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Chiefly in patent prosecution, Shiga International Patent Office provides clients in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and biotechnology, such as NTT, Seiko Epson and Dow Corning, with an attractive and cost-effective solution. An example patent application involves technology related to organic phosphorus luminescence. The firm is an appealing choice for overseas clients, having Chinese, Korean and US-qualified patent attorneys. In a noteworthy case, senior counsel Takashi Watanabe acted for Samsung Mobile Display on a trial for correction of its patent application. While typically the JPO implements an all-or-nothing approach to different corrections fulfilling the correction requirement as a whole, the IP High Court stated that in this specific case only partial fulfilment of the requirement was necessary, which overturned JPO practice.


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