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Nao Takeuchi

European Patent Attorney Trainee

Japanese Patent Attorney

M.Sc. Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nao Takeuchi is a European patent attorney trainee at Maiwald. Her work is mainly related to IP protection in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacy.

After completing her master’s degree, she joined a chemical company in Tokyo where she worked in the IP department, handling patent applications for a wide variety of chemical products. She has several years’ experience across a variety of IP areas, including patent drafting, patent prosecution and patentability searches. She was admitted as a Japanese patent attorney in 2019.

since 2024
Patent attorney trainee at Maiwald
2016 - 2024
IP specialist at a chemical company in Japan

2019
Admitted to practice as Japanese patent attorney
2014 - 2016
Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kyoto University
2010 - 2014
Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kyoto University

  • Patent examination proceedings and portfolio management
  • Application strategies and drafting of patent applications
  • Opposition and nullity proceedings
  • Freedom-to-operate- and validity opinions

  • Japan Patent Attorneys Association

  • English
  • Japanese