Article: Japan's first private patent search firm to start operating April 1.

Dec. 3--NAGOYA, Japan -- Techno Search Inc., Japan's first private patent search company, said Friday it will begin operating April 1 next year.

The Nagoya-based company made the announcement following the completing of fund-raising through a third-party allotment of new shares which brought its capitalization to 465 million yen.

A group of companies including Toyota Motor Corp., Suzuki Motor Corp., Yamaha Motor Co. and Okaya & Co. established Techno Search in October when a legal revision took effect allowing private companies to check ...

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