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OUR ATTORNEYS

Director: Dr. Sohbe SUZUKI

Dr. Sohbe Suzuki received a B.Sc. degree in electronics in 1972 from Shizuoka University and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics from Tohoku University in 1974 and 1978, respectively. He joined the Semiconductor Research Institute (SRI) in 1978, a non-profit foundation bridging the divide between the fundamental research work in universities and R　&　D in industry. SRI is directed by J. Nishizawa (the former President of Tohoku University), the pioneering inventor of various important inventions such as pin diode (filed in 1950), ion implantation method (1950), semiconductor laser (1957) and optical fiber (1964). “The semiconductor laser” was filed two years earlier than the proposal of N. G. Basov who won the Novel prize for the laser, and seven months earlier than the day of invention by Gordon Gould, who is known as the actual inventor of the laser in the U.S.A.

As a senior researcher of SRI, Dr. Suzuki has managed research groups of semiconductor integrated circuits, semiconductor high frequency devices, crystal growth and power devices. Dr. Suzuki served as a group leader in Nishizawa’s Perfect Crystal Project (1981-86) and a technical manager in Nishizawa’s Terahertz Project (1991-93) within the Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) program of Research Development Corporation of Japan (JRDC) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan. He has published more than 10 publications and presentations in scientific and technical journals and conferences, such as “U-Grooved SIT CMOS Technology with 3 fJ and 49 ps Operations”, IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices, vol 37, 1990. In addition, Dr. Suzuki has filed more than 50 patents in the semiconductor electronics field, and is especially known as one of the pioneer inventors in the field of power electronics (*).

 

He joined Miyoshi and Miyoshi in 1993 and served as a senior partner and an executive vice-president until 2013. Dr. Suzuki was admitted as a Japanese Patent Attorney in 1996, and he is a member of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA).

 

He has significant experience handling patents in the areas of semiconductor electronics, crystal growth, vacuum science, photochemistry, optoelectronics, computer technology, information processing and computer software.

 

Dr. Suzuki is a strong third grade black belt in Judo and, at his best record, he has run a marathon in under three hours. He also enjoys triathlons.

 

* For example, Dr. Suzuki is known as one of the co-inventors of MOS composite static induction thyristor (CSMT) in the field of power electronics (http://www.projects.juliantrubin.com/patents/electricity/thyristors.html ).

Japanese patent attorney: Kenji Saito

Mr. Saito has been working for Soh-VEHE International Patent Office since 2015.
He received an Engineering degree from Tohoku University. From 2001 to early 2015, he worked at a Japanese patent firm where he worked with Dr. Sohbe SUZUKI.
His main area of expertise is domestic and international patent prosecution in the areas of semiconductors, electronics, information processing, software and optical fibers.
He passed the qualification examination in 2010 and was registered as a Japanese patent attorney in 2011. He is a member of the patent committee of the Japan Patent Attorney Association (JPAA).
His main hobbies are bike-riding and spending time with his two children.

Japanese patent attorney: Aiko Ambo

Ms. Ambo has been working for Soh-VEHE International Patent Office since 2016.
She received a M.S. degree in Agriculture in 2009 from Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo. From 2009 to 2013, she worked at a Japanese company as a system engineer and a consultant, and from 2013 to 2016, at Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center as a chemical and biochemical researcher.
Her main areas of expertise in patent are food, primary industries (agriculture, forestry, and fishery), biochemistry, software, business model, living equipment, and natural resource utilizing equipment. Additionally, she is in charge of a series of actions about trademark and design.
She passed the qualification examination in 2018 and was registered as a Japanese patent attorney in 2019. She is a member of the patent committee of the Japan Patent Attorney Association (JPAA).
She keeps in mind to “Give it a try”, so her hobbies are wide-ranging, for example, reading mystery novels, enjoying hot springs, walking, jogging, aikido, Japanese sake tasting, gardening, and so on.

Japanese patent attorney: Hiroshi Nakamura

Mr. Nakamura has been working for Soh-VEHE International Patent Office since 2019. He received an Engineering Science degree from Nihon University. From 1987 to early 2019, he worked at the other Japanese patent firms. His main area of expertise is domestic and international patent prosecution in the areas of electronics, semiconductor circuits, communications, physics, materials, mechanics, and so on. He passed the qualification examination in 2021 and was registered as a Japanese patent attorney in 2022. He is a member of the patent committee of the Japan Patent Attorney Association (JPAA). He does not have any special hobbies, but he is getting into walking around Shitamachi (Traditional areas of Tokyo), for example, Asakusa, Nezu/Sendagi, Kitasenzyu, etc., these days.