An early Japanese three-dimensional trademark of a Pikachu-like figure

What this is

An early Japanese three-dimensional trademark of a Pikachu-like figure: registration 4397232, filed 19 March 1998, registered 7 July 2000, classes 9, 14, 28 and more, held by Nintendo and others, still live.

How it’s built

1. Read from the list of 3-D marks for applicant Nintendo on J-PlatPat, the Japan Patent Office’s database, on 7 November 2026.

What we assumed

• The figure is Pikachu.Identified from the thumbnail only; the full record was not opened.

Sanity check

The other holders are not named in the list row, so their identity is unknown here.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

登録4397232 09 任天堂株式会 1 (商願平10-02335 - - - 14 社 1998/03/19 2000/07/07