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member
■ Name
Hiroyuki SAKANO
Patent Attorney Registration No: 12365
Passed Patent Bar: 2002
Registered as Patent Attorney: 2002
Vice director of Intellectual Property Assistance and Support Center of JPAA 2014
■ MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
Prosecution of Patents and Trademarks for domestic and foreign clients, Opinions on validity and infringement
■ MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Chemistry, Materials, Trademarks
■ EDUCATION
Kanagawa Prefectural Yamato High School
B.S. in Chemical Course, Department of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
■ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Intellectual Property Division of Seiko Epson Corporation, Nagano, Japan [Apr. 1991 - Dec. 1997]
Patent Law Firm, Tokyo, Japan [Jan. 1998 - Dec.1998]
Sugimura International Patent and Trademark Agency Bureau, Tokyo, Japan [Jan. 1999 - Feb. 2006]
Sakano & Associates [Feb. 2006 - present]
Yanagida & Associates [Jun. 2017- present]
■ PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA); Vice director of Intellectual Property Assistance and Support Center of JPAA 2014-
Member, Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA)
■ LECTURES GIVEN IN JAPAN
"Intellectual Property Seminar " (Seminar sponsored by the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry) October 27, 2008, Kochi University
"Patent Seminar" (Seminar sponsored by the Japan Foods & Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights Center) 2010-2014 (February and October seminar)
■ HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Swimming, Snorkel diving, Tennis, Ski, Golf etc.
