Deputy Representative Patent Attorney

Yuki KITOU

Career

• 1993 Graduated from Aichi Kenritsu Gojo High School
• 1997 Graduated Course of Agrochemical Bioscience, Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University
• 1997~2001 Employed at a company in Aichi Prefecture
• 2001~2017 Worked for patent law office in Aichi Prefecture, Engaged in intellectual property business for 16 years
• 2017.10~ Joined SHIRASAKA & PATENTPARTNERS
• 2017.09~ SHIRASAKA & PATENTPARTNERS: Representative of Chubu-ku

Major duties

• Filing, appraisal, and consultation on patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks, application rejection response to other intellectual property related business (prosecution), domestic and foreign applications and rejection response

Major technical fields

• Mechanics/Chemistry/Materials/Biology/Pharmaceuticals/Food/Software/Design/ Trademark/etc.

Other qualifications

• Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan (Biotechnological Committee) affiliation
• Certified Hazardous Material Handling Supervisor
• Official Business Skills Test in Bookkeeping, grade 2