Education
  • Kyoto University, B.S. in Precision Engineering (Robotics/Control Theory)
  • Kyoto University, M.S. in Applied System Science (Robotics/Control Theory)
Memberships
  • Japanese Patent Attorneys’ Association
  • Admitted US Patent and Trademark Office

Mr. Kimura is a Japanese patent attorney whose career in intellectual property law spans over fifteen years. His practice involves all aspects of preparing and prosecuting patent applications. He has extensive experience in communications technologies, such as mobile and other wireless communications, satellite communications and other broadband communications. He also has expertise with digital encoding, digital modulation schemes and communication protocols.

Before starting his career in intellectual property law, Mr. Kimura was an engineer for Japan Broadcasting Corporation specializing in digital broadcasting and video compression. He also is qualified as First-Class Technical Radio Operator for On-The-Ground Services and Chief Telecommunications Engineer (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).