Staff

President Patent Attorney Michiharu Soga

Education
Graduated with a Graduate Degree from Keio University in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Hydronamics
Registered as Patent Attorney
1993, 1997*
*Studied at a Washington D.C. patent firm from 1995 to 1997
Specialized Field
Mechanical Engineering

Patent Attorney Minoru Okada

Career
Former head of JPO Appeal Section
Registered as Patent Attorney
1996
Specialized Field
Trademark matters

Patent Attorney Jun Kajinami

Education
Graduated from University of Tokyo in Mechanical Engineering
Registered as Patent Attorney
1998
Specialized Field
Mechanical Engineering and Designs

Patent Attorney Kazuhiro Oya

Education
Graduated with a Graduate Degree from Tohoku University in Agrochemical Research
Registered as Patent Attorney
2002
Specialized Field
Chemical matters, particularly cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, metals, non-metal materials, polymers, etc.

Patent Attorney Masaaki Sakanoue

Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Law at Chuo University and received an LLM from Northwestern University in the US
Registered as Patent Attorney
1998
Specialized Field
Trade Mark matters

Patent Attorney Shunichi Ueda

Education
Graduated with a Graduate Degree from Waseda University in Electrical Engineering
Registered as Patent Attorney
2006
Specialized Field
Electrical Engineering and Design matters

Patent Attorney Takahiro Matsuoka

Education
Graduated with a Graduate Degree from the Engineering Research Department at Hokkaido University
Registered as Patent Attorney
2013
Specialized Field
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering matters

Patent Attorney Saori Sato

Education
Graduated from Tohoku University in Nutritional Science
Registered as Patent Attorney
2017
Specialized Field
Chemical matters, especially cosmetics and semi-conductors

Patent Attorney Keisuke Nakao

Education
Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University
Registered as Patent Attorney
2020
Specialized Field
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering matters