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Takashi Saito

Partner

Japan, Patent Counseling and Prosecution
Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION

University of New Hampshire School of Law

J.D., cum laude

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering

M.E.

Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering

B.S.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Partner
  • Panasonic North America, IP Manager
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial, IP Specialist
  • Matsushita Electronic Company, Engineer

    ADMISSIONS

  • District of Columbia
  • State of New York
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

    Languages

  • English
  • Japanese

Takashi Saito focuses his practice on patent prosecution in the area of electronic devices, processes, materials, circuitries, energy devices, electrochemical device and medical devices.

Takashi has worked as a research engineer in a semiconductor process technology area and as an intellectual property (IP) specialist for several divisions of a global consumer electronics manufacturer. In that capacity, he handled a variety of IP matters, including patent applications, patent infringement and trademarks.

Takashi authored several technical papers on a semiconductor process area in different academic journals and at international conferences. He is a first inventor of two US patents and several Japanese patents.

Takashi earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering. He was also registered as a patent attorney in Japan (2001 to 2005).

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

  • Handles a large number of patent prosecutions and advises on strategies to obtain strong patents for a global consumer electronics manufacturer.
  • Drafted more than hundreds of US patent applications for a global semiconductor manufacturer.
  • Speaker and panelist for IP related seminars.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Review of US court decision: Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 73, No. 3 (2023) (Japanese Intellectual Property Association)
  • Review of US court decision: Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 66, No. 8 (2016) (Japanese Intellectual Property Association)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, 2022 – 2023 
  • Legal 500 US, 2021 

EDUCATION

University of New Hampshire School of Law

J.D., cum laude

Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering

M.E.

Kyoto University, Faculty of Engineering

B.S.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  • McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Partner
  • Panasonic North America, IP Manager
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial, IP Specialist
  • Matsushita Electronic Company, Engineer

    ADMISSIONS

  • District of Columbia
  • State of New York
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

    Languages

  • English
  • Japanese