Noriaki NAGAHAMA President   Patent Attorney Chemical Patents

Born 1964, Mr. Nagahama received B.C. in Chemistry from Tohoku University in 1987 and qualified as a Patent Attorney in 1995.
He is a member of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA).

He specializes in patent prosecutions and opinions in the Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical, Organic Materials, Metallic Materials, Optical Materials, Electrochemical, and Biotechnology filelds.

Seminars and Lectures

"How to Prepare Chemical Patent specifications"
Lecture to new member of the Japanese Patent Attorneys Association, February 2004

"How to Analyze and Find Weak Points in Medical-Supplies Patent Specifications"
Technical Information Institute, Co., Ltd., January 2004

"Examination and Countermeasures to Avoid Patent Infringement"
Technical Information Institute, Co., Ltd., September 2003

"Patent Strategy and Extending Protection for Pharmaceutical and Crystal Polymorph Inventions"
Technical Information Institute, Co., Ltd., July 2003

"Screening Technology and How to Patent it"
Technical Information Institute, Co., Ltd., July 2002

“Patent Strategy for Engineers”
Nicca Chemical Co., Ltd. (A six series from February 2002 to January 2003)

“Protection of Intellectual Property”
Okayama University of Science Annual Lecture, May 2000

“Protection of Intellectual Property”
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tamagawa University Annual Lecture, June 1999

“Patent-Protection for Inventions in the Chemical Field”
Star Micronics Co., Ltd., November 1998

“Patent-Protected Research Achievements”
Department of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, School of Engineering, Tohoku University, July 1998

Publications

"Crystallization Method When Moving from the lab to Full Protection / Using a Crystal Polymorph Example to Examine the Problems and their Countermeasures"
（Chapter 5: Patent Strategy for Crystal Polymorph inventions）
Technical Information Institute, Co., Ltd., Spring 2004

Hitoshi MIYAKAWA Patent Attorney Chemical Patents

Born 1972, Mr. Miyakawa received his B.C. in Chemistry from Rikkyo University in 1996 and qualified as a Patent Attorney in 2003. He is a member of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA).

He specializes in patent prosecutions and opinion in the Organic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Hideki GONSHO Patent Attorney Chemical Patents

Born 1974, Mr. Gonsho received his B.C. in Chemistry from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1997 and qualified as a Patent Attorney in 2004. He is a member of Japanese Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA).

He specializes in patent prosecutions and opinion in the Organic Chemistry and Electronic Materials.

Yasuhiko HORIE Patent Engineer Ph.D. Chemical Patents

Born 1970, Mr. Horie received Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Osaka University in 1998.

He specialized in assistance of patent prosecutions in the Reaction Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Electronic Materials.