Attorneys | ARC PATENT ATTORNEYS' OFFICE

Giro KURAUCHI（Senior Partner）

Qualified as patent attorney in: 1972

Registration No.: 7550

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
Master's degree in Law from Hokkaido University

Professional profile: Former vice-president of Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1993-1994)
Former Kinki branch office leader of Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1995-1996)
Former professor of Kibi International University
Commissioner of Japan branch of APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association, 2001-2007)
Invention Consultant for Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation, Tokushima branch (since 2005)
Auditor (incumbent)

Affiliations: Member of AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle)
Member of Japan branch of APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association)
Representative corporate member of Japan Trademark Association

Other professional activities (outside Arc): ◇Publication
"Possible after-purchase confusion and trademark infringement (Ink Bottle case)"
Article in April, 2004 issue of Patent (Vol. 57)

◇Publication
"Problems in Patented Goods and Related Specifications under Doctrine of Exhaustion"
Article in August, 2008 issue of Patent (Vol. 58)

Michiko UJI(Partner)

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2003

Registration No.: 13010

Professional qualification: Passed Specific Infringement Lawsuits Counsel Examination in 2005

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Materials Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University

Professional profile: Member of Editorial Board for Journal "Patent" issued by Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2007-2009)
Member of IP System Promotion Program Panel, Kinki branch of Japan Patent Attorneys Association (since 2008)
Commissioner of Japan branch of APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association, since 2008)
Member of Center for International Activity of Japan Patent Attorneys Association (since 2010)

Affiliations: Member of APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association)

Other professional activities (outside Arc): Invention Consultant for Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation, Tokushima branch (since 2007)
Speaker for IP seminar organized by Shikoku Bureau of Economy, Trade & Industry (fiscal year 2007 & 2008)
Speaker for patent seminar organized by Kinki branch of Japan Patent Attorneys Association (fiscal year 2009 & 2011)
Lecturer for IP classes organized by Kinki branch of Japan Patent Attorneys Association

Go KUNITOMI(Partner)

Field of expertise: Electronics, machinery, mechatronics, foreign patents, designs, litigation

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2001

Registration No.: 12202

Professional qualification: Passed Specific Infringement Lawsuits Counsel Examination in 2005

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Osaka University

Rui ASADA(Partner)

Field of expertise: Trademarks, designs

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2013

Registration No.: 18759

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Business Administration Law, Faculty of Law, Konan University

Takuya OKAMOTO

Field of expertise: Electricity & electronics, software, machinery, mechatronics

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2010

Registration No.: 17242

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Mathematical Physics, College of Science & Engineering, Ritsumeikan University (Major in physics)

Nobuhiro MUKAIBAYASHI

Field of expertise: Electronics, software, chemistry

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2012

Registration No.: 18289

Professional qualification: Information Technology Engineer (Qualified under Japanese law)
Chief Electro-Communications Engineer (Qualified under Japanese law)
Junior Radiation Protection Supervisor (Qualified under Japanese law)

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University

Other professional activities (outside Arc): Invention Consultant for Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation, Tokushima branch (since 2013)
Invention Consultant for Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation, Wakayama branch (since 2013)

Xia　Yuou(Chinese patent attorney)

Field of expertise: Electricity & electronics, mechatronics, foreign patents, translation

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2011

Registration No.: 3112135

Educational background: Graduated from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Master's degree in Mechanical Measurement and Control Engineering from School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Shinpei Tsuchioka

Field of expertise: Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Electricity & electronics

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2013

Registration No.: 21327

Educational background: Graduated from Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Osaka University

Yoshinari Ono

Field of expertise: Trademarks

Qualified as patent attorney in: 2000

Registration No.: 11896

Educational background: Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics

Other professional activities (outside Arc): Work Experience
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. (Currently: JTEKT Corporation) (1996-1997)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Currently: Panasonic Corporation) (2001-2005)
Fukami Patent Office, P.C., Trademark Department (2006-February 2023)
Other Positions / Public Offices
Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Public Relations Center (2016-2017)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Practical Training Course Instructor (2013-2021)
Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Intellectual Property at Osaka Institute of Technology (2011-2020)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association, Kansai Branch, Intellectual Property Promotion Support Committee (2008-2020)