Our Attorneys

Yoshikatsu Shimada, Founder

  • January, 1980
    Established Shimada Patent Office
  • October, 1978
    Licensed as Patent Attorney
  • February, 1961
    Employed by Karami Patent Office and over the years acquired extensive experience in all areas of domestic and international intellectual property protection, including patent, utility model, design and trademark applications, and Japan Patent Office trial procedures.
  • April, 1959
    Employed by Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
  • March, 1959
    Graduated from Law Department of Chuo University
  • March, 1955
    Graduated from Kawasaki Prefectural High School

Yasuo Mizutani

  • December, 2003
    Licensed to act as attorney in specified infringement litigation
  • March, 1994
    Graduated from Electrical Engineering Department, Tokyo University of Science, with degree in Electrical Engineering
  • January, 1994
    Joined Shimada Patent Office
  • October, 1987
    Licensed as Patent Attorney
  • March, 1972
    Graduated from Faculty of Law, Public Law Department, Aoyama Gakuin University, with degree in Industrial Property Law
  • March, 1968
    Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Johoku High School