Name

Chizai Corporation

Founded

Dec 6, 1976

Paid-in Capital

10 million yen

Directors

Akiko Kiyono, President

Employees

72 (14 translators, 2 native editors; current Apr 2024)

Annual Sales

1.25 billion yen (FY ending Mar 2024)

Financial Institutions

Risona Bank
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Mizuho Bank

Major Clients

Domestic corporations
Foreign corporations
Foreign and domestic law firms
Domestic patent law firms

China

Chizai Corporation Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China)
Founded Feb 24, 2006

Memberships

Japan Intellectual Property Association
Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association
Japan Society for Technical Communication
Japan Translation Federation

Dec. 1976

Business Associates, K.K., a translation services provider, is founded

Dec. 1991

Company name changed to Chizai Hon-yaku Kenkyu-sho

Nov. 1992

1st patent translation seminar is held

July 1994

Departments organized by technical field (electrical/electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry/life sciences translation departments)

Nov. 1996

Patent Translators Group founded
First publication of "Patent Translators" magazine

Feb. 1997

Japanese translation of Patent Practice, by Professor Irving Kayton, published

Dec. 1997

OJT system "Translator Intern" launched

Dec. 1998

CAFC Yearbook, co-authored by U.S. Patent Attorneys Kenichi Hattori and Alex Chartove, published

Jan. 2001

How to read and write U.S. business method patents, published by Diamond, Inc., authored and edited

Dec. 2001

Chizai Academy, our education and intelligence division, launched

July 2004

Administration of the Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association (NIPTA) assumed Drawing drafting for foreign filing moved in-house

Sept. 2004 to Jan. 2005

ODA 2004 Pilot Project for Promoting Leading Trade and Investment Environments ? Japanese to Chinese IP Translator Education Project in Beijing, China co-organized

July 2005

Management of the Patent Translators Group transferred to NIPTA

Feb. 2006

Chizai Corporation Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) opened its doors

Mar. 2006

Foreign filing service launched

Mar. 2007

Japanese-Chinese-Korean-English Intellectual Property Dictionary, co-authored by Chizai Corporation and published by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, hits the shelves of bookstores

Apr. 2009

ISO9001:2000 certification (quality management system) acquired

June 2013

Company name changed to Chizai Corporation

Dec. 2018

A subsidiary, studio ZUu Co., Ltd., specializing in patent and design patent drawings establised

June 2024

Akiko Kiyono, previously Executive Director, has been appointed as the President