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Founder
Yoshio KAWAGUTI
（1929-2019）
- Education:
- Osaka University (Bachelor of Laws, 1953)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 1957)
- Practice Areas:
- Litigation; Trademark and Design
President
Katsumasa OSAKI
REPRESENTATIVE PARTNER
- Education:
- Keio University (Master of Engineering, Applied Chemistry, 1991)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 1992)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2004) - Practice Areas:
- Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Materials Science and Engineering
Vice President
Fuminori HAYASHI
MANAGING PARTNER
- Education:
- Keio University (Bachelor of Engineering, 1990)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2007)
- Practice Areas:
- Electrical; Electronics; Communication Engineering
Patent Division 1
Atsushi OKAWA
SENIOR PARTNER
- Education:
- Stevens Institute of Technology (Master of Science, 1996)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2006)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2016) - Practice Areas:
- Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Materials
Naoko KOJI
PARTNER
- Education:
- Tsukuba University (Bachelor of Agriculture, 1988)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2004)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2008) - Practice Areas:
- Pharmaceuticals; Biochemistry
Ayako MATSUI
PARTNER
- Education:
- Japan Woman's University (Bachelor of Domestic Arts, 1986)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 1993)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2005) - Practice Areas:
- Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Materials
Katsuhiko KIMURA
PARTNER
- Education:
- University of Massachusetts (Doctor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering, 1996)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2004)
- Practice Areas:
- Polymer Science; Polymer Processing; Organic Chemistry
Masafumi ICHIKAWA
PARTNER
- Education:
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Master of Engineering, Biotechnology, 1998)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 1998)
- Practice Areas:
- Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals
Daiichiro YOKOI
PARTNER
- Education:
- Tokyo University (Master of Agricultural and Life Science, 2004)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2009)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2013) - Practice Areas:
- Pharmaceuticals; Biotechnology; Polymer Chemistry; Materials Science and Engineering
Goichi IKETANI
PARTNER
- Education:
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Master of Chemistry, 1999)
Tsukuba Law School (Doctor of Jurisprudence, 2010) - Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2003)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2018) - Practice Areas:
- Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry
Eri BUNYA
- Education:
- Tokyo University (Doctor of Science, Molecular Biology, 2002)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2016)
- Practice Areas:
- Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals
Chiharu SHIOIRI
- Education:
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Doctor of Science, Biology, 2003)
- Practice Areas:
- Polymer Chemistry; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals
Patent Division 2
Mitsumasa IHARA
PARTNER
- Education:
- Tokyo City University (Bachelor of Engineering, 1989)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2007)
IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2010) - Practice Areas:
- Electrical; Electronics; Communication Engineering
Yoshikazu TAKEI
PARTNER
- Education:
- Nihon University (Bachelor of Engineering, 1993)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2000)
- IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2006)
- Practice Areas:
- Fluid Mechanics; Aeromechanics; Strength of Materials
Kazuo KAWAMURA
PARTNER
- Education:
- Waseda University (Master of Applied Physics, 1991)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2018)
- IP Infringement Litigator (admitted 2020)
- Practice Areas:
- Electrical; Electronics; Physics
Shigeki MOCHIZUKI
PARTNER
- Education:
- Chiba University (Master of Engineering, Electronics, 1983)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2006)
- Practice Areas:
- Electronics, Electrical, Communication Engineering, Physics
Trademark & Design Division
Takako SHINODA
PARTNER
- Education:
- Ritsumeikan University (Bachelor of Law, 1994)
- Qualification:
- Patent Attorney (admitted 2013)
- Practice Areas:
- Trademark; Copyright
