At ARCO, our patent attorneys have strong and diverse academic background and have gained valuable industry and business experience which aids in understanding our clients' technologies and strategic goals. All of our patent attorneys are licensed to practice with the Japan Patent Office (JPO). We also have a number of patent attorneys licensed to represent clients before courts in IP infringement lawsuits as well as litigation against the JPO.

Electronics, Computer and Software

Mr. Keigo WATANABE
Mr. Satoshi TAKADA
Mr. Hiroomi NAKAO
1 technical assistants

Mechanics and Machine design

Mr. Hiroaki SHIMOMURA
Mr. Hisanari YAMADA
Ms. Reiko ISHII
Mr. Kouichi KITAZUMI
Mr. Noriaki ASO
Mr. Naohiro YASUZUMI
Mr. Akito KAWAMATA
Mr. Katuyoshi MUROHASHI
4 technical assistants

Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology

Mr. Kengo OKA
Mr. Shinji NODA
Dr. Sanji SHINODA
Ms. Emi HAMADA
Ms. Yukari IMAMURA
Mr. Hideaki SANJYO

Trademark and Copyrights

Mr. Yasuyuki FURUKAWA
Mr. Ryo ASAO
Mr. Tomohiro SONODA
Mr. Tomohiro ICHIKAWA
Mr. Kengo OKA

Industrial Design

Mr. Tomohiro ICHIKAWA

IP-related Agreement and Disputes

Mr. Yoshihiro SUMIDA
Mr. Masaru NAKAO

Kyoto Office

Mr. Toshiyuki URA
Mr. Keishi MORIMOTO
1 technical assistants

Visiting Foreign Attorney

Mr. Mark D. Alleman　　　　(American Patent Attorney)
　　Ms. Cao Fang Ling　　　　　　(Chinese Patent Attorney)