Co-CEO

Norihito YAMAO

Co-CEO

Practice Areas:Patent
Technical Area:Chem. Materials./Electronics
Office:Osaka

Norihito YAMAO studied Materials Science and Engineering at Osaka University in Japan and obtained B. Eng. and M. Eng. He also obtained M. Sc. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in USA.
He worked in the industry on development of special steels for 17 years. He has extensive experience in the technical fields of materials especially inorganic materials.
Mr. Yamao joined Aoyama & Partners in 2006. He handles patent matters in areas including inorganic materials such as metals, semi-conductors, as well as electric devices.

Practice

Metals, Ceramics, Semiconductor materials, Magnetic materials, Semiconductor devices, Optical devices

Membership / Qualification

Japan Patent Attorneys Association
registered as Patent Attorney in 2006

Education / Career

B. Eng.: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University;
M. Eng.: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University;
M. Sc.: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Worked for Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD

Training

Vossius & Partner Training Course on European and German Patent Law (2010)