Naohiro MAEDA
（Associate）
Naohiro is a Associate in ORION I.P.O.’s Sagamihara office. His practice focuses on Patent prosecution, Opposition and Freedom-to-operate analysis in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining the firm, Naohiro had engaged in neuroscience research of sense of taste for about 8 years including his graduate research days at the University of Tokyo. He clarified the partial segregation among neural pathways transmitting different taste information and identified molecular markers of peripheral neurons which transmit specific taste information. Then he got involved in single molecule imaging research at Waseda University to pursue activity of DNA topoisomerase IV and gained a deep view for optics. After that he joined National Institute of Animal Health and conducted research of biological responses against infection with avian influenza virus to discover difference of lifecycles between avian and human influenza virus.
He passed the Patent Attorney’s Examination in 2021.
2015
ORION International Patent Office
2013
Post-doctoral fellow, Influenza and Prion Disease Research Center, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
2012
Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2011
Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo
2011
Ph.D. in Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo
2008
M.S. in Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo
2006
B.S. in Fuculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo
2022ー2025
Member of Biotechnology and Life Science Committee