{"id":8,"date":"2013-09-27T20:43:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T11:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:14:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"about\">\n\t<div class=\"con_box01\">\n\t\t<div class=\"mb_40\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"mb_20\">Specializing in Intellectual Property Law, the forerunner of HOKUTO PATENT ATTORNEYS OFFICE was founded in 1962 in Osaka by the late Mr. Choshichi Ishida, P.A.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"mb_20\">The founder\u2019s passion and dedication soon brought about a rapid expansion of the firm. The firm\u2019s handling of cases still continues to steadily increase in number, and there is no better evidence of the confidence our clients put in our strong ability and quality service. And it is the long-standing, flourishing relationships with our clients that we are most proud of.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"mb_20\">Over the years, the firm has also conducted substantial overseas work for our domestic clients, collaborating with patent attorneys worldwide in Europe, North and South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. The practice of the firm today includes the representation of foreign companies in obtaining patent and trademark protection in Japan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<table class=\"table_01 mb_50\">\n\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Year of foundation\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>1962\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Patent attorneys\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>President\u3000 Yoshikiyo Nishikawa\n\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Takeshi Sakaguchi , Yasutsugu Tanaka , Katsuhisa Mizujiri ,\n\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Makoto Tanimizu , Yoshishige Takeo , Hiroo Ogawa ,\n\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Makoto Nakao , Kazuki Nagahama , Toru Ii  \n\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Takatoshi Nakae , Akihiro Komori\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Number of employees\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>about 60\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Location\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>JRE Umeda Square Building 9th Floor, Umeda 1-12-17 Kita-ku, Osaka-shi Osaka 530-0001, Japan\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Tel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>81-6-6345-7777\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Fax\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>81-6-6344-0777\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<th scope=\"row\">Mail\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:fdpt%40hokutopat%2ecom\">fdpt@hokutopat.com\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t<\/table>\n\t<\/div><!--con_box01 END-->\n\t<div id=\"organization\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"title\">ORGANIZATION\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<div id=\"organization_chart\">\n\t\t\t<p id=\"organization_parents\">President\u3000Yoshikiyo Nishikawa\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"organization_hild\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patent Department \u2160(Electronics\/Electrical Field\uff09\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patent Department \u2161\uff08Mechanical Field\uff09\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patent Department \u2162\uff08Chemical Field\uff09\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Translation Department\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Drafting Department\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Design Department\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Trademark Department\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Legal Administration Department\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"organization_list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Accounting Department\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_list END-->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!--organization_hild END-->\n\t\t<\/div><!--organization_chart END-->\n\t<\/div><!--organization END-->\n<\/div><!--about END-->\n<p>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specializing in Intellectual Property Law, the forerunner of HOKUTO PATENT ATTORNEYS OFFICE was founded in 1962 in Osaka &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokutopat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}