Meet our partners

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Kenji Tsunoda

1.Registration
(1)Japan Patent Attorneys Association(JPAA)

2.Speciality
(1)Education
　Graduated from the Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Tohoku University
(2)Specialized area
　Semiconductor light-emitting devices,telecommunications (optical add/drop mutiplexers, cellular phones, networks, and antennas), printed circuit boards, medical sciences(enzyme-based diagnostic reagents, drug combinations, and low-frequency treatment apparatus), and foods (beverage extraction methods)

3.Application mottos
(1)Maximization of the scope of the invention
(2)To draft specifications based on the in-depth understanding of prior arts
(3)To render multifaceted claims based on a concept of the invention

4.Major cases handled
(1)Invalidation trial regarding a blue LED Patent (in Japan)
　The invalidation trial was demanded against the patent that formed the basis for a lawsuit case. In an oral proceeding at the Japanese Patent Office, demonstrated the contradiction of a limitation that was recited in the patented claim based on the results of counter-demonstration experiments, and obtained a trial decision that the patent is invalid.
(2)Invalidation trial regarding a blue LED patent (in Korea)
　A lawsuit for canceling a trial decision for rejection issued by the Korean Intellectual property Office. Clearly explained the errors in the decision in trial(errors in the interpretations of cited references) by using illustrations, medels, etc., and engaged in discussions with Korean patent attorneys several times, with the result that a judgment was held that the trial decision should be cancelled.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yuji Iwanaga

1Registration
(1)Japan Patent Attorneys Association(JPAA).
(2)Intellectual Property Association of Japan

2.Specialty
(1)Education
Graduated from the Department of Chemistry, College of Science of Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University(specialized in biochemistry(biotechnology))
(2)Areas experienced
Foods, drugs, cosmetic, materials, semiconductors,, electrical wires and cables, fuel cells, copper alloys, etc.
(3)Elective subjects in the patent attorney examination that was passed
Biological chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and Civil Procedure Law
(4)Others
Education in intellectual property rights (lecturers for seminars, and the like)

3.Motto
One should always bear in mind "easiness of understanding" and "services kind to clients".

4.Brief history
(1)1993-2000 　　Worked for a Japanese major food manufacturer
・In charge of patent business for drugs, foods, cosmetic materials, etc.
・Became proficient in patent literature search, and used on a daily basis database such as PATRIS, STN, JOIS, etc.
(3)2000 　　Passed the patent attorney examination
(4)2001 　　Joined Hirata and Partners
(5)July 2001 and September 2002 　　Training in the USA

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Kazumitsu Endo

1.Specialty 　 Machinery, control (software)

2.Education 　Graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University

3.Brief history
(1)1974 　　　 Joined a medical equipment manufacturer
　　　　　　　　　Engaged in the designing and development of the mechanical structures of X-ray CTs and MRIs
(2)1996　　　　Joined Hirata and Partners
　　　　　　　　　In charge of the specifications of optical devices, copiers, liquid crystals, etc., and their interlocutory proceedings

4.Qualifications Patentattorney(registration in 2002), X-ray chief safety specialist, and Environmental Pollution Control Operator (noise)

5.Motto
　　　Wish to find and develop hitherto unknwon inventions together with inventors by making use of my experiences as an inventor.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Keiko Nakamura

1.Registration 　Registered as a patent attorney in 2002

2.Brief history
(1)1989 　　　　Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Waseda University
　　　　　　　　　B.D in Law (Commercial law)
(2)1989 　　　　Joined a Japanese Major Commercial Bank and in charge of Foreign Business
(3)1992 　　　　Joined Hirata & Partners
(4)1999　　　　 Center for International Industrail Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg (France)
　　　　　　　　　 Diploma in International Industrial Property Studies

3.Other qualifications
　　　　　　　　　National Licensed Guide in French language

4.Languages
　　　　　　　　　Japanese, English and French

5.Major business
(1)Domestic business (patents, designs, trademarks, and related laws)
(2)Foreign business(patents, designs, trademarks, and related laws)

6.Motto
　　　　　"I will provide you with all information as a one-stop point"
　　　　　When you are not sure whom you should contact, please contact me first of all on any questions about the filing of an application, preparation of a response, and the consultation on Industrial Property Laws as well as about the management of IP related matters. For instance, I am ready to reply wholeheartedly to various questions such as "the expected cost for conducting the search, filing an application, and up to the registration", "the manner of managing the IP documents", "the appropriate timing for presenting the product", "the foreign IP systems" or the like.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yuji Ueno

1.Education　　Department of Transportation and Civil Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University
2.Brief history
(1)1988-1990 　Worked for a company
(2)1990　　　Jointed Hirata and Partners
3.Areas experienced
　　　Electrical wires and cables, power transmission equipment, wrought copper and brass products and equipment, copiers, automatic vending machines, freezers, automotive driving systems, machine tools, computer systems, software, encryption processing, RFID, temperature history sensors, metalic materials, semiconductor light-emitting devices(LEDs and LDs), automotive lighting apparatus, home electrical appliances, wireless devices with computers(wireless LANs), and others
4.Technical areas of interest
　　　Areas of optics, area of structures related to vehicles bodies, areas of aeronautics and space, areas of fluid dynamics, areas of safety engineering, and areas of ergonomics
5.Motto
　　　It can be thought that in the background that led to inventions there lie various stories of trials and tribulations experienced by those who worked out inventions through their work. I think that the first step to obtaining good rights is to listen to such stories as told by inventors.