■ Brief Biography

August 2010 founded Nishihara International Patent Office
January 2001 – July 2010 worked at a patent law firm.
April 1997 – August 2000 worked as a system engineering programmer at a software company.
Born in April 1973

■ Present post

  • Nishihara International Patent Office, President/Patent attorney
  • Kyoto University, Instructor
  • Ryukoku University, Part-time instructor

■ Accreditations and Certifications held

  • Registered Japanese Patent Attorney (2004) – registration # 13578
  • Registration for Supplementary Note of Specific Infringement Lawsuit Counsel (2008)
  • 1st grade Certified Skilled Worker of Intellectual Property Management (specialized in patent work) (2008) – registration # IP0810000144
  • Administrator of Information Security

■ Area of our Technical Expertise

Electrical, Electronic, and Mechanical technology, Software, WEB technology, Telecommunication technology, day-to-day merchandise.   

■ Previously Handled Cases

ATM, automatic ticket gates, automatic ticket vending machines, electronic amusement machines, hinge mechanism for cellular phones, RFID tag, dental clinic equipment, pedometer, sphygmomanometer, body composition analyzer, organic ferroelectrics

■ Attended Trainings

  • Corporation observation trip to New York (Nordstrom, Walmart, Stew Leonard’s, Polo Ralph Lauren, and others)
  • Inamori  Practical  Science / Accounting Course, etc.