Kazuhiko SATO

BIOGRAPHY
Kazuhiko SATO is a graduate of Utsunomiya University, where he majored in Engineering, and received his master’s degree from the Graduate School of Engineering at Utsunomiya University. After completing the master’s course, he engaged in surveys and research as a researcher at the Institute of Behavioral Science and also served as a project leader.

Mr. Sato passed the patent bar and was registered to practice before the Japan Patent Office in 2005. In addition, he was registered as a specific infringement lawsuit counsel in 2009. He has been working for IP law firms in Japan ever since and gained a wide variety of experience in patent prosecution for such clients as power research institutes and design/manufacturing companies.

He does not look at each client’s invention as a number, instead he cares and treats it as the one and only invention.

PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual property services, including: patent prosecution, prior art searches, opposition, and appeal and litigation proceedings particularly in the areas of Software, Electrical and Structural Engineering

EDUCATION
Graduate School of Utsunomiya University, Engineering Master's course
Utsunomiya University, Department of Engineering

EXPERIENCE
■ IP Law Firms in Japan
■ the Institute of Behavioral Sciences

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION AND MEMBERSHIPJapan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)

LANGUAGEJapanese and English

LIKES AND INTERESTSReading and Jogging