FUSHIMI Shunsuke
FUSHIMI Shunsuke
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Chemicals |
| Specialization | Industrial gases, semiconductor processes, organic materials, inorganic materials, and general chemistry |
Background
Shunsuke Fushimi graduated from the Engineering Faculty (Department of Organic Materials Engineering) of Tokyo Institute of Technology (renamed Institute of Science Tokyo) in 1996, completed the master’s program of the Department of Organic Materials Engineering of the same university’s Graduate School of Science and Engineering in 1998, then joined a flexible printed wiring boards manufacturer where he worked as an engineer in Development.
He passed the patent attorney’s examination in 2006, then worked for more than 15 years at a major patent and law firm preparing specifications for domestic industrial gas and chemical manufacturers. In 2023, he joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office where his duties are mainly acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad, as well as consulting.
OGAWA Hiroyuki
OGAWA Hiroyuki
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Chemicals |
| Specialization | Biochemistry, genetic engineering, pharmacy, organic chemistry |
Background
After graduating from the Faculty of Agricultural Chemistry, Department of Agriculture of The University of Tokyo in 1993, Hiroyuki Ogawa completed the master’s program in the Department of Biotechnology, the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science, the University of Tokyo in 1995. After receiving his Ph.D. in Agriculture from the same department in 1998 and conducting postdoctoral research, he worked for two private companies in microbial analysis technology development. He then worked at a patent firm and was registered as a patent attorney in 2012, and was registered as an infringement litigation representative in 2018.
His duties were mainly acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan and abroad for medical device manufacturers, general chemical manufacturers, etc. He joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 2024 where he provides intellectual property support with a focus on rights acquisition for a variety of domestic and international clients, including pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food manufacturers.
TAGUCHI Katsutoshi
TAGUCHI Katsutoshi
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Trademarks |
| Specialization | Trademark general procedures |
Background
After graduating from the Faculty of Economics of Saitama University in March 1997, Katsutoshi Taguchi worked in Sales at a trading company. In 2002, he moved to a patent firm where he handled first domestic, then foreign patent prosecution and assisted in trademark practice. He was registered as a patent attorney in 2020, acted as a trademark patent attorney at another patent firm and joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 2024. Here his main duties are searching, acquiring and maintaining of trademarks in Japan and abroad for various manufacturers.
YAMAMOTO Hiromi
YAMAMOTO Hiromi
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Chemicals |
| Specialization | Semiconductor device manufacturing processes, electronic devices, materials, general chemistry |
Background
After graduating from the Department of Chemical System Engineering of the University of Tokyo in March 2000, Hiromi Yamamoto worked at a patent firm in acquiring and maintaining of intellectual property rights in Japan for semiconductor-related manufacturers, electronic device manufacturers, and abroad for chemical corporations, as well as in oppositions, and invalidation trials for over twenty years.
She was registered as a patent attorney in 2012, and was registered as an infringement litigation representative in 2018.
She joined Kyowa in 2024 where she assists clients with IP-related operations, with a focus on rights acquisition in Japan and overseas (chemical manufacturers).
KOJIMA Toshihiro
KOJIMA Toshihiro
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | Semiconductor devices, medical devices, DNA computers, biophysics (DNA/RNA technology), and general electric engineering |
Background
After graduating from the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science of the University of Tokyo in 2013, he completed the master’s program of the same university’s Graduate School of Science in 2015 as a scholar in the Advanced Leading Graduate Course for Photon Science (ALPS) where he engaged in research on DNA computers. He qualified as a Certified Administrative Procedures Specialist in 2021.
After joining Kyowa in 2022, he registered as a patent attorney in 2024.
At Kyowa, he engages in domestic and overseas rights acquisition in the semiconductor, medical device manufacturing and software industries.
AGATA Yuzo
AGATA YuzoCounsel
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | General electrotechnology, general mechanical engineering, control engineering |
Background
After graduating from the Engineering Faculty of Tokyo Institute of Technology (renamed Institute of Science Tokyo) in 1972, Yuzo Agata joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 1972 and was registered as a patent attorney in 1974. In 2025 he rejoins Kyowa after managing his own patent firm.
He has acted for over 50 years in the field of intellectual property, advising and assisting in patent protection for domestic and overseas companies, mainly manufacturers of electrical and mechanical control devices.
KANNO Yoshiaki
KANNO Yoshiaki
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Mechanical |
| Specialization | Daily necessities, office equipment, general machinery, packaging and containers, civil engineering and construction, electrical equipment, home appliances, optics, medical equipment |
Background
After graduating from the Science Faculty (Physics) of Tokyo University of Science in 1986, Mr. Yoshiaki Kanno was registered as a patent attorney in 2001 and was registered as an infringement litigation representative in 2005.
In 2011, he joined a patent firm in Tokyo, where he consulted in copyright matters, focusing on domestic and international rights acquisition for a variety of clients such as individual inventors, small and medium-sized parts manufacturers, and finished product manufacturers.
In 2025, he joined Kyowa Patent Law Office.
Actively engaged in intellectual property system design through external organizations such as the Japan Patent Attorneys Association, he joined the "Proposal for the Establishment of Electronic Publishing Rights" as the second chair of the Copyright Committee of the JPAA in 2011 and co-authored the "70 Selected Intellectual Property Cases for Practitioners" published for the 2006-2021 and the 2024 editions.
YANAGIMACHI Ayumi
YANAGIMACHI Ayumi
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Trademarks |
| Specialization | General trademarks operations |
Background
After graduating from University of Tsukuba, College of Social Sciences where she majored in Law, Ayumi Yanagimachi worked for a distribution company for about seven years.
As a patent attorney (she passed examination in 2004), she worked from 2005 to 2024 at major patent firms where she mainly engaged in domestic and international trademark research, applications, trial case handling, as well as consulting with regard to trademarks in Japan and abroad.
She was registered as a patent attorney in 2005 and as an infringement litigation representative in 2013. She joined Kyowa Patent and Law Office in 2025, where she handles domestic and foreign trademark applications and rights acquisition as a member of Trademarks.
AOYAMA Soichiro
AOYAMA Soichiro
| Qualification | Patent Attorney |
|---|---|
| Department | Electrical |
| Specialization | Computers, image analysis, IoT, robots, electricity, semiconductors, information and communication technologies |
Background
After graduating from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Nagoya Institute of Technology, he completed his master's degree at the same university's graduate school. As part of his graduate studies, he researched the development of a simulator for the optical film stretching process. After completing his master's degree, he worked for seven years as a systems engineer in the development and design of IoT systems, logistics systems, and fully automated systems for food factories.
He obtained the Fundamental Information Technology Engineer (FE) qualification in 2016, the Database Specialist (DB) qualification in 2020, and registered as a patent attorney in 2025 after joining Kyowa Patent Law Office in 2022. He is involved in rights acquisition, mainly in the electrical and semiconductor industries.