■Members
Representative Partner /
Patent Attorney
津野 孝
Tsuno Takashi

Former Member of AIPPI
Former Member of APAA
Chairman at Towa Institute of Intellectual Property
Takashi TSUNO had been engaged in the examinations and the appeals in the field of medical machinery, textile machinery, semiconductors, metal processing and electrochemistry etc. for over 20 years at the Japan Patent Office (1977-1998).
During his work at the JPO, he was also in charge of establishing the policy on the textile industry in Japan and promoting the comprehensive implementation of computers for patent administration.
In 1998, he was registered as a patent attorney.
He is the author of many books and articles including Corporate Integration and Intellectual Property (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2010) and Corporate Reconstruction and Intellectual Property: Reactivating the Intellectual Property (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2011).
Vice President
Patent Attorney
鈴木 公明
Suzuki Kimiaki

Director at Towa Institute of Intellectual Property
Professor, Graduate School of Tokyo University of Science
Kimiaki SUZUKI worked at the Intellectual Property and Legal Department of Canon inc., following which he entered the Japan Patent Office, where he had been engaged in the examinations in the field of architecture and industrial design etc. (1992-2005)
He was also in charge of the amendment of the Design Act in 1998.
In 2005, he became Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Innovation Studies, Tokyo University of Science.
In 2007, he was registered as a patent attorney.
In 2013, he became Professor.
He is the author of many books and articles including Textbook on Design Strategies (Shuwa System, 2013), "Evaluating Patents and its Models" (Patent, Vol.69, No.6, 2006).
Patent Attorneys
平野 智
Director at Towa Institute of Strategic Management
TLO Coordinator, Tokyo Denki University
Hirano Satoru

岡田 宏之Okada Hiroyuki

平林 岳治Hirabayashi Takeharu

米山 毅Yoneyama Takeshi

津野 洋明Tsuno Hiroaki

前田 伸哉Maeda Shinya

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TOWA INTERNATIONAL PATENT FIRM
□ Reperesentative Partners
□ Patent attorneys
□ Affairs
□ HR professionals
□ Accountants
□ Engineers
□ Specialists in domestic proceedings
□ Specialists in foreign proceedings
□ Technical translators
□ Draftsman
□ System administrators
□ Towa Institute of Intellectual Property
□ Towa Institute of Strategic Management
Attorney at Law / Patent Attorney
島田 敏史
Shimada Toshifumi
Chinese Patent Attorneys
経 志強
金 丹
Jing Zhiqiang

Jin Dan

Advisory Patent Attorneys
葛和 清司
川崎 好昭
Kuzuwa Kiyoshi

Kawasaki Yoshiaki

小林 功
園田 敏雄
Kobayashi Takumi

Sonoda Toshio

Advisory Tax Accountant
加藤 資行
Kato Motoyuki