[Explaination]
ASAMURA PATENT OFFICE, p.c. initiated its duties as a professional corporation starting on today, July 1, 2008.

For more information, please refer to the [Greetings from the President] posted on our website. We have also taken this opportunity to renew our website. We hope potential clients and our current clients will fully utilize this website.

Please be advised that our office will close at 3 p.m. (Japan time) on Friday July 11, 2008 to hold a celebration party to mark the inauguration of our professional corporation.