PROFESSIONALS

Shigeru MIWA

Qualifications

Registered Patent Attorney (Registry No. 20428) (2015)
Pharmacist (Registry No. 324437) (1997)

Membership

JPAA

Languages

Japanese, English

Shigeru MIWA

Profession & Career

Mr. Miwa is in charge of domestic and foreign patent applications, prosecutions, appeals, and the like.
He specializes in Pharmaceutical Science, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology and the like, and can provide a particularly high level of services with respect to patent cases in the fields of pharmaceuticals, functional foods, cosmetics and the like.

He worked for patent offices, being engaged as a technical expert in charge of domestic and foreign patent applications, prosecutions, appeals and the like for 8 years.
After then, he worked for the JPO as an Examiner for Pharmaceutical Sciences at Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Third Patent Examination Department for 6 years.
He left the JPO after passing of an examination for patent attorneys license, and worked for a patent office for one and a half years.
He joined TSUKUNI & ASSOCIATES in June 2015.

Education

March 1997:
Graduated from Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences for Public Welfare.
March 1999:
Completed Graduate School of Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Couse of Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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