Patent Department:SOEI Patent & Law Firm

[Senior Patent Attorney]

Mr. Kido received his B.S. (1970) and M.S. (1972) in Resources Engineering from the Kyushu University. Positions held in the Japan Patent Office (1972 - 1999, 2002 - 2005) include Examiner, Appeal Examiner, Director of Examinations, Chief Appeal Examiner, and Director of the Board of Appeal. Also, he worked for Tokyo District Court (1999 - 2002) as the technical advisor for infringement suits.
Since joining to SOEI in 2006, He has been handling appeals and consultations in the fields of semiconductor processing, semiconductor devices, gaming machines, automotives, construction machines.