WATANABE, Satoru
I assist clients in securing and exploiting rights, from patents and designs to trade secrets, across a broad spectrum of areas ranging from structural and control technologies to XR and business models. In addition, I propose and help advance intellectual property strategies tailored to each client’s business model, with an eye toward further business expansion.
- Position
- IP Consultant
- License
- Japanese Patent Attorney
- Memberships
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association(JPAA), Japan Food & Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights Center (General Incorporated Association)
- JPAA Registration Number
- 17405
- Fields
- Structures (home appliances, construction machinery, etc.), control (mainly robotics and automotive-related), optics, XR, AI, business models, design, IP landscaping, intellectual property valuation, startup support, and IP finance.
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- Career to date and Achievements -
After graduating in 2003 from the Functional Mechanical Engineering at Shinshu University, he began working as a patent engineer at a patent law firm. He passed the patent attorney bar exam in 2010. Since becoming a patent attorney, he has handled a variety of IP-related matters.
He joined our firm in 2025.