Qualification

2002: Admitted as Patent Attorney (Reg. #12533)

Education/ Professional Experience

• Graduated from Nagaoka University of Technology, BE in mechanical engineering
• Specialized in the preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patent applications for twenty eight years

Expertise

• Various machinery including machine tools, construction machines, and consumer products; mechatronics; software engineering; and information and communication technologies
• Drafting patent specifications in Japanese and English Technical translation
• Design
• Trademarks
• Prior Art Search

Qualification

2013: Admitted as Patent Attorney (Reg. #18887)

Education/ Professional Experience

• Graduated from Keio University, MS in Electrical Engineering
• Worked as an engineer for Ericsson Japan and then worked as an examiner for Japan Patent Office
• Specialized in the preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patent application over nine years

Expertise

• Telecommunication, Information processing, and Image processing technologies
• Drafting patent specification in Japanese and English Technical translation
• Prior Art Search

Education/ Professional Experience

• Graduated from Nihon University, BE in electronic engineering
• Worked as an engineer at SEGA Corporation, the department for developing and designing peripheral equipment of consumer game machines
• With over twenty years experiences, he is specialized in drafting and prosecution of patent applications in a wide range of technologies including electronic and mechanical engineering

Expertise

• IoT, AI, IT, business models, software, networking, communications, control engineering and electronics

Qualification

1989: Admitted as Patent Attorney (Reg. # 9806)

Education/ Professional Experience

• Graduated from the University of Tokyo (B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering)
• After years experience of foreign trades at Sumitomo Corporation, he spent several years with some Japanese patent firms and was qualified as a Japanese patent attorney. Established his firm in 1992 and after having wide experiences in IP matters relating to patent, trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition; trials/appeals at JPO; IP infringement litigations at court; intellectual assets consulting; and translation (EN/JP), he has joined Konishi & Nagaoka IP Firm in 2024.

Expertise

• Field: Mechanical engineering (automobiles, industrial machinery, robots), electronics (controller, semiconductor devices, sensors, optical devices and apparatus, laser apparatus), medical equipment, daily necessities, sake brewing, biochemical, software (incl. AI related).