Satoshi MORIYASU, Managing Partner (President)
Chiba University (B.Sc
in Pharmacy)
Japan Patent Office (1985-1997, 2000-2018): Examiner, Administrative Patent
Judge, Examiner-in-chief, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Senior
Director of the Board of Trial and Appeal
Director for International Cooperation Office, Director for Multilateral
Policy Office, Director of International Affairs Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1997-2000): First Secretary at The Permanent
Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2018, joined SUBARU in 2018
Practice: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry,
Petrochemistry, Medical Devices and Materials, Agricultural Chemicals,
Pigment, Adhesive Materials, Coating Materials, Lubricants, Patent
Litigation
Masahiro HIRATSUKA, Managing Partner
Chiba University (M. Eng. in
Chemistry)
Tohoku University (D. Eng. in Management Science and Technology)
Japan Patent Office (1990-2006, 2009-2016, 2019-2023): Examiner,
Administrative Patent Judge, Examiner-in-chief, Chief Administrative Judge,
Senior Director of the Board of Trial and Appeal
Tohoku University (2006-2009): Professor, School of Law
Osaka District Court (2016-2019): Judicial research official for
Intellectual Property
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2023, joined SUBARU in 2023
Practice: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Metals
and Electrochemistry, Food Science.
Shin-Ichi OMORI, Managing Partner
Kyushu University (M.Eng in Mining), Keio University (LL.B);
Japan Patent Office (1992-1997, 1999-2014, 2017-2021, 2022-2023): Examiner,
Administrative Patent Judge, Deputy Director-General of Patent and Design
Examination Division; and
Director-General of Patent Examination Department (Information,
Communication, Electronic Technology)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) (1997-1999): Industrial
Machinery Division, Machinery and Information Industry Bureau
Stanford University (2002-2003): Visiting Scholar
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Ltd. (INCJ) (2015-2016): Managing
Director
National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (INPIT)
(2021-2022): Dean & Managing Director for Development of Human
Resources, Audit Office and Patent Studies Office
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2023, joined SUBARU in 2024
Practice: Machine, Physics, Information, Medical Equipment, Diagnostic and
Analytical Equipment, Measuring Instruments, Optics, Social Infrastructure
and Design etc.
Shintaro TAKAHARA, Managing Partner
Tokyo University (M.Sc
in Chemistry)
Japan Patent Office (1990-2003, 2006-2010, 2012-2023): Examiner,
Administrative Patent Judge, Director of Patent Examination Division;
Director for Multilateral Policy Office, International Affairs Division,
Director of International Policy Division; Director of Trial and Appeal
Division; and
Director-General of Patent Examination Department (Electronic Technology,
Mechanical Technology)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2003-2006): First Secretary, Permanent Mission
of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
Cabinet Secretariat (2010-2012): Director, Secretariat of the Intellectual
Property Strategy Headquarters
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2023, joined SUBARU in 2023
Practice: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry,
Coating Materials, Adhesive Materials, Cosmetics, Food Science
Satoru
FUKUI, Senior Associate
Doshisha University (M. Industrial Chemistry)
Japan Patent Office
(1991-1999, 2001, 2003-2018, 2021-2024): Examiner, Administrative Patent
Judge,
Director of Patent
Examination Division, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Director of the
Board of Trial and Appeal
Ministry of
International Trade and Industry (MITI) (1999-2000): Basic Industries
Bureau
Industrial Property
Cooperation Center (IPCC) (2001-2003): Senior Researcher
Intellectual Property
High Court (2018-2021): Judicial research official for Intellectual
Property
Registered as Patent
Attorney in 2025, joined SUBARU in 2025
Practice: Organic
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Cosmetics, Food Science, Polymer
Chemistry, Biotechnology
Hiroki
INUYAMA, Senior Associate
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Master in Bioscience and Biotechnology),
Kowa Company Ltd, Medical Information Dept. until 2003,
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2003, joined SUBARU in 2003,
Practice: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical Devices and
Materials, Biological Devices and Materials, Chemical Engineering.
Masufumi ONODA, Senior Associate
Kyoto University (Master in Molecular Biology)
Registered as Patent Attorney and joined SUBARU in 2008,
Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science, Microbiology, Food Science,
Medical Devices and Materials, Chemical Analyzer, Organic Chemistry.
Hitomi
Morita, Partner
Chiba University (B.Sc. in Pharmacy)
Japan Patent Office (1974-1996, 1999-2009):
Examiner, Administrative Patent Judge and Chief Administrative Patent Judge
for Medical Science,
Tokyo District Court (1996-1999): Judicial research official for
Intellectual property
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2009, joined SUBARU in 2009
Practice: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Microbiology, Food
Science, Cosmetics. Patent Litigation.
Shigeki
TANEMURA, Partner
Tokyo University (Master in Synthetic Chemistry)
Japan Patent Office (1976-2009): Examiner, Administrative Patent Judge,
Director of
Environmental Chemistry Division, Chief Administrative Patent Judge for
Biotechnology
Division
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2009, joined SUBARU in 2009
Practice: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemical Analyzer,
Foods,
Organic Chemistry, Batteries.
Shoji
MIWA, Senior Counsel
Nagoya City University (Master in Pharmacy)
Japan Patent Office (1966-1984): Examiner and Administrative Patent Judge
Hoechst Japan, Hoechst Marrion Roussel and Aventis Pharma Ltd. (1985-2002)
Registered as Patent Attorney in 1994, joined SUBARU in 2002
Practice: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Organic and Inorganic
Chemistry.
Noriyuki
TAKEBAYASHI, Senior Counsel
Kumamoto University (Master of Engineering in Chemistry)
Japan Patent Office (1974-2005): Examiner, Administrative Patent Judge,
Director of Examination Standards Office, Senior Director of Medical
Science
Division,
Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Director of Appeal Board for Medical
Science
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2005, joined SUBARU in 2005
Practice: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Medical Devices
and Materials, Agricultural Chemicals, Cosmetics, Patent Litigation.
Junji
YUITA, Senior Counsel
Chiba University (B. Eng. in Printing Technology)
Japan Patent Office (1972-2003): Examiner, Administrative Patent Judge and
Examiner-in-Chief, Director of Examination Standards Office, Director of
Department of Appeals,
Director of Information System Affairs Division, Director General of First
Patent Examination Department
Registered as Patent Attorney in 2003, joined SUBARU in 2003
Practice: Copying Machines and Materials, Photoconductive Materials,
Photopolymer, Liquid Crystal, Coating Materials, Pigment, Polymer
Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, @Patent Litigation.