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Name: Ai Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys
The name of our firm does not contain any individual patent attorney's name.
We have adopted a name in the expectation that our firm will be long-standing and administered by successive generations of patent attorneys. The word "Ai" consists of the first two Japanese characters "あい" and indicates "the beginning and "human love". It also implies Artificial Intelligence, an eye for judgement, and the wish that the firm will constantly advance, as the Japanese proverb says:deeper in blue than "ai" (meaning "the apprentice outshining his master").
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History
| April, 1975 | Mr. Hirokatsu Kamei established Kamei & Co. |
| June, 1990 | Kamei & Co. and Inaoka Patent Office joined together to establish Ai Association of Patent and Trademark Attorneys. |
| July, 1995 | Hatagisi & Associates joined our firm. |
| January, 2008 | Kayama Patent Office joined the firm. |
| June, 2016 | Honjo & Associates joined the firm. |
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Our Founder
| Hirokatsu Kamei | (1943-2003) |
