Corporate Profile
| Name | PATOLIS Corporation |
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| President | Sumio Kanero |
| Incorporation | November 29, 2000 |
| Capital stock | 1.82 billion Yen |
| Number of employees | 98 |
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| Customer companies | About 9,500 domestic companies (All of the major Japanese manufacturing companies are PATOLIS Corporation customers) About 200 overseas companies |
History
PATOLIS Corporation
| Nov 30, 2000 | The business transfer agreement is made and entered into by and between PATOLIS Corporation and the Japan Patent Information Organization. |
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| Apr 1, 2001 | PATOLIS Corporation launches its business. Japan Patent Information Organization transferred its service businesses for private sectors, including PATOLIS and BUNSAN service and the copy service of Official Gazette on patents, etc. to PATOLIS Corporation. |
Japan Patent Information Organization (Japio)
| 1971 | The Japan Patent Information Center (Japatic) is established with financial support from private sectors, centering on the government and the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, after a Diet Resolution. |
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| 1978 | "PATOLIS", the first on-line retrieval system of patent information in Japan, is developed with the provision of patent information by Japan Patent Office. |
| 1985 | The Japan Patent Information Organization (PATOLIS) is established through the integration of Japatic and the Patent Information Service Department of Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII). |
| 1998 | The price of the PATOLIS service is reduced twice in 1998, significantly lowering the price of the data supply, reflecting the release of patent information to private sectors by Japan Patent Office, and the free data supply service for the data held by Japan Patent Office. |
| Apr 1, 2001 | Reorganizes itself by transferring all private sector-oriented services to newly established PATOLIS Corporation. |