Education

Tokai University, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Life Sciences (B.E. 1990)

Practice Areas

Prosecution and enforcement, for domestic and foreign clients, of patents in various technical fields including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control technologies, software technologies, optical engineering and, as well as designs; search; trial for invalidation; litigation; opinion work; counselling on intellectual properties.

Career

Before joining YAMAKAWA in 2025, Mr. Oikawa worked for other patent offices for 35 years, where dealt with prosecuting patents and designs, trial for invalidation, and litigations.