Company Vital Data
- Name
- Chizai Corporation
- Founded
- Dec 6, 1976
- Paid-in Capital
- 10 million yen
- Directors
- Munetake Hamaguchi, President and CEO
- Employees
- 81 (19 translators, 2 native editors; current Jan 2016)
- Annual Sales
- 1.67 billion yen (FY ending Mar 2015)
- 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
- Chizai U.S.A.
- Founded Jun 15, 2003
- Chizai Europe
- Founded Dec 10, 1991
- China
- Chizai Corporation Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China)
Founded Feb 24, 2006
- Joint Venture Companies
- Asia Translation Center (Dalian, China)
Founded Mar 31, 2012
- Memberships
- Japan Intellectual Property Association
Nippon Intellectual Property Translation Association
Japan Society for Technical Communication
Japan Translation Federation
Organization
Corporate History
- Dec. 1976
- Business Associates, K.K., a translation services provider, is founded
- Jan. 1977
- First orders received from multiple patent law firms and translation companies
- Apr. 1980
- First orders received from IP departments of major Japanese clients
- Dec. 1991
- Company name changed to Chizai Hon-yaku Kenkyu-sho
- Nov. 1992
- 1st patent translation seminar is held
- Apr. 1993
- First orders from IP departments of major foreign clients
- 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
- Jan. 2004
- A China division, dedicated to business in China, established
- 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
- Jan. 2005
- Operational capacity strengthened by restructuring and establishing Chizai Translation Center, Chizai Administration Center, and Sales Headquarters
- 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. 2007
- Quality Control/Education Center established
- Apr. 2009
- ISO9001:2000 certification (quality management system) acquired
- Mar. 2012
- Asia Translation Center (Dalian, China) established as a joint venture
- June 2013
- Company name changed to Chizai Corporation