Patent Department:SOEI Patent & Law Firm

Mr. Hirano received his B.S. (1993) and M.S. (1995) in Molecular Engineering from Kyoto University. Following his graduation, he worked for Nippon Oil Corporation as a researcher on lubricants (1995-1999). He joined SOEI in 1999 and qualified as a patent attorney in 2010. He has been handling prosecutions in the fields of lubricants, fuels, petroleum chemistry, catalysts, adhesives and photoresists.