Intellectual Property Legal Counsel
OUR TEAM
President:
Seiji KATO
President, Patent Attorney
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
B.S., Graduate School of Engineering, Hosei University
Communication Engineering
Member of JPAA
Seiji Kato started his career as an in-house Patent Attorney at Pioneer Corporation, one of the famous electric companies in Japan, where he had worked for 16 years as an engineer for research and development of optical memory disk drive control. In 2002, he joined one of the largest patent firms in Japan, where he became the Director of the Domestic Client Group. Since then, he has been representing several of the well-known Japanese Corporations. He has been handling prosecutions, appeals, expert opinions and consultation including a wide range of inventions such as electronic circuitry, telecommunication systems, semiconductor devices, POS systems, cameras, optical disks, automobiles, medical devices, computer controlled apparatuses, software, networks and business related inventions.
Associates:
Manabu IKEDA
Director of Domestic Group
Mechanical Engineering
M.S., Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Engineering, Hosei University
Technology of Plasticity, Precision Machinery,
Optical Instruments
Manabu Ikeda has over ten years of experience as patent engineer in major patent firms, where he has represented companies in the field of optical devices, printing and advanced information technology, video games and amusement industry. Prior to joining patent firms, he was engaged in designing and development of mechanism of compact cameras at Olympus Corporation. Ikeda specializes in mechanical engineering and has handled inventions in the field of cameras, optical sheets, IC cards, IC tags, game machines and semiconductor manufacturing machines.
Reiko SAIWAI
Director of International Group
Trademark & Design Practice
B.A. Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of English Language and Studies, Sophia University
Reiko Saiwai started her career in NEC Corporation where she had more than ten years of experience in Overseas Marketing Group in charge of marketing telecommunications products such as cell phones and cell phone systems to Asian countries. Since 2002, she has been working for several major patent firms in Tokyo where she was in charge of promoting the international business, management and quality control of the translation group, and trademarks and designs practice.
Patent engineer (Electrical,Mechanical,Chemical)
Trademark & Design practitioner
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