Legal Professionals


Akihiko FUJIMURA
Patent Attorney, CEO
Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Keio University(2008). Trained in patent prosecutions in domestic and foreign applications since 2008. Admitted to JPAA in 2014. Council Member of JPAA in 2021-2022 Exeuctive Director of JPAA in 2025
Specialties:Machine engineering; Automobile engineering;
Material Handling Systems; Optical Fiber; Semicondutor devices; Software; Chemistry

Atsushi FUKUI (Joined in December 2024)
Graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University in 1977.
From April 1978, worked at Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd., where he was engaged in the design, development, and mass production of mobile and portable wireless communication devices, mainly in the VHF (30 MHz ? 300 MHz) and UHF (300 MHz - 3 GHz) frequency bands. Later, he worked in the Intellectual Property Department of Clarion Co., Ltd.
Since August 2003, he has been working as a technical staff member at Asamura Patent Office, focusing primarily on outbound and inbound patent filings. After becoming a registered patent attorney in 2013 (Registration No. 18701), he has also handled domestic patent filings, including drafting of specifications.
Publication: "Software and Patents," Journal of the Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2013.