{"id":5334,"date":"2019-06-13T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T05:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en\/?page_id=5334"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:17:00","slug":"ken-kanai-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/ken-kanai-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Kanai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  data-label=\"Features\" data-id=\"features--1\" data-export-id=\"features-12\" data-category=\"features\" class=\"features-12 content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"features-1\" style=\"background-color: rgb(243, 246, 248); background-image: none;\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row text-center\"><div  class=\"section-title-col\" data-type=\"column\">  <a data-cp-link=\"1\" href=\"#\" class=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/image2023\/ATTORNEYS\/kanai150.jpg\"  class=\"custom-image\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\"><\/a><h3  class=\"\"><\/h3><a data-cp-link=\"1\" href=\"#\" class=\"\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/image\/sites\/5\/2000\/ATTORNEYS\/kanai300.jpg\"  class=\"custom-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"cropped-cropped-KenKanai.jpg\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\"><\/a><h3  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">Ken Kanai<\/span><\/h3><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">Managing Partner and Patent Attorney<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">Joined Asamura IP: 2005<\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">\nPatent Attorney since: 2005<\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">\nRegistration Number: 13747<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">Ken Kanai is a Managing Partner who is responsible for developing strategic business relationships, working closely with Senior Managing Partner. As an Administrative Partner in 2014, he established IP valuation and other professional services.<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">Prior to joining the executive team, Mr. Kanai belonged to the patent 1 division (currently Mechanical and Electrical Department) and was involved in patent prosecution in the field of mechanical engineering, particularly manufacturing equipment, products, internal combustion engines and medical equipment.<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">As a system engineer, he was primarily involved in factory automation (FA) system development and construction and later engaged in engineering work and technical sales.<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: rgb(29, 106, 150);\">Education<\/span>\n<br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">BSc. in Transportation Engineering from Nihon University\n<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: rgb(29, 106, 150);\">Languages<\/span>\n<br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">Japanese<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 600; font-family: Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 106, 150);\">Memberships<\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u25cf Member of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)<\/span><\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span  style=\"font-weight: 500; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u25cf Member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)<\/span><\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span  style=\"font-weight: 500; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u25cf Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)<\/span><\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span  style=\"font-weight: 500; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u25cf Member of the Publicity Department, Kanto Branch (JPAA)<\/span><\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 500; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;\u25cf Member of the Planning and Management Committee for overall policy<\/span><\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">&nbsp;\u25cf Member of the Patent Committee (JPAA)\n<\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">&nbsp;\u25cf Member of the Internship System Steering Committee (JPAA)<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\"><span  style=\"font-family: Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: rgb(29, 106, 150);\">Awards\n<\/span><br >Special Award by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association, 1 July 2013<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: rgb(29, 106, 150);\">Seminars<\/span><br ><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\">\nPatents and Trademarks: an Introduction, New Generation Management Study Group, July 2006<\/span><\/h4><h4  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span  style=\"font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 500;\"><span  style=\"font-family: Roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: rgb(29, 106, 150);\">Publications<\/span>\n<br >\u201cThe Invention\u201d (Hatsumei), January 2011<\/span><\/h4><\/div> <\/div> <div  class=\"row spaced-cols\" data-type=\"row\"> <div  class=\"col-sm-6\"> <div  class=\"row space-bottom\"> <div  class=\"col-sm-fit icon-column\" data-preview-empty=\"1\">  <\/div> <div  class=\"col-sm\" data-type=\"column\">  <\/div> <\/div><\/div>    <\/div><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken KanaiManaging Partner and Patent AttorneyJoined Asamura IP: 2005 Patent Attorney since: 2005 Registration Number: 13747Ken Kanai is a Managing Partner who is responsible for developing strategic business relationships, working closely with Senior Managing Partner. As an Administrative Partner in 2014, he established IP valuation and other professional services.Prior to joining the executive team, Mr.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pro\/page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5334"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14628,"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5334\/revisions\/14628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asamura.jp\/en1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}