Patent Dept.

　The Patent Department comprises patent attorneys, patent engineers, drafting and proofreading teams, filing and docketing specialists, annuity personnel, and dedicated administrative professionals.
* 30 patent attorneys, including 25 proficient in English &/or Japanese;
* Approximately 93 patent engineers and technical specialists, including approximately 80 proficient in English &/or Japanese.

🔹 Complete Scope of Patent Services 
　TIPLO provides comprehensive patent services covering:
* Inbound and outbound patent prosecution; filing, publication, docketing, deadline control, and patent certificate administration. 
* Inventions, utility models, and designs;
* Patent specification drafting;
* Technical and legal translation;
* Patent drawings;
* Filing-document preparation;
* Patentability and prior-art searches;
* Prosecution strategy;
* Patent landscaping and patent mapping;
* Patent infringement analysis;
* Invalidation proceedings; Invalidity analysis; Patent validity challenges, and defensive invalidity strategies;
* Third-party observations;
* Freedom-to-operate analysis;
* Prosecution amendments;
* Correction of errors and mistranslations;
* Responses to Office Actions;
* Examiner interviews;
* Ownership changes;
* Assignments;
* Recordal of licenses;
* Patent validity analysis;
* Infringement/Non-infringement analysis; Infringement investigation, enforcement campaigns, litigation, negotiation, and administrative proceedings;
* Administrative appeals and administrative litigation;
* Technical expert analysis; 
* Licensing, technology transfer, and IP commercialization;
* Accelerated examination;
* Restoration of patent rights;
* Patent-term extensions; and
* Annuity management. 
 

🔹 Technical Expertise of the Patent Department
　TIPLO’s patent professionals are organized into technology-focused sections supported by multilingual capabilities.

🔹-1 Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
* Pharmaceuticals;
* Medicinal chemistry;
* Chemistry; Organic chemistry;
* Inorganic chemistry;
* Polymer chemistry;
* Chemical engineering;
* Biochemistry;
* Biotechnology;
* Regenerative medicine;
* Life sciences;
* Semiconductor materials;
* materials science;
* Alloys and metallurgy;
* Agriculture;
* Horticulture;
* Food processing;
* Mechanical engineering;
* Computer science;
 
🔹-2 Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Semiconductors
* Electrical and electronic engineering;
* Electronic information systems;
* Semiconductors design, Manufacturing, Packaging;
* Information and communications technology;
* Electro-optics; Image processing;
* Software; Computer programs; Computer engineering; AI engineering;
* Applied physics;
* Circuit technologies;
* Electronic circuitry;
* Display technologies; LCD/OLED; Graphics engineering; Video production.
* Materials chemistry;
* Network architecture;
* Wireless communications;
* Information processing; Communication tech;
* e-commerce;
* Automation and control; Remote control;
* Industrial engineering;
* 3D printing; 3D animation; Gaming applications;

🔹-3 Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design
* Mechanical engineering; Infrastructures; Heavy Industry; 
* Industrial design;
* Semiconductor technologies;
* Applied physics;
* Consumer products;
* Manufacturing and processing;
* Transportation;
* Communications; Computer/AI devise;
* Injection molding;
* Polymer processing; textiles;
* Sports gears; bicycles; 
* Electrical components;
* Materials technologies.