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*Main Category* Electronics Mechanical Engineering Chemistry Trademarks and designs Litigations, Prosecutions Yoshikazu TANI B.S. in Electronics in 1965. Started his career in the intellectual property business after working in electronics industry. Registered as a patent attorney in 1973. Established this office after a 2 year stay in a patent law firm in the U.S. from 1975 to 1977. Presently responsible for patent applications, consultation for dispute settlement, expert opinions, contracts, lawsuits, etc. in various fields, such as electronics in general, software, and business methods. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Kazuo ABE B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. Performed intellectual property works (especially in the engine and chassis fields) in the automobile industry. Completed the Patent Office Academy Training Course in the U.S. in 1977. Registered as a patent attorney in 1982. Presently responsible for patent applications concerning machinery in general, advising on dispute settlement, expert opinions, contracts, lawsuits. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Shizuyoshi NUSHIRO B.S. in Applied Chemistry in 1971. Registered as a patent attorney in 2004 after working as an examiner and an appeal examiner handling examinations, appeal examinations, and lawsuits against appeal/trial decisions concerning organic chemistry, medical science, biotechnology, polymer, plastic processing, chemical engineering, and inorganic chemistry. Presently responsible for applications, expert opinions, and lawsuits in fields such as general chemistry.(Languages: English, Japanese.) Hisakata SATO M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. Registered as a patent attorney in 2000. As an examiner and an appeal examiner, he handled examinations, appeal examinations, and lawsuits against appeal/trial decisions concerning combustion equipment, checking equipment, control devices. Presently responsible for specifications, expert opinions, and lawsuits in fields such as machinery in general and controls. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Masashi SHINKAI M.S. in Electronics in 1997. Registered as a patent attorney in 1997. Presently handling domestic and foreign patent applications, lawsuits, appeals and trials, expert opinions, searches relating to computers, mobile telecommunications, printers, business methods. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Atsuhiro HAMANAKA B.S. in Marine Science in 1983. Registered as a patent attorney in 2000 after working for a telecommunications equipment maker and common carrier industries. Presently handling information and telecommunications, electronic circuits, computer engineering, semiconductors and software. A radio enthusiast, making audio assemblies. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Katsuhisa ITOH B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1976. Worked as a patent engineer in this firm from 1986 after working in the metals industry, especially as an operator of milling machines. Registered as a patent attorney in 2002. Presently handling preparation of specifications, filing foreign patent applications, intermediate procedures, appeals and trials, oppositions, consultation concerning controls and image processing. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Ikuo KUBOTA B.S. in Chemistry in 1993. Registered as a patent attorney in 2000. Engaged in program development. Presently handling domestic and foreign patent applications, intermediate procedures, searches, lawsuits concerning printers, computers, software, mobile telecommunications and business methods. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Nobuyuki KATO B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1969. Registered as a patent attorney in 1988. Worked as an examiner and an appeal examiner in fields such as measurement and applied physics. Presently responsible for specifications, expert opinions, lawsuits, etc. in fields such as optical communications, optical devices, semiconductor devices, and optical amplifiers. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Masaki ICHIHARA M.S. in Information Technology in 1985. Registered as a patent attorney in 2001 after developing communication software and designing information appliances such as PDA at an electronic and communication equipment manufacturer. Presently handling information and telecommunications, computer engineering and software. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Toshiaki IWASAKI M.S. in Agricultural Chemistry in 1989. Registered as a patent attorney in 1997 after working for a chemical company. L.L.M in Intellectual Property in 2002.Received L.L.M from University of Washington Law School. Presently handling preparation of specifications, filing foreign patent applications, intermediate procedures, appeals/trials, oppositions, consultation, opinions in the fields of chemistry, especially polymer chemistry. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Takehiko KOBAYASHI B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2003, B.A. in Law in 1990. Registered as a patent attorney in 1994 after working as a patent engineer. Presently handling preparation of specifications, filing foreign patent applications, intermediate procedures, appeals and trials, oppositions, consultation concerning machinery and controls. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Ken-ichi KAKINUMA B.S. in Electronics in 1993. Registered as a patent attorney in 2003 after working in a common carrier industry. Presently handling computers, software, information processing, telephone communication, mobile communication, transmission systems and networks. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Katsuhide AKAZAWA B.S. in Economics 1984. Worked in production control at an electric parts manufacturer and intellectual property at a sections of a machine maker. Registered as a patent attorney in 2004. Presently handling patent application procedure. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Tadashi TAMURA M.S. in Organic Chemistry in 1983. Registered as a patent attorney in 1993. B.A. in Law in 2002. Worked for a chemical company as chemical engineer and then patent engineer from 1983 to 2004. Stationed in a patent law firm in Germany from 1998 to 2001. Presently handling patent applications in the field of chemistry. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Motoshi MIYASHITA Registered as a patent attorney in 2000. B.S. in Electronic Engineering in 1985. Worked in intellectual property (especially in the computer and communication fields) after developing computer hardware in the electronics industry. Presently handling information and telecommunications, computer engineering, software. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Hiroyuki HASHIRAYAMA M.E. in Mechanical Engineering in 1989. Worked for an automotive manufacturer as a development engineer, then in an electric construction company as an electrician, before moving to the IP profession. Registered as a patent attorney in 2001. Worked in a British IP firm in 2002-2003. Presently responsible for national and overseas patents, specifically in the field of mechanical, electric, automotive or control technology. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Eiichi NAKANISHI Registered as a patent attorney in 2004. M.S. in Electric engineering in 1986. Worked for a telecommunication equipment manufacturer as a designer for mobile phone terminal. Then worked for telecommunication system manufacturer as an operation engineer, Project manager and so on. Presently handling patent application in the field of telecommunication. Musician and KABUKI enthusiast.(Languages: English, Japanese.) Keiko TOYAMA B.S. in Mathematics in 1995. Worked for a credit card company as a sales staff, accounting a sales number, revising the companies’ credit card. Registered as a patent attorney in 2005. Presently preparing patent specifications, handling foreign patent applications, responding Office Action, appeals and trials, consultation concerning controls and image processing.(Languages: English, Japanese.) Hirokazu FUJIWARA Registered as a patent attorney in 2006. B.A.(Environmental Information) in 1996. Worked for a food manufacturer as a staff and IT engineer in the Management of Information System Division. Presently handling patent application in the field of computers, software, communication. (Languages: English, Korean, Japanese.) Kiyoshi GODA B.S. in Physics in 1974. Registered as a patent attorney in 1978. Having engaged in protection for intellectual property rights since 1978. Worked for a computer company from 1982 to 2000 as an in-house patent attorney. Passed patent agent exam held by USPTO in 1990. Worked for a patent law firm from 2000 to 2005. Admitted to practice before courts about intellectual property right litigations in 2004. Presently handling patent applications, prosecutions, appeals, and litigations in electronics, computers, software, and information technology fields. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Takako MORIAI Registered as a patent attorney in 2006. B.S. in Chemistry in 1991. Worked for a food manufacturer as a programmer. Presently handling trademark and design applications. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Kenji FUJIMOTO B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1989, Registered as a patent attorney in 2007 after working as a patent engineer. Presently handling preparation of specifications, filing foreign patent applications, intermediate procedures, concerning machinery and controls. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Naoyuki WATANABE Registered as a patent attorney in 2005. B.A.(Law) in 2001. Worked for a software company as an engineer in the communication system network development. Also worked for a patent office as a patent attorney (patent application, prosecutions, and litigation). Presently handling patent application in the field of computers, software,　 communication. (Languages: English, Japanese.) Yukihide UMEDA Registered as a patent attorney in 2008. Worked for Judicial research official of the IP High Ｃourt(2003-2006), Deputy Director-General of Appeals Department of the JPO(2006-2008), Presently handling patent application in the field of Machinery.(Languages: English, Japanese.) Makoto HORITA Registered as a patent attorney in 2002. Worked for Applied Materials Japan, the Tokyo Customs　and so on. Patent application in the field of electric devices and software, Border enforcement procedures of infringing goods of IPR. (Languages:English, Japanese.) Hidehiko SUZUKI Registered as a patent attorney in 2005. Worked for a patent office in Tokyo. Presently handling searches, applications, prosecutions, and appeals in the field of Design and Trademark.(Languages: English, Japanese.)