Noboru Minowada, representative patent attorney

（Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Registration Number 16781）

• Brief personal history

  3.1996　Obtained a Bachelors degree in synthtic chemical engineering at Hokkaido University

  3.1998　Obtained a Master degree in synthtic chemical engineering at the graduate school of Hokkaido University

  4.1998　Entered an electric company（Production technology division as an engineer）

  6.1999　Entered a patent firm（worked for over 15 years)

  3.2016　Put up my own patent firm

• My summary of experiences

  Prepared over 400 patent documents and dealt with over 200 cases of office action for Japanese clients in the electronics and mechanical fields such as Panasonic and Toyota in cases of processing their applications to the Japan Patent Office and various overseas patent offices

  Both domestic and international patent applications for small‐and‐medium‐sized enterprises(SMEs)

  Industrial design and trademark applications

  Prior document search relating to patent and trademark application records

  Utility patent applications for green plants in the US and Japan

  Performed translations for both international and domestic clients (English⇔Japanese)

• Qualifications

  Japanese Patent Attorney

  Grade 1-first level of the EIKEN Test in Practical English Proficiency（Common Scale for English(CSE) score：over 3000)

  Teacher’s lisence for science in high school

• Hobbies

  Cycling, traveling abroad, cooking, collecting stamps, etc

   

• Words I live by

  ・Nothing ventured, nothing gained
  ・Where there is a will, there is a way