PATENT LAW FIRM (JP) - JAPANESE PATENT & TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS - BENRISHI

(1) Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc., "Survey Research Report on the Way of the Development of Human Resources in Response to New Circumstances Surrounding Intellectual Property System", http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/chousa/pdf/zaisanken/2011_11.pdf (February 22, 2013);

(2) NPI Cyber Patent, Inc., "Survey Research Report on the Way of the Development of Future Patent Attorneys", http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/chousa/pdf/zaisanken/2010_07.pdf (February 22, 2013)

(3) Japan Patent Attorneys Association, "Membership Breakdown of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association", http://www.jpaa.or.jp/about_us/information/distribution/index.html, http://www.jpaa.or.jp/about_us/information/distribution/pdf/past/080331kaiinbunpu.pdf, http://www.jpaa.or.jp/about_us/information/distribution/pdf/past/090331kaiinbunpu.pdf (February 22, 2012);

(4) Japan Patent Attorneys Association, "Business of Patent Attorneys", http://www.jpaa.or.jp/consultation/role/job.html (February 22, 2013);

(5) Japan Patent Office, "History of Industrial Property Right", http://www.jpo.go.jp/cgi/link.cgi?url=/seido/rekishi/rekisi.htm (February 22, 2013);

(6) Japan Patent Attorneys Association, "History of Patent Attorneys", http://www.jpaa.or.jp/consultation/patent_agent/history.html (February 22, 2013);

(7) Japan Patent Attorneys Association, "History of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association", http://www.jpaa.or.jp/about_us/about/history.html (February 22, 2013);

(8) Executive Committee of Project Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Patent Attorney System, Association History Compilation Sub-committee, Page 219 on the "Centenarian’s History of Patent Attorney System" (October 1, 2000); and

(9) Okuyama Shoichi, "Recruitment of Internship for Patent Attorney Firm", http://www.jpaa.or.jp/goukakuinfo/goukaku/PDF/2012/h24intern-boshu.pdf (February 22, 2012).