- Japanese-fluent U.S. patent agent who has lived in Japan for over 30 years.
- Princeton University graduate (1985) with extensive scientific education in physics, electronics, and biology.
- Founder and twenty-year operator of independent U.S. patent-prosecution practice in Kansai. Of-record prosecuting agent on some 800 U.S. applications mainly involving electromechanical devices, precision mechanisms, medical instruments, telecommunications, optical devices and device materials, and semiconductor devices. Drafter of more than a dozen patent specifications from scratch.
- Patent-specification translation revisor with twenty-five years’ experience. Patent-specification translator with twenty years’ experience.
- Veteran patent translation and prosecution consultant in Japanese patent attorney firms, and in two major industrial and commercial manufacturing companies.
- Karan Singh – Tokyo/Osaka & Princeton, New Jersey
- Intellectual property lawyer since 1992.
- Expertise in: International business transactions and litigation; Trademark and copyright practice; Preparing and prosecuting patent applications; and Infringement and validity studies.
- Experience in: Litigation and dispute resolution; Licensing and technology transfer; Joint ventures.
- Was IP counsel at Japan headquarters of global oilfield service company.
- Graduate of Georgetown University Law School. Began career at Ostrolenk Faber, premier intellectual property “boutique” law firm in New York, with a nearly 100-year history.
- Came to Japan in the early 2000s, and in addition to working in Japan as corporate IP counsel, has worked in an advisory capacity for Japanese IP law firms, and has represented major Japanese and U.S. firm clients in intellectual property-related matters.
- Has assisted Judge in patent prosecution over the years, and now is fully onboard with j-pat Legal.