Staff Profile

TSUNENORI HAYASHI

PATENT ATTORNEYR:egistered in 1986

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1969
    B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture &Technology
    1969-1992
    FUJITSU LIMITED
    1974-1975
    U.S. patent practice trainee at the law firm, Staas & Halsey, Washington, D.C.
    1974
    Completed the patent office academy training course at the U.S. Patent Trademark Office
    1987
    Registered as Japanese Patent Attorney
    1989
    Manager of Patent Department, FUJITSU LIMITED
    1992
    Founded Hayashi & Associates
    1996
    Founded Hayashi, Doi & Associates
    2005
    Specific Infringement Suit Qualified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Worldwide patent prosecution, Patent Infringement
Litigations at the Tokyo District Court & the Tokyo High Court,
Licensing Negotiations

    1984-1989
    Member of the Patent committee of the Japan Patent Association (now called as the Japan Intellectual Property Association)
    1989
    Delegation of the JPA to the 6th expert conference of the WIPO Harmonization treaty, Geneva
    1990-1991
    Member of the claim construction committee of the Japan Intellectual Property Association

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Electrical, Computer and Telecommunication technology practices, especially including electrical components, information data processing and mobile communication systems.

MEMBERSHIPS OF MAJOR INTEREST

Member of AIPPI (Japan), APAA (Asian Patent Attorney Association)

    2006
    Member of Copyright committee at JPAA (Japan Patent Attorney Association)
    2007-
    Member of Patent Committee at JPAA

KENJI DOI

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 1987

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1979
    B.S., Electronics Engineering, Kyushu University,
    1979-1995
    FUJITSU LIMITED
    1981-1982
    U.S. patent practice trainee at the law firm, Stash & Halsey
    1987
    Registered as Japanese Patent Attorney
    1989-1992
    Fujitsu Washington, D.C. Liaison Office
    1993
    Section Manager of FUJITSU Patent Department
    1995
    Founded Doi & Associates
    1996
    Founded Hayashi, Doi & Associates
    2005
    Specific Infringement Suit Qualified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Worldwide patent prosecution U.S. patent litigation
Infringement litigation at the Tokyo District Court, Licensing,
U.S. ITC 337 Investigations

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Electrical and Computer technology, including electronics, information processing, semiconductor, and Computer software

Memberships of major interest

    1994-1999
    Software Committee of Japan Patent Association, APPA
    1999-
    Patent Committee of Softic (Software Information Center)
    1999-2002
    Copyright Committee of Asia Patent Attorney Association

KOICHIRO MATSUEDA

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 1994

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1989
    B.S, Applied Physics, Tohoku University
    1989-1994
    Nippon Credit Bank
    1995-1996
    Nakamura & Partners
    1996
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates
    1998
    U.S. patent practice trainee at the law firm, Staas & Halsey
    2004
    Master of Graduate school of Law, Tohoku University

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Worldwide Patent Prosecution

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Electrical and Computer technology including Electro mechanics and computer software

MEMBERSHIP OF MAJOR INTEREST

    2000-2001
    Software Committee of Japan Patent Association

SATORU HIRAYAMA

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 2002

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1981
    B.S., Naval Architecture, The University of Tokyo,
    1990
    Master of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Cornell
    1981-1993
    Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.
    1993-1999
    Informatix Inc.
    1999
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

World Wide Patent Prosecution

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Mechanical engineering including strength of material, Solid mechanics and thermodynamics, Computer technology Including computer software relating to GIS, CAD and image processing

TAKAMASA ASANO

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 1998

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1967
    B. S., Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University Applied Chemistry, Master's degree, the school of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    1977
    London Polytechnic, University of London
    1967-2000
    Teijin limited/ its group companies
    2000-
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Worldwide Patent Prosecution

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Chemical technology practices including plant machinery and tool,
Computer technology of semiconductor, Electronics and Engineering

SATOSHI YAMASHITA

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 2004

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1992
    B.S., Electro communications, University of Electro communications
    1994
    Master of Interdisciplinary Graduate school of Science Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    1994-2001
    Sony Corporation
    2002
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

World Wide Patent Prosecution

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Electrical and Computer technology including Electro mechanics and computer software

TAKAYOSHI KAWAI

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 2005

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1990
    Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
    1993
    Master of Science,School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University
    1994-2005
    TIS Inc.
    2005
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Patent Prosecution

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Information processing and computer Software

TAKEO MIYAZAWA

PATENT ATTORNEY

Registered in 2006

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1979
    B.S., Electronics Engineering, Waseda University
    1981
    M.D., Electronics Engineering, Graduate school of Waseda University
    1985
    Ph.D., Electronics Engineering, Graduate school of Waseda University
    1985-2006
    NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION (NTT)
    1997
    Group Leader of NTT Intellectual Property Department
    2006
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

World Wide Patent Prosecution

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREAS

Electrical Engineering practices including optical communication, photonics devices, and semiconductor devices.

Memberships of major interest

    1997-2001
    Patent Committee of OITDA (OPTOELECTRONIC INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION)

NORIO MIDORIKAWA

EDUCATION & JOB HISTORY

    1971
    B. S., Electrical Engineering, Waseda University
    1971-1981
    Fujitsu Limited.
    1983-1992
    A private patent firm
    1992-
    Joined Hayashi, Doi & Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Worldwide patent prosecution, Licensing

TECHNICAL PRACTICE AREA

Electrical and Computer technology practices including aeromechanics, Information processing, Computer software

MEMBERSHIP OF MAJOR INTEREST

    1979-1980
    The Patent Committee of the Japan Patent Association