Timothy Price
Tim is a graduate of Salem International University with a degree in Japanese studies, and also studied at Kwansei Gakuin University Graduate School of Policy Studies.
He began his patent translation career in 2005 at a patent law firm, and joined Horn & Uchida in 2008.
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David Bonnitcha
David studied Japanese at the University of Tasmania and modern Japanese literature at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, before finding his feet as a patent translator at a patent law firm in Osaka.
He began translating patents at a patent law firm in 2001, and then joined Horn & Uchida in 2009.
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Emi Tanigawara
Emi is a graduate of the Faculty of Letters of Chiba University.
She began working as an in-house translator at a patent law firm in 2005, and then joined Horn & Uchida in 2012.
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Mamiko Nishida
Mamiko has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Oklahoma State University, is a graduate of Pittsburg State University with a double major in chemistry and biology, and also studied at Chiba University with a major in engineering.
Before joining Horn & Uchida Patent Translations, Ltd. in 2012, she worked for a TLO (Technology Licensing Organization).
Chizuru Oura
Chizuru is a graduate of Kansai University with a major in German, and also studied at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Chizuru has several years experience working at a patent law firm in Munich and Osaka.
She began working at a patent law firm in Germany in 2005, transitioned to in-house German translation at a patent law firm in Osaka in 2007, and joined Horn & Uchida in 2012.
Jason Neil
Jason is a graduate of University of Washington with a double major in Japanese and Linguistics.
He joined Horn & Uchida in 2013.
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Takahiro Fujii
Takahiro is a graduate of Kyoto University, and has a Ph.D. in agriculture from Kyoto University. He has several years experience working at an institute of bio-science and bio-technology.
He joined Horn & Uchida in 2013.
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Seisuke Dohi
Seisuke is a graduate of Kyoto University with a major in sociology. He had more than 10 years of work experience at a patent law firm in Osaka before joining Horn & Uchida.
He joined Horn & Uchida in 2015.
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Yoriko Nakamoto
Yoriko is a graduate of Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
She began working as an in-house translator at a patent law firm in 2011, and then joined Horn & Uchida in 2015.
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Asako Tanaka
Asako is a graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University with a major in law. She has more than 10 years of working experience at machine manufacturers, where her responsibilities included the translation of patents, manuals, and legal documents.
She joined Horn & Uchida in 2017.
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Haruko Hidaka
Haruko is a graduate of the School of Letters of Osaka University.
She began working as an in-house translator at a patent law firm in 2012, and then joined Horn & Uchida in 2018.
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Atsuyo Yamamoto
Atsuyo is our office manager. She graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Osaka University of Foreign Studies (current Osaka University).
She joined Horn & Uchida in 2017.
Nozomi Ashikawa
Nozomi is our office worker. She graduated from the Faculty of Humanities Department of Mie University.
She joined Horn & Uchida in 2012.
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Friedemann Horn
Friedemann has a degree in electrical engineering, his master thesis being on computer models for semiconductor laser diodes.
A year after coming to Japan, he joined one of the leading patent law firms in Osaka, where his responsibilities included the translation and editing of patent specifications.
He is a registered European and German patent attorney and has prosecuted hundreds of patent applications before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office.
Furthermore, he is one of the few patent translators offering qualified translations from Japanese into German (e.g. for the entry of PCT national phases in Germany).
Friedemann is a member of LES Japan.
Kana Yoshioka
Kana is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Kobe University.
She has several years of experience working at a patent law firm in Osaka.
She joined Horn & Uchida in 2001.
Emiko Aoki
Emiko has a master's degree in pedagogics from Kyoto University.
Before joining Horn & Uchida Patent Translations, Ltd. in 2004, she worked for a major steel manufacturer.
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Charles Langford
After Charles received his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law, he worked in the patent department of a Japanese steel manufacturer, where his responsibilities included the translation of patents, manuals and contracts as well as the coordination of an international patent litigation case.
Jacob Dunlap
Jacob is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts - Amherst Japanese Language & Literature Department.
He worked in a Japanese patent firm for several years before joining Horn & Uchida Patent Translations in 2007, and has translated patents full-time since 2005.
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