ABOUT US

MOEGI PATENT ATTORNEYS

History of Firm

Hirotoyo Miyata, who had been an appeal board examiner in the field of agriculture and fisheries, first established Miyata Patent Office in 1967.  Seiya Fujino succeeded to the office in 1989, and changed the firm name to Fujino Patent Attorney.  The firm further changed its name to Moegi Patent Office on January 1, 2005.  On January 1, 2006, Yoshio Ishii succeeded Seiya Fujino and the partnership management was introduced, and the firm became a patent professional corporation on January 4, 2008.  On January 1, 2021, Nobuhiro Takahashi and Susumu Saito joined Sanae Goto in partnership when Yoshio Ishii became a consultant. The firm changed its name to Moegi Patent Attorneys on November 1, 2022.

Practice Areas

All domestic and foreign intellectual-property-related affairs, especially filing, expert opinion, appeals, revocation appeals, and infringement (as a curator) related to patents, utility models, designs and trademarks, in the fields of food chemistry, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, biosciences, fisheries, livestock feed, fertilizer, petrochemistry, polymers, sanitary articles, cosmetics, etc.

ATTORNEYS

MOEGI PATENT ATTORNEYS

Managing Partner, Patent Attorney

Nobuhiro Takahashi

- Ph.D. (Applied Biotechnology), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (1997-2000)
- Visiting Fellow, NICHD, NIH, USA (2000-2005)

Fields of expertise

Genetics, genetic engineering, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, regenerative medicine, etc.

Managing Partner, Patent Attorney

Susumu Saito

- Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering,Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
- Former engineer at a patent law firm in Tokyo.

Fields of expertise

Polymer materials, semiconductor materials, food & beverage, medical appliances, analyzer, etc.

Managing Partner, Patent Attorney

Sanae Goto

- Bachelor of Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Department, Hokkaido University.
- Former researcher in the field of biochemistry at Komatsu Co., Ltd; former member of the intellectual property department of Komatsu Co., Ltd.

Fields of expertise

Biosciences, chemistry in general

Patent Attorney

Akira Sakamoto

- Master of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University.
- Former researcher at Nichiiko Co., Ltd

Fields of expertise

Pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, molecular biology, analytic chemistry, genetic engineering, cell biology, medical appliances, foods, etc.

Consultant

Yoshio Ishii

- Master of engineering, Engineering Department, Yokohama National University.
- Ex-appeal-examiner-in-chief at the Japan Patent Office; former investigator of the Osaka District Court.

Fields of expertise

Chemical engineering, inorganic chemistry and medical appliances.

Staff

Technical Specialists: 1
Clerical staff: 5

SERVICE

MOEGI PATENT ATTORNEYS

Moegi Patent Attorneys assists overseas clients to procure intellectual property protection in Japan in the fields of patents, trademarks and designs. We help our clients to obtain effective intellectual property rights rapidly and smoothly, while keeping close communication with our clients or associates. Our knowledge and experience gained from handling many Japanese applications, ensures that the process is effective and efficient. Our services include filing an application, dealing carefully with an office action during prosecution, and maintaining an obtained right.

Practice Ares

Our firm deals mainly with applications of chemical and related fields, including food, life science (biotechnology, medicine, etc.), environment, and energy. Members of our staff have majored in these fields, some at American universities, or have worked as a researcher in research institutes or in company laboratories, or as a member of a company’s intellectual property department. We are adept at managing applications in fields where there is a remarkable rate of technical innovation.

We believe that a patent application should be filed taking a later examination in consideration, and the enforcement of a future patent right, including exploitation and license, and litigation. In order to successfully file such an application, it is necessary to have an up-to-date knowledge on the practice in the Japan Patent Office, and to comprehend various problems relating to the exploitation of an invention, license and litigation. Some of our attorneys have worked for the Japan Patent Office and at Tokyo or Osaka High Court, and are experienced in the examination/appeal practice at the JPO as well as in litigation practices. Accordingly we provide a wide variety of services from filing an application to obtaining a patent right, and to enforcing it in Japan.

Business and science have increasingly been developing across the state boundary, and efficient communication with overseas clients is becoming more and more important. We have cooperated with associates abroad in dealing with patent applications of both domestic and foreign clients since the inception of Fujino Patent Attorney, the predecessor of our firm. We will continue to provide information on important court decisions, the formalities for filing an application, and revision of laws relating to intellectual property.

ACCESS

MOEGI PATENT ATTORNEYS

Address

Kanal Platz 7F, 12-3, Nihonbashi Muromachi 1-chome,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0022 Japan

Tel

03-6457-8309

Fax

03-6457-8359

Business hours

Weekday 9:00 ~ 17:30

Guide from the subway stations

One minutes on foot from Tokyo-Metro Ginza Line/Hanzomon Line Mitsukoshimae Station "Exit A4".
Five minutes on foot from Tokyo-Metro Ginza Line/Tozai Line Nihombashi Station "Exit B12".