Takashi Saito

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