| 2020 | Sonoda & Kobayashi was selected “Intellectual Property Firm of the Year – Japan” in Global 100 Magazine by KMH Media Group. |
| 2019 | Yoshitaka Sonoda rated as one of “the world’s leading patent professionals” in “IAM PATENT 1000” (Intellectual Asset Management Magazine). |
| 2019 | SONODA & KOBAYASHI rated as one of “the world’s leading patent professionals” in “IAM PATENT 1000” (Intellectual Asset Management Magazine). |
| 2018 | Yoshitaka Sonoda rated as one of “the world’s leading patent professionals” in “IAM PATENT 1000” (Intellectual Asset Management Magazine). |
| 2017 | SONODA & KOBAYASHI was selected “Intellectual Property firm of the Year in Japan” in “International Advisory Expert Award 2017”. |
| 2016 | SONODA & KOBAYASHI rated as one of the world’s leading IP firms (Tier 4) in “Patent prosecution in Japan”, “IP STARS”, Managing Intellectual Property. |
