Mr. Kiyoshi Aoshika received his B. S. from Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering in the University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan). He entered the Japan Patent Office (JPO) in 2007, where he was involved in patent examination practices regarding technologies including semiconductor devices, batteries, organic compounds and applied chemistry. In addition, he was also involved in planning work on the patent attorney system and other issues in the JPO. He was also a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Munich, Germany) from 2021 to 2022.
In 2024, he joined DORAIT IP law firm.
His main fields of technical expertise include semiconductor devices and processes, batteries, materials, chemistry, law and contracts (negotiations).

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I have gained a wide range of experience, including patent examination, through my 17 years of working at the Japan Patent Office, I will always provide support related to intellectual property from the customer's perspective.

Mr. Wakayuki Kubota graduated from Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University.
He joined Mitsubishi Corporation where he was engaged in trading and investment at its chemical division in 1994. He left Mitsubishi Corporation and joined other major patent firm in 2001 because he liked to expand his career in the intellectual property field where his father used to be engaged as a patent examiner. After he was admitted to practice as Japanese Patent Attorney in 2006 and had a lot of experience mainly in the foreign IP cases, he joined DORAIT IP Law Firm in 2020.
His main special fields are foreign and domestic IP issues, contracts (negotiations), litigations and machinery and chemistry in general.

Activities

• 2016-2018 Chief manager, the Americans IP committee, Japan Patent Attorney Association
• 2019- Deputy Director General, International Activities Center, Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Dr. Masako KAWAMURA
Masako Kawamura received her Ph. D. in Physics from Ochanomizu University (Tokyo, Japan).
She was a postdoctral fellow at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (Kyoto, Japan).
She was admitted to practice as a Japanese Patent Attorney in 2010.
She worked as a patent engineer/patent attorney in various patent firms in Tokyo from 2000 to 2017 and joined DORAIT IP law firm in 2018.
She is experienced in preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications relating to medical devices, optical devices, communication devices, computer hardware, software, and business methods.

Academic history

Waseda University, the degree of mechanical engineering

Career

Associate and management of IP law firm
Atumist Corporation, CEO

Technological expertise

Monopoly marketing; maximum profit strategy; licensing; patenting simple tech; robotics; mechanics; nano technology; communications technology; metal; electronics; optics

Activities

• 1995 a trainee at Fish & Richardson, P.C. in the United States
• 2011- present a trainer in the program mandatory for Patent Attorney registration
• 2011-2014 an examiner for the national examination of Patent Attorney qualification
• 2017- present a management developing patented business ventures

Mr.Takeshi Ishizaki graduated from the Department of Resource Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
He Worked at INAX Co., Ltd. Construction Technology Research Institute and registered as a patent attorney in January 1995.
After that, he worked at a domestic patent firm and joined DORAIT IP law firms in February 2022.
His technical fields are mechanical, materials (inorganic), electrical and software.
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I will use my work experience in the construction field to meet the needs of our customers.

Ms. Michiko Shinoda received master’s degree from Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University.
She joined the Japan Patent Office, wherein she was engaged in patent examination in the divisions of metal and inorganic chemistry in the Fourth Patent Examination Department.
Thereafter, she joined some patent firms in Tokyo and engaged in patent matters.
Her main fields of technical experties include chemistry in general, specifically, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry and polymers, as well as medicines, pharmaceuticals and devices for chemical plants.

Academic history

1992: Department of Electronics and Communication, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
1994: M.Sc., Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Waseda University
1997: Completed Ph.D program without a Ph.D. degree, Graduate School of Science and Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

Career

1997: Multiple patent law firms

Technological expertise

Multiple fields, including electronics, mechanical engineering and systems