S & S International PPC
History since 1910
Our Firm
The Great Kanto Earthquake that occurred at the end of the Taisho era burnt out the office space except for the warehouse in which patent and trademark gazettes were stored. In 1927, the office moved to a then modern wooden-built office five minutes from Iidabashi station, where residence and offices had been present since 1910, when the firm was founded. The firm had a staff of 20 working on the first (patents) and second (trademarks) floors.
The Patent Office lost patent and trademark registers to fire due to the earthquake, forcing trademark registrants to take recovery steps. The gazettes the firm owned were a powerful tool for the firm's business to expand.
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1910～1948 Both the living and office quarters at Iidabashi were burnt out during World War II and Tikataro Suzuye, the founder, and his family moved to Ota ward. After the war, he purchased the residence of the late Mokichi Saito, a famous poet, at Setagaya-ku, 2-chome, to make it a temporary place for the recommencement of professional services. The firm had a staff of 5. |
President Chikataro
Parents of Takehiko
Takehiko Suzuye
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1970～1985 The New Tokyo Building still stands as it was at Higashi Ginza 5-chome, near the Matsuzakaya Department Store on the Ginza and facing to the Miyuki Avenue. The firm occupied most floors of the building. The firm be-came much bussier as Japan's economy started to make a rapid growth. The staff were able to enjoy Ginza rambling ('Gin-Bra') after work. |
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Tamachi Office
Kouhei Suzuye
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1962～1969 The Daiichi Sennari Building, being at the Kyobashi end of the Ginza, provided a walkable route to Toshiba patent headquarters then in the Hankyu Building at Yurakucho. The technical and clerical staffs were restructured according to their technical expertise and type of work. The Tokyo Olympic games, the first Olympics in Asia, were held. |
Publications Overseas IP News and Topics
Chojiro and his wife visit
JAPAN IP NEWS for oversea clients
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1970～1985 The New Tokyo Building still stands as it was at Higashi Ginza 5-chome, near the Matsuzakaya Department Store on the Ginza and facing to the Miyuki Avenue. The firm occupied most floors of the building. The firm be-came much bussier as Japan's economy started to make a rapid growth. The staff were able to enjoy Ginza rambling ('Gin-Bra') after work. |
Takehiko Suzuye
Decorated with Medal of Yellow Ribbon for
industriousness
Office Computer TOSBAC
Atami-sou villa
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1986～2005 17th Mori Building was in a street named after cherry trees. Toshiba's Computer Division was on a different floor of the building. Toshiba Patent Headquarters were in the neighboring 15th Mori Building. In spring, Atagoyama Hill was a good spot for the staff to view the cherry blossom. Japan was still experiencing amazing economical growth and the area was full of activity. A Toshiba computer system was employed. Recording media at that time were tapes that worked only with katakana and alphanumeric symbols. |
Takehiko Suzuye
Chairman of Japanese Patent Attorneys
Association
80th Anniversary
Kasumigaseki UBE Building
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2006～ The firm used the 2nd to 6th floors of the UBE Building across the street from the Japan Patent Office. The staff totaled 216 on moving in and just under 350 on moving out. The building was an intelligent one and all departments were linked by LANs. The firm celebrated its 80th, 90th and, in 2005, 95th anniversaries. Suzuye & Suzuye Building, customized for the business of a patent firm and designed for the highest security and safety, with its attractive glass exterior inspired by the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) building, a UN agency in Geneva. 2006 Moved to “Suzuye & Suzuye Building” owned by the founder |