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Staff Members

President/Partner(Patent Attorney)

Takashi Okamura
*Particular Fields: mechanics & electronics.
*Studied mechanics in a grad school.
*Belonged to a private company and engaged in R&D and management of intellectual properties (e.g., applications, intermediate arguments, license contracts, R&D contracts with universities, countermeasures to infringements, a staff member of an inquiry section)
*Advising intellectual property strategies, in a broad context, by making use of experiences in the company.
*Became the General Manager in April 2010.
*Being a part-time instructor at Shinshu University (intellectual property).

Vice President/Partner(Patent Attorney)

Masahiko Denda
*Particular Fields: electronics, electrics & information engineering.
*Worked for an electric equipment manufacturer after graduating university (electronic information study) and engaged in electronic circuit design.
*Having charge of domestic and international applications relating to electrics, mechanics, software, and trademarks.
*Having a long experience of patent search.
*Being a part-time instructor at Shinshu University (intellectual property).

Patent Attorney

Yoshihiro Hirai
*Particular Fields: electrics & mechanics.
*Worked for a patent service firm in Tokyo after graduating university.
*Made specifications of major OA equipment manufacturers (e.g., printer, copier, facsimile) in the firm.
*Having charge of technologies relating to semiconductors, motors, and amusement equipment.
*Being capable of correctly understanding inventions, quickly resolving problems and empathically advising.
*Having a detailed knowledge of not only domestic procedures of patent and utility model but also international procedures thereof.

Patent Attorney

Mitsuya Yumoto
*Particular Fields: mechanics, chemistry, food & agriculture
*After graduating university, engaged in work mainly in safety testing of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, etc. at a company.
*Currently engaged in domestic and international patent applications and patent search relating to mechanics, chemistry, food, and agriculture.

Watanuki Patent Service Bureau
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President/Partner
(Patent Attorney)

Masahiko Denda
Takashi Okamura
*Particular Fields: mechanics & electronics.
*Studied mechanics in a grad school.
*Belonged to a private company and engaged in R&D and management of intellectual properties (e.g., applications, intermediate arguments, license contracts, R&D contracts with universities, countermeasures to infringements, a staff member of an inquiry section)
*Advising intellectual property strategies, in a broad context, by making use of experiences in the company.
*Became the General Manager in April 2010.
*Being a part-time instructor at Shinshu University (intellectual property).

Vice President/Partner(Patent Attorney)

Masahiko Denda
Masahiko Denda
*Particular Fields: electronics, electrics & information engineering.
*Worked for an electric equipment manufacturer after graduating university (electronic information study) and engaged in electronic circuit design.
*Having charge of domestic and international applications relating to electrics, mechanics, software, and trademarks.
*Having a long experience of patent search.
*Being a part-time instructor at Shinshu University (intellectual property).

Patent Section (Patent Attorney)

Yoshihiro Hirai
Yoshihiro Hirai
*Particular Fields: electrics & mechanics.
*Worked for a patent service firm in Tokyo after graduating university.
*Made specifications of major OA equipment manufacturers (e.g., printer, copier, facsimile) in the firm.
*Having charge of technologies relating to semiconductors, motors, and amusement equipment.
*Being capable of correctly understanding inventions, quickly resolving problems and empathically advising.
*Having a detailed knowledge of not only domestic procedures of patent and utility model but also international procedures thereof.

Patent Section (Patent Attorney)

Mitsuya Yumoto
Mitsuya Yumoto
*Particular Fields: mechanics, chemistry, food & agriculture
*After graduating university, engaged in work mainly in safety testing of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, etc. at a company.
*Currently engaged in domestic and international patent applications and patent search relating to mechanics, chemistry, food, and agriculture.