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Kenji YOSHIDA, President

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 7525)
Professional Career: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Mechanical Design and Patent Department 1963-1973; Unuma & Associates 1973-1978
Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 1968
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association, AIPPI, APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association), FICPI, Japan Trademark Committee, The Association for The Promotion of International Trade, China Patent Cooperative
Positions Held in Japan Patent Attorneys Association: 1982: Council Member; 1983: Council Member; 1993: Vice President; 2002: President of Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center; 2006: Council Member, Executive Director of Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Awards: 1989: Awarded Special Merit Award, 90th Anniversary of founding of Patent Attorneys Association (Japan); 1994, 1997, 2000: Granted Special Award, Patent Attorneys Association (Japan); 2002: Awarded Imperial Medal of Honor with Yellow Ribbon for extraordinary contribution to society

Jun ISHIDA, Senior Partner

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 9697)
Professional Career: Nishihara Environmental Sanitation Research Corporation; YOSHIDA & ASSOCIATES 1986-1989; YKI Patent Attorneys as a Partner Attorney since 1989
Education: B.S. in Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1973
Professional Qualifications: Certified Environmental Measurement Specialist; Certified Sewer System Operation Technician; Completed the 1991 Summer Training Program sponsored by the U.S. Law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; AIPPI; FICPI; APAA

Kimio KAMIYAMA, Vice President

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 10279)
Professional Career: TOYO Corp. Electronics Division 1988-1989; YKI Patent Attorneys since 1989
Education: B.S. in Physics, Nihon University, 1988; B.A. in Law, Chuo University, 2003; M.A. in Business Law, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, 2006
Professional Achievements: Completed the 1993 Summer Training Program sponsored by the U.S. firm of Birch, Stwart, Kolasch & Birch; Completed the 1996 Advanced Training Program sponsored by the U.S. law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch; Patent Attorney Examining Committe Member 2006, 2007; Lecturer at Japan Intellectual Property Association since 2006; Expert Commissioner of Intellectual Property High Court since 2008
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; Licensing executives Society Japan; APAA; Japan Association of Industrial Property Law; The Copyright Law Association of Japan
Publications: "Industrial Property Law Seminar 1,2" (Joint Work), 1994; "Issues in New JPO Guidelines Concerning Priority", Intellectual Property Management, Vol.55, No.7, 2005; "Techniques in interviewing inventors for enhancing the quality of patent specifications", Patent, Vol. 61, No.7, 2008

Akio SHIGA, Vice President

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 10898)
Professional Career: Hitachi Co., Ltd. Consumer Product Laboratory 1985-1987; YKI Patent Attorneys since 1988
Education: B.S. in Physics, Chiba University, 1985
Professional Qualifications: Completed the 1999 Summer Training program sponsored by the U.S. law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch; Completed the 2000 IP Program offered by the German firm of Vossius & Partner; Completed the 2001 Patent and Intellectual Property Law and Practice Summer Institute of CASRIP, University of Washington; Completed the 2002 Institute in American Law of the George Mason Law and Economic Center
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Tetsuhiro HORIE, Vice President

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 12478)
Professional Career: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Advanced Technology Research Center 1994-2001; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2001
Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Yamanashi University, 1992; M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tohohoku University, 1994
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; Japan Society of Applied Physics; APAA
Professional Qualifications: Completed the 2003 Summer Training program sponsored by the U.S. law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch; Yamagata University Lecturer (Non-Full-time) since 2008

Shingo HASHIMOTO, Vice President
(Managing Partner, Osaka Office)

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 11727)

Professional Career

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

Technical Laboratory 1965-1983

Magnetic Memory Division 1983-1995

Technical Laboratory 1995-1999

YKI Patent Attorneys since 2000

Visiting Professor, The University of Shiga Prefecture Collaborative Research Center 2006

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1965

M.S. in Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1967

Professional Qualifications

Completed the 2005 Patent and Intellectual Property Law and Practice Summer Institute of CASRIP, University of Washington

Organization Memberships

Japan Patent Attorneys Association

APAA

Takayuki NAGASHIMA, Vice President

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 13912)

Professional Career

Toshiba Corporation

Keihin Product Operations 1979-2001

Thermal Power & Hydroelectric Power Systems & Services Division 2001-2005

YKI Patent Attorneys since 2005

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 1977

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 1979

Organization Memberships

Japan Patent Attorneys Association

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering Society

Miyoko USHIKI

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 12625)
Professional Career: Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. 2000-2002; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2002
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Systems Engineering, Utsunomiya University, 1998; M.S. in Mechanical Systems Engineering, Utsunomiya University, 2000
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Takashi NAKAI

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 12019)
Professional Career: Matsuda Motor Corporation, Engineering Design Department 1990-1996; Koyama Patent Firm 1996-2006; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2006
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku University, 1990
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Takumi NAGAO

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 15000)
Professional Career: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 1987-2003; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2003
Education: B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, 1985; M.S. in Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, 1987
Professional Qualifications: Completed the 2008 Patent and Intellectual Property; Law and Practice Summer Institute of CASRIP,; University of Washington
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; The Chemical Society of Japan

Kenichi TANUMA

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 15016)
Professional Career: Taitsu Corporation 2001-2004; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2005
Education: B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 1999; M.S. in Applied Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 2001
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Yoshinobu UEDA

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 15120)
Professional Career: Panasonic Semiconductor Systems and Technology Co., Ltd 1998-2007; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2007
Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, 1998
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Hiroshi KANO

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 10501)
Professional Career: Murata Machinery Ltd. Technology Department for Textile Machine 1983-1988; Aoyama & Partners 1994-2007; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2007
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kanazawa University, 1983
Professional Qualifications: Completed the 2000 Summer Training Program and Advanced Training Program sponsored by the U.S. law firm of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch; Completed the 2000 IP Program offered by the German firm of Vossius & Partner
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Toshihiro TANIMURA

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 12148)
Professional Career: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. 2001-2007; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2007
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Kobe University, 1999; M.S. in Chemistry, Kobe University, 2001
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Mamiko YOSHIDA

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 15405)
Professional Career: YKI Patent Attorneys since 2007
Education: B.A. in International Comparative Law, Rikkyo University, 2004
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; APAA; Japan Trademark Committee

Akihiro TSUKADA

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 15585)
Professional Career: Ebara Corporation 2001-2008; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2008
Education: B.S. in Agrobiological Resource Sciences, Universiti of Tsukuba, 2001
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Yuko MATSUYA

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 16310)
Professional Career: Research engineer at LMS International, Leuven, Belgium, as Vulcanus in Europe; Programme Trainee, 2003 - 2004; Temporary staff dispatched to Toyota Motor Corporation by Recruit Staffing, 2005; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2005
Education: B.S. in Electric and Information Engineering, Kyushu University, 2002; M.S. in Electric and Electronic Systems Engineering, Kyushu University, 2005
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Kazuyasu GOMI

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 16157)
Professional Career: Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. 1996-2005; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2005
Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, 1996
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Kazutaka IGUCHI

Patent Attorney (Registration Number 16888)
Professional Career: Toshiba Corporation 1995-2003; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2003
Education: B.S. in Electronics, Doshisha University, 1993; M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Doshisha University, 1995
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Chikako TSUNODA

Patent Attorney (Reg. No.14455)
Professional Career: Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. 1996-2001; Adachi International Patent Firm 2003-2005; Office of Sugimoto International 2006-2010; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2010
Education: B.A. in Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, 1996; M.A. in Intellectual Property Law, Hitotsubashi University, 2003
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association; Japan Trademark Committee

Takashi KAWANABE

Patent Attorney (Reg. No.12699)
Professional Career: Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan 1998-2000; MISAWA Patent Office 2002-2010; YKI Patent Attorneys since 2010
Education: B.S. in Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1996; M.S. in Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1998
Organization Memberships: Japan Patent Attorneys Association

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