Kai-U Patent Law Firm

Member

Patent Attorneys

Patent Attorneys

Patent Attorney ATSUKO NAKAMURA

Education and Professional Background

1983
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Nagoya University, School of Agriculture, Dept. of Biochemistry
1983-1990
Pfizer Japan Inc.
1991-2003
OKADA, KODAMA & PARTNERS
1994
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
2003-2006
ITEC INTERNATIONAL PATENT FIRM
2004
Master's Degree, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Laws
2005
Registered as Specific Infringement Lawsuits Counsel
2006-2007
AYUCHI PATENT LAW FIRM
2007-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2009-2012
Part-time lecturer at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
2012.4-2013.3
Part-time lecturer at Aichi Institute of Technology
2022.9-
Part-time lecturer at Meijo University
Also engaged in Committee Member of Japan Intellectual Arbitration Center and activities of JPAA committees

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Chemistry/Materials Engineering/Biotechnology)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)

External Activity

  • JPAA Committees
Patent Attorney TOMOYUKI HIRANO

Education and Professional Background

1995
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Kobe University, School of
Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
1997
Master's Degree, Kobe University, Graduate School of Engineering,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
1997-2002
TOSHIBA CORPORATION, Semiconductor Group
2003-2007
COSMOS PATENT OFFICE
2006
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
2007-2009
NEXT INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE
2008
Registered as a Specific Infringement Lawsuits Counsel
2009-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
Also engaged in Committee Member of Japan Intellectual Arbitration Center and activities of JPAA committees

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics)/Design

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney KEIJI YAMAZAKI

Education and Professional Background

2002
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Osaka City University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering
2004
Master's Degree, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Engineering, Dept. of Urban Engineering
2004-2013
SAEGUSA & Partner
2012
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
2013-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics/Information Processing)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney SHINTARO SUGA

Education and Professional Background

1999
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Kanazawa University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Systems Engineering
1999-2003
PENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION Co., Ltd.
2003-2018
DAIICHI SYSTEM ENGINEERING Co., Ltd.
2018-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Education and Professional Background

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics/Information Processing)

Qualification

2009
TOEIC Score 870
2011
Passed the Information Security Specialist Examination

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney TOMOFUMI TAKAMORI

Education and Professional Background

2003
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Nagoya University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Electronic-Mechanical Engineering
2005
Master's Degree, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Engineering
2005-2010
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
2010-2013
Tohmei Industries Co., Ltd.
2013-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2020
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney YASUHITO KOBAYASHI

Education and Professional Background

2012
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial Chemistry
2015-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2020
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Chemistry/Materials Engineering /Mechanical Engineering)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney SHOICHIRO UCHIYAMA

Education and Professional Background

2011
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Chiba University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Chemistry and Biotechnology
2013
Master's Degree, Chiba University, Graduate School of Engineering , Dept. of Chemistry and Biotechnology
2013-2017
Toray Industries, Inc.
2017-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2021
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Chemistry/Materials Engineering /Mechanical Engineering)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney TAKEHIKO NAKANO

Education and Professional Background

2021
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Kyoto University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Engineering Science
2021-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2022
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Materials Engineering/Mechanical Engineering)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney HISAHIKO ATSUMI

Education and Professional Background

Master's Degree, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences
A major food company's lab: Conducting basic research
1990
A major patent law firm in Gifu
1999
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
2002.1
Founded ATSUMI PATENT FIRM, Nagoya Office
2003.7
Founded ATSUMI PATENT FIRM, Hamamatsu Office
2015.4-
Consultant at Hamamatsu University, School of Medicine, Promotion Center for Intellectual Property

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Chemistry/Materials Engineering/Biotechnology )

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney RYOHEI IMAI

Education and Professional Background

2000
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Dept. of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science
2002
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
2003-2023
YOKOI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE
2023-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney SHINJI HARADA

Education and Professional Background

2004
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Kobe University, School of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
2004-2014
Aisin Engineering Co., Ltd.
2014-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2024
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney AYA KUSANO

Education and Professional Background

2015
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Waseda University, Dept. of Applied Chemistry School of Advance Science and Engineering
2017
Master's Degree, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Dept. of Molecular Engineering
2017-2020
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
2020-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2024
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Chemistry/Materials Engineering/Mechanical Engineering)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Patent Attorney KYOKO NAGATA

Education and Professional Background

2014
Bachelor's Degree of Laws, Osaka University, Dept. of International Public Policy
2014-2017
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.,
2017-2019
Kobe Tourism Bureau General Incorporated Foundation
2019-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2024
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney

Field of Expertise

  • Trademark/Design

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Of Counsel/Patent Attorney HIDEO KODAMA

Education and Professional Background

1973
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Nagoya University, Dept. of Applied Physics
1977
Master's Degree, Nagoya University, Institute of Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences
1977-1984
Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute, Primary research field: Investigating and developing stereolithography techniques in the opto-electronics field
1984
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
1985-1999
OKADA, KODAMA & PARTNERS
1986-1987
Dennison, Meserole, Scheiner & Schultz, Washington D.C.
1999
Founded KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
2000.4-2001.3
Visiting Professor at Nagoya University, Center for Cooperative Research in Advanced Science and Technology
Held posts as:
Council Member of Board of Executive Directors of JPAA
Vice President of JPAA Training Institute
Assistant Branch Chief of JPAA Tokai Branch
Members of JPAA Committees

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Physics/Mechanical Engineering/Electronics)

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)

External Activity

  • Part-time lecturer at Toyota Technological Institute

Technical Papers

Subject of paper Name of journal, etc., and date Author
Automatic method for fabricating cubic shapes, as a three-dimensional information display method Journal of the Institute Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers,
Vol. J64-C, No. 4, pp. 237-241,
April 1981		 Hideo KODAMA
Automatic method for fabricating
a three-dimensional plastic model with
photo-hardening polymer		 Review of scientific instruments Vol.52 No.11
April 1981		 Hideo KODAMA
Invention of optical shaping method Journal of Japan Macro-Engineers Society,
Vol. 9, No. 2,
March 1997		 Hideo KODAMA
Technical range of claims with restrictions on manufacturing methods Chiteki zaisanho no jitsumu to kenkyu,
Roppo shuppansha,
December 1997		 Hideo KODAMA
Claim scope interpretation and amount of Licensor's damages Hanrei tokkyo shingaiho II,
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation,
August 1996		 Hideo KODAMA
Hidehiko OKADA
Reducing the costs of obtaining
and maintaining Japanese patents		 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
February 1999		 Hideo KODAMA
Jeffrey TEKANIC
A hierarchical understanding of technology,
and the technical range of patent		 Center for Cooperative Research in Advanced Science and Technology, No.12 Hideo KODAMA

Awards

1992
Received prize from the Japanese Society of
Die and Mould Technology for invention in the
opto-electronics field
1995
Received "The Rank Prize" for opto-electronics
2015
Received "Achievement Award" for Pioneering research on three-dimensional printing from IEICE

Patent applications

Name of invention
Device for fabricating cubic drawings
Application number
Japanese Patent Application No. 55-48210
(Japanese Laid-open Publication No. 56-144478)
Inventor
Hideo KODAMA

Publications and Lectures

  • Visual Learning of Intellectual Property Laws (joint authorship, 2001)
  • "U.S. Patent Law", Japan Intellectual Property Association
  • Lectures at the University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Toyota Technological Institute, etc.
Of Counsel/Patent Attorney KEIICHI KIMURA

Education and Professional Background

1987
Bachelor's Degree of Science, Nagoya University, Dept. of Applied Physics
1989
Master's Degree, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Engineering, Dept. of Aeronautics
1989-1995
HITACHI CO., LTD., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB.
1995-2004
AISIN AW CO., LTD., on loan to Equos Research CO. LTD.
2003
Registered as a Japanese Patent and Trademark Attorney
2005-
KAI-U PATENT LAW FIRM
Also engaged in activities of JPAA committees

Field of Expertise

  • Patent (Mechanical Engineering/Electronics/Information Processing)

Qualification

1995
Passed the Class I Information Technology Engineer Examination
2011
Intellectual Property Translation Test (Intellectual Property Legal Practice / English Translation) 1st grade

Membership

  • JPAA (Japan Patent Attorneys Association) , AIPPI

External Activity

  • JPAA Committees
  • 2016.4-2018.3 Intellectual Property High Court Expert Committee

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