Aztec's Strengths

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A professional with a top-class track record in the industry is the right arm of intellectual property activities.
As an "IP branch office", we will provide total support for your company's intellectual property strategy.

Do you have such a problem in your intellectual property strategy?

  • I want a search report that can be used immediately, which cannot be achieved by machine research
  • I would like to ask a company with top-level quality research capabilities in the industry
  • I want to outsource a part of my research work because the IP department in the company is full.
  • Looking for a research company with global responsiveness
  • I want you to provide total support up to strategy planning after applying for a patent.
  • Looking for a partner who can consult from the requirement definition for the search request
  • I want to do business with a company that can safely deposit confidential information in the company

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Ready-to-use search reports.

Professional searchers read all the documents included in the scope of the search, examine whether they are valid or not, and classify them according to the user's own classification.By adding the judgment of experienced searchers, we have achieved a "ready-to-use search report" with less noise. Click here for Aztec services

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One of the best research capabilities in Japan

We know the answers "what is the right search formula?" And "what is the good research?" More than anyone else.In the patent search competition sponsored by the Industrial Property Cooperation Center (IPCC), we have consistently achieved high rankings since entry from 2009, and maintain one of the best research capabilities in the industry. Click here for past tournament participation reports

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More than 10 track records of searches in 10,000 years.

"We want to respond to requests in all technical fields around the world." With this in mind, Aztec has searchers with a wide variety of backgrounds.We have been supporting many customers, including major manufacturers, for over 30 years.We have conducted more than 10 searches in the last 10,000 years.

04

Global achievements including China and the United States.

We have overseas research know-how, and we have multiple foreign language native and multilingual employees.We have a wide range of knowledge about the patent systems of each country, and we are conducting comprehensive overseas searches as well as domestic ones.

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We also support strategy proposals based on search results.

Post-search action is of paramount importance in IP strategy.At Aztec, we will flexibly follow up, such as estimating the competitive development system by experienced staff, examining sales channel development destinations, SDI (watching, regular monitoring), cooperation in searching for business partners, etc.

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Strong information security measures

In order to protect our customers' intellectual property assets, Aztec is taking reliable measures from the four areas of "people, organization, technology, and physics."

  • Person: Mandatory submission of pledge and NDA to employees.
  • Organization: Thorough in-house production.Establishment of business secret management regulations.
  • Technology: Manage all customer information on the company intranet.
  • Physical management: Office monitoring by a security company.Office is always locked.

Introduction of the research team

group leader:
Kenichi Shizuno

group leader:
Miyuki Nagaoka / Miyuki Nagaoka

group leader:
Wataru Hashima

Acquisition and operation of the international standard "ISMS certification (ISO27001)" in information security

We consider the confidentiality system of the entire organization to be the most important management issue.We have acquired the international standard "ISO27001", which is the third-party certification standard of ISMS (Information Security Management System), aiming for a system that allows you to leave any confidential information with confidence.

Click here for Aztec's basic information security policy