About us

Message from President

Shunichiro Ninomiya
FIPAS Inc. was established in 2010 as an intra-venture business of the Patent Division of Honyaku Center Inc., and since then we have continued to support the global development of our clients by providing an agency service to file foreign patent applications. As the number of Japanese companies developing their businesses overseas continues to increase, there is an increasing demand to file foreign patent applications, and the filing of foreign patent applications has become an important issue in management strategies.
Meanwhile, clients working with intellectual property face a range of problems including strategy planning, cost management, complicated clerical procedures, and communication difficulties with agents outside Japan.
We tackle the problems our clients face with sincerity, work to provide services that help solve their problems to the utmost extent, and work earnestly together with reliable agents in many countries around the world.
We appreciate your continued guidance and support.

President
Shunichiro Ninomiya

Corporate identity and vision

Corporate identity

We develop all clients' excellent technologies to the world safely, accurately and promptly so as to contribute to development of the economy and society.

Vision

We provide services that meet clients' expectations together with partners all over the world.

Our four advantages

01

FIPAS Inc. is a company specialized in foreign applications.

All of the engineers and clerical staff belonging to FIPAS Inc. have a wealth of experience in service for foreign applications for patent, utility model, and design, and are well versed in laws and practices in each country. Therefore, as a company that can immediately respond to revision of laws and can representatively file applications in all the technical fields, we receive filing requests from clients belonging to various categories of business.

02

Strong network with local agents.

We have filed a lot of applications for patent, utility model, and design in many countries in the world.
About 60 % of the applications are applications in the U.S., Europe and China. However, we have filed applications in various regions such as ASEAN, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa, and we have a strong network with local agents in 70 or more countries at present.
We perform evaluation and feedback for the local agents in both technical and clerical aspects every half year to encourage them to make efforts for improvement.

03

FIPAS Inc. is a subsidiary company of one of the largest translation companies in Japan.

By using translation resources of Honyaku Center Inc. (JASDAQ:2483), which is the only listed company in Japan as a company specialized in industrial translation, many clients actually feel an advantage of cost reduction.

04

FIPAS Inc. has an organization culture that continuously improves service.

FIPAS Inc. was established as intra-venture business of Honyaku Center Inc., has a history of 10 years or more, and has made efforts to improve all the services since the establishment.
By exchanging opinions for QC check and productivity in a weekly meeting attended by all of staff, and deciding, planning, and executing an improvement idea, we create an organization culture that can cycle PDCA all the time.

Number of filing foreign applications

Number of filled applications

Ended in March 2017 366
Ended in March 2018 457
Ended in March 2019 516
Ended in March 2020 531
Ended in March 2021 578
Number of received cases

Number of applications filed in each country in fiscal year of 2021

  • USA: 137
  • China: 115
  • EP and Germany: 109
  • India and ASEAN: 66
  • Taiwan: 24
  • Others: 127

Corporate profile

Company name FIPAS Inc.
Established December, 2010
President Shunichiro Ninomiya
Head office Mita MT Bldg. 7F, 3-13-12, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo (reception desk is on 8F)
TEL +81-3-6369-9970
FAX +81-3-3453-0335
E-mail
Capital 45,000,000 yen
Business description foreign intellectual property application support services
Group company Honyaku Center Inc.
ISS, INC
Media Research, Inc.
Panacea Inc.
Fukuyama Industrial Translation Center, Ltd.
HC Language Solutions, Inc(California, USA)
LanguageOne Corporation.
Affiliated company FIPAS Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Honyaku Center Inc.
Board member President Shunichiro Ninomiya
Director Yuichi Kawashima
Director Masahiko Minamimoto
Auditor Masashi Uotani

Tokyo Head Office

Address Mita MT Bldg. 7F, 3-13-12, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo (reception desk is on 8F)
TEL +81-3-6369-9970
FAX +81-3-3453-0335
E-mail

Access

  • 8 minutes on foot from West entrance Exit, JR Tamachi Station
  • 5 minutes on foot from Exit A1, Mita Station, Toei Asakusa/Mita Line
  • 5 minutes on foot from Exit A4, Sengakuji Station, Toei Asakusa Line

Osaka Office

Address OSAKA MIDOUSUJI Bldg. 13F, 4-1-3 Kyutaro-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka
TEL +81-6-6282-5070
FAX +81-3-3453-0335
E-mail

Access

Directly connected to Exit 14, Hommachi Station, Osaka Metro Midosuji Line