Naoki Kondo (Mr.) is a patent attorney in the Electronics & IT Section who specializes in patent prosecution and litigation related to electronics. Upon graduating from the Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering with a major in electronics, he entered an airline company where he worked mainly as an electrical systems engineer for more than ten years, gaining extensive practical experience in the field of general electronics. He then joined Nakamura & Partners and shortly thereafter went on to pass the Japanese Patent Bar Examination. Mr. Kondo is currently an active member of the Japan Patent Attorney Association.