Hiroyuki Kusuya

Patent Attorney
  • Patent Attorney (Osaka Office)

Hiroyuki Kusuya specializes in the acquisition and enforcement of intellectual property rights in technical fields such as software, AI, control systems, telecommunications, machinery, optics, and electrical/electronic circuits. His expertise extends across a broad range of intellectual property areas, including patent law, design law, trademark law, and unfair competition prevention law. Having worked in the intellectual property field since 2002, Hiroyuki possesses diverse experience in various tasks, including invention mining, patent drafting and prosecution, office action responses, foreign patent applications, and infringement investigation. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in providing intellectual property consultations for small and medium-sized enterprises, offering advice on intellectual property utilization tailored to their business strategies.

Professional History

1977 Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
2000 Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics
2002 Completed Master’s program in Crystal Material Engineering, Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering
2006 Registered as a Patent Attorney
2010 Registered as a Specific Infringement Litigation Attorney
2012 Completed China Intellectual Property Practice Training Course at Shanghai Patent and Trademark Office
2018 Joined Kobe Coast IP
Certified as a Generalist by the Japan Deep Learning Association

Memberships

Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Kansai Patent Study Group (External Affairs Officer, 2015)