Small eyelash curler

  • January 29, 2025
#patent

It’s Swimmer.
The image shows a cosmetic accessory that I bought without thinking when I saw the word “patent” on the product shelf at my regular drugstore. It’s a curler that holds the eyelashes from above and below to curl them.

eyelash curler

The product did not have a patent number on it, so I tried searching for it on the patent information platform J-PlatPat by entering the company name, and found several patents for eyelash curlers. The patent for the product I bought has expired, but it seems that the product has continued to be improved since then.

Personally, I like the fact that it is very compact and doesn’t take up much space in my makeup bag, as well as the fact that it curls my eyelashes.

Eyelash curler
https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1801/PU/JP-2005-312712/11/en

Vermicular – Ingenuity in Communicating the Goodness of the Product

  • January 21, 2025
#patent #trademark

The other day, I went to the Vermicular Restaurant The Foundry, which is located along the Nakagawa Canal.

Vermicular Restaurant The Foundry

The Vermicular Restaurant The Foundry is located within the Vermicular Village, which is run by Aichi Dobie Co., Ltd., a long-established casting manufacturer that was established in 1936.

Vermicular Village is always busy, so it was difficult to get a table, but I made a reservation for lunch to coincide with the 5th anniversary renewal.
At this restaurant, which has a relaxed atmosphere, you can enjoy dishes cooked using the Vermicular brand of cast-iron enamel pots. These pots are characterized by their airtightness and the fact that they can be used for anhydrous cooking, which involves heating food without using water.

On this day, we had a set meal of rice cooked in a Vermicular rice cooker and seven side dishes, as well as a soup curry cooked without water. The rice was served in a Vermicular rice container.

Vermicular

Vermicular

We could really understand how delicious the rice cooked in the “Vermicular Rice Cooker”, which aims to be the world’s best rice cooker, was by actually eating it.
I was impressed that the Vermicular pot stand has a built-in magnet, so that even if you lift up the Vermicular, it will move together with the pot stand, but when I looked into it, I found that the technology that makes it easy to remove the pot stand from the Vermicular, which is attached to the Vermicular pot stand with a magnet, has been patented.

In addition to the product exhibition and sales space and restaurant, the Vermicular Village also has a bakery cafe that serves bread baked in Vermicular, as well as cooking classes, and I felt that the company had made efforts to ensure that visitors could understand the quality of the product by actually using Vermicular to cook and eat food. I also think that this is a sign of the company’s confidence in its own products.

VERMICULAR, VERMICULAR VILLAGE, and VERMICULAR RESTAURANT THE FOUNDRY are registered trademarks.
Aichi Doby is also certified as an “Aichi Brand Company”, a mark of excellence in manufacturing.

Trademark registration for brand-name products and services is an important process in business. If you have any questions or requests regarding trademark registration, please contact us here.

The Nakagawa Canal was developed as a waterway to connect the Sasashima area (the former site of the Sasashima Freight Station) with Nagoya Port, but in recent years, the city of Nagoya has been working on a project to develop the area and hold events there, so why not go and take a look? (Syszo)

abien HOME DRYER

  • January 15, 2025
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Happy New Year! Thank you for your continued support.

Although it’s a little bit of a time-travel, I bought a product called the “abien HOME DRYER” from our client, abien Co., Ltd., as a Christmas present for my family last year.

abien HOME DRYER

It’s very stylish, with a shape like an ammonite.
It also has seven modes!

abien HOME DRYER

  • SPEED mode: Quickly warms bedding and the room, high air volume x medium temperature
  • DRY mode: Warms bedding thoroughly, medium air volume x medium temperature
  • MITE mode: Can be used to combat mites that hide in bedding, etc.
  • WARM mode: Can be used for spot heating, such as under the feet, with low air volume and high air temperature
  • CIRCULATE mode: Suitable for circulating the air in the room or using a fan, with low air volume and low air temperature
  • CLOTHING mode: For drying clothes and shoes indoors, with high air volume and high air temperature
  • PET mode: Can blow air at a frequency and low noise that animals don’t mind, with low air volume and low air temperature

At my house, we mainly use the WARM and CIRCULATE modes.
The WARM mode is very useful in the living room and bathroom in the cold winter, and the airflow is strong and very warm. The CIRCULATE mode is used by installing it under the air conditioner or in a corner of the room to improve the air quality.
We don’t have any pets, so we don’t get to use the PET mode, but we still have four other modes left to try, so we’re looking forward to using them all.

The trademarks “abien HOMEDRYER (standard characters)” (Japanese Trademark Registration no. 6835200) and “アビエン ホームドライヤー (standard characters)” (Japanese Trademark Registration no. 6835201) were registered at our firm.
If you are considering registering a trademark or other intellectual property for your company’s products, please contact us. (Rabbit)

Marude Kotatsu

  • January 8, 2025
#patent

 I’ve been curious about Okamoto Corporation’s “Marude Kotatsu” series
and finally bought one this year. There were various types to choose from, but I decided on the “Socks Supplement Marude Kotatsu Ankle Warmer”.

Socks Supplement Marude Kotatsu Ankle Warmer

 When I looked at the back, I saw a patent number (Japanese Patent No. 6043982).

Socks Supplement Marude Kotatsu Ankle Warmer

 Reading the patent bulletin, I found that the invention was characterized by its material and shape, which were designed to stimulate the “acupuncture points” on the ankles with pinpoint accuracy.

Socks Supplement Marude Kotatsu Ankle Warmer

 The oval part with a different color seems to stimulate the acupuncture points. When I tried wearing it, it didn’t get too hot, but I definitely felt like it was warming me up from the inside. I like that it makes it easy to stimulate the acupuncture points and that it can be expected to improve your constitution.

 I want to get through the cold winter by keeping my feet warm. (Marron)