At ARCO, our patent attorneys have strong and diverse academic background and have gained valuable industry and business experience which aids in understanding our clients' technologies and strategic goals. All of our patent attorneys are licensed to practice with the Japan Patent Office (JPO). We also have a number of patent attorneys licensed to represent clients before courts in IP infringement lawsuits as well as litigation against the JPO.
Electronics, Computer and Software
Mr. Keigo WATANABE
Mr. Satoshi TAKADA
Mr. Hiroomi NAKAO
1 technical assistants
Mechanics and Machine design
Mr. Hiroaki SHIMOMURA
Mr. Hisanari YAMADA
Ms. Reiko ISHII
Mr. Kouichi KITAZUMI
Mr. Noriaki ASO
Mr. Naohiro YASUZUMI
Mr. Akito KAWAMATA
Mr. Katuyoshi MUROHASHI
4 technical assistants
Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
Mr. Kengo OKA
Mr. Shinji NODA
Dr. Sanji SHINODA
Ms. Emi HAMADA
Ms. Yukari IMAMURA
Mr. Takuya SHINDO
Trademark and Copyrights
Mr. Yasuyuki FURUKAWA
Mr. Ryo ASAO
Mr. Tomohiro SONODA
Mr. Tomohiro ICHIKAWA
Mr. Kengo OKA
Industrial Design
Mr. Tomohiro ICHIKAWA
IP-related Agreement and Disputes
Mr. Yoshihiro SUMIDA
Mr. Masaru NAKAO
Kyoto Office
Mr. Toshiyuki URA
Ms. Kyoko YOKOYAMA
Mr. Keishi MORIMOTO
1 technical assistants
Visiting Foreign Attorney
Mr. Mark D. Alleman (American Patent Attorney)
Ms. Cao Fang Ling (Chinese Patent Attorney)