 yen *Article 34 amendment: 55,000 yen *Additional fees for pages and claims are charged separately |
- Trademark
| Our service fee (tax included) | JPO Fee | Total | |
| At the time of filing | *Basic fee: ¥55,000 *Additional fee for each category: ¥11,000 per category (after 2nd category) *Simplified survey fee: ¥11,000 per category | 3,400 yen + (number of classifications x 8,600 yen) | 67,000 yen- |
| Correspondence to notification of reasons for refusal (prosecution) | *Basic fee: 55,000 yen per visit *Additional fee for each page will be charged separately. | Unnecessary | 55,000 yen- |
| When registering settings | *Basic fee: 33,000 yen *Additional fee for each category: 11,000 yen per category (after the second category) | Number of sections x ¥17,200 *Registration fee for 5 years Number of sections x ¥32,900 *Registration fee for 10 years | 50,200 yen |
| At the time of renewal registration | *Basic fee: 17,600 yen | Number of sections x ¥22,800 *Registration fee for 5 years Number of sections x ¥43,600 *Registration fee for 10 years | 40,400 yen |
*Fees for other jurisdictions and procedures are available upon request (main procedures: searches, appeals, foreign trademarks (Madrid Protool, etc.), designs).)
IP Advisory Services
We can provide not only filing services, but also IP advisory services based on the experience we gained during our time as in-house patent attorneys.
Even if you do not have an in-house IP department, you can outsource some of the functions of your own IP department, such as IP management, competitive analysis, and invention discovery.
We offer three service fee structures that match the work time of our patent attorneys, but we can also tailor our service fee structure to meet the needs of our clients, so please feel free to contact us for more information.
*If you sign an advisory contract with us, you can display our firm as an IP advisory firm on your website, etc.
| Plan 1 | 33,000 yen (including tax)/month 330,000 yen (including tax)/year | Up to 1 meeting/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 3 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
| Plan 2 | 55,000 yen (tax included)/month 550,000 yen (tax included)/year | Up to 2 meetings/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 5 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
| Plan 3 | 110,000 yen (tax included)/month 1,100,000 yen (tax included)/year | Up to 3 meetings/month (or attendance at meetings) + up to 10 actual hours/month of IP advisory services |
*All plans include consultation on intellectual property matters via e-mail or other text-based methods. Free of charge However, depending on the frequency and the content of the consultation, additional operating hours may be charged.
*If you do not use the actual working hours or meetings in the plan for a month, you can carry over the advisory fee to the next and subsequent months at a rate of 5,500 yen/30 minutes, tax included.
*In principle, meetings are online-based and limited to one hour per meeting. Meetings are generally conducted online and are limited to one hour per meeting.
*If the amount of work exceeds the actual hours in the plan, an additional fee of 5,500 yen/30 minutes including tax may be charged.
IP related contract review
We can provide contract review service for IP-related contracts (license contracts, joint development contracts, non-disclosure agreements, research contracts). It is also possible to consult only the part of the contract that you would like to pay attention to in the spot IP consultation.
Proofreading and legal check of contracts: 13,200 yen (tax included)/contract
*Additional charges may apply depending on the volume.
Please feel free to contact us through the inquiry form below, including inquiries about costs.
