Shino Tanaka
Associate | Patent Attorney (EP, JP)
B. Eng (chem)
Japanese Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
In the IP business since 2001
Specialized in
Chemistry, chemical engineering, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, metallurgy, mechanical engineering
Member of
Japanese Patent Attorney Association (JPAA), epi
Shino Tanaka
Associate | Patent Attorney (EP, JP)
B. Eng (chem)
Japanese Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
In the IP business since 2001
Vita
Shino studied at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Faculty of Applied Chemistry.
She started her experience in the field of intellectual property at an international patent firm in Tokyo in 2001, where she worked as a patent engineer and obtained her Japanese patent attorney’s qualification in 2004.
Since 2006, Shino lives in Germany. She experienced practical training and started preparation for sitting the European Qualifying Examination at a German patent attorney’s firm. In 2011 she started her career and was further trained at KSNH, KLUNKER IP's predecessor firm, where she became a European patent attorney in 2013.
Shino originates from Chiba, Japan. Her mother tongue is Japanese. In addition, she speaks German and English. She is married and mother of two daughters.
Practice
During her professional career in Tokyo, Shino worked mainly on patent prosecution and opposition cases before the Japanese Patent Office (JPO). Her experience also includes trademark and design cases before the JPO and international patent and trademark cases.
In Germany, she has been working mainly on prosecution and opposition cases before the EPO. She supports Klunker IP also in patent cases before the GPTO as well as trademark and design cases before the EUIPO and GPTO. Since 2013 she organises the Japanese Desk at KLUNKER IP that provides support for Japanese clients.
Although her major is chemical engineering, she also works in the fields of general chemistry, including organic, polymer, bio, and inorganic chemistry, as well as metallurgy and mechanical engineering.
KLUNKER IP's JAPANESE DESK
Shino is also in charge of the Japanese Desk at KLUNKER IP that provides support to the firm's Japanese clients in Japanese, English, and German.