[Patent Attorneys] HARAKENZO WORLD PATENT & TRADEMARK - Leading Patent Law Firm in Japan(Osaka & Tokyo)

Acting Director
Senior Specialist

Mitsutoshi HIRATA

Mitsutoshi HIRATA majored in Radiation Material Engineering. His job profile includes both domestic and foreign filing in Computer.
Control, Optical, and Mechanical Engineering fields, as well as prior art searches for patents and utility models. His personal motto is "Work with Honesty and Sincerity"

My motto is to provide my clients with sincere and loyal services, and my devotion is to build up a group of world-class professionals who are capable of providing our clients with satisfactory services. With every effort we can possibly make, we will not disappoint your expectations in any case, and will make you believe that we are the right choice to rely on.

Foreign Department General manager
Translation Department General Manager / USA・UK Support Station Chief Advisor
Senior Specialist

Takamasa ARAI

Takamasa ARAI obtained an ME in Engineering from Kobe University and is an officially qualified head electric technician (3rd kind). His speciality covers Electricity, Electronics, Physics,Material Science, and Mechanical Engineering. He speaks Japanese and English and is responsible for a wide range of services we offer to international clients.

As you may already know, foreign patent laws as well as other regulations are frequently revised in these days, and numerous court decisions made in recent years may have dramatic impact to foreign patent practices. Given these circumstances, I believe it is my duty to always keep up myself with these legal precedents and restless law revisions, in order to provide our clients with appropriate and useful legal advice.

General Manager
Specialist

Masanobu TSUZUMI

Masanobu TSUZUMI majored in Mechanical Engineering and has research experiences in Control Engineering and Mechatronics.

Information technology is widely utilized in inventions of various fields these days, causing increasing necessity of suitable protections for such inventions. However, like other technology fields, special skills and knowledge is required to acquire suitable protection for an invention related to information technology. Under such circumstances, our effort is directed to keep up ourselves with the latest technical trends as well as the most updated legal systems, in order to provide our clients with our best services. We are more than willing to share with our clients our valuable and reliable experiences in various projects of this field.

Patent Department manager
Specialist

Yukio MOTOYAMA

Yukio MOTOYAMA majored in Applied Chemistry and has research experiences in various chemical fields including the synthesis and application of heat resistant polymers and the synthesis and analysis of heterocyclic compounds. His speciality covers Organic Chemistry, High Polymer Chemistry, and Instrumental Analysis. He has a passionate love for playing Shogi (Japanese chess), and is qualified as a 5-dan player.

We would be more than delighted to assist our clients to realize the most reliable and secure protection of Intellectual Property rights. Focusing always on steps ahead, we will endeavor to assist our clients and will devote ourselves to provide the best services. So, do not, by all means, hesitate to contact us. We are here to advice you on the best actions to take.

Patent Department manager
Senior Specialist

Masaru KASHIMOTO

Masaru KASHIMOTO majored in Electrical Engineering and has research experiences in the Applied Electricity field (high voltage electric discharge).His speciality covers Electricity Electronics, Computer Software, and LCDs

Today, we are all facing accelerated changes and progress made day by day in computer-surrounding environment, including digital recording technology, digital communication technology, and so on and so forth.
We are here to fully understand requests of our clients, particularly those in regard to international and domestic applications as well as intermediate procedures, and to make the best suggestions for our clients to obtain the most reliable protection of intellectual property rights.