Organization
Outline of the Organization
- Name
- Industrial Property Rights Cooperation Center (IPCC)
- Name in English
- Industrial Property Cooperation Center
- Representative
- Takashi Suzuki, President
- Date of Establishment
- December 3, 1985
- Basic Assets
- 1.4 billion yen
- Head Office
- Fukagawa Gatharia West 3, 1-2-15 Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-6665-7850 (main) FAX: 03-6665-7890
- Number of officers and employees
- 1,384 (as of April 2024)
- Main Businesses
- Prior art search business】
①Prior art search necessary for patent examination, conducted under subcontract from the JPO
②Prior art search upon request from applicants, etc.
【Classification assignment business】
①Classification (FI, F-term, etc.) assignment to patent applications, etc.
②Development of F-term list
【Profit-making business】
Patent search competition business
Services
Business Overview
IPCC operates its business in three main areas: "prior art search business (for the JPO and for corporations)," "classification assignment business," and "business for public interest purposes.
In the "prior art search business," IPCC, as a registered search organization accredited by the Japanese government, conducts searches required for examination by the JPO on consignment, and also provides the "IPCC search service" to corporations, including companies and universities, utilizing its experience and know-how.
In the "Classification Granting Business," we grant classifications to patent applications filed daily with the JPO. IPCC is the only registered search organization that provides this service.
In the "Public Interest Program," the IPCC sponsors the Patent Search Competition (the only competition in Japan in which participants compete in patent search skills). We offer two courses, an advanced course for advanced searchers and a first-step course for beginners, and contribute to raising the level of patent searches in Japan as a whole and to promoting innovation through patent searches.
Data
Disclosure Materials
- Articles of Incorporation
- Articles of Incorporation
- Board of Directors and Executive Officers
- Board of Directors and Executive Officers
- Business Report, etc.
- *Includes inventory of assets, etc.
- Business Report / Balance Sheet for FY2023
- Business Report for FY2022 / Balance Sheet
- Business Report for FY2021 / Balance Sheet
- Business Report for FY 2020 / Balance Sheet
- Business Report for the Year Ended March 31, 2028 / Balance Sheet
- Business Report for Fiscal Year 2008 / Balance Sheet
- Business Report for Fiscal Year 2009 / Balance Sheet
- Business Report / Balance Sheet for Fiscal Year 2008