KENTO KAWAMURA

KENTO KAWAMURA

After being involved in the maintenance and replacement of machinery and electrical equipment and the construction and replacement of IT infrastructure at a power company, he was seconded to the Industrial Cyber Security Centre of the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, where he acquired knowledge mainly on control system security. Based on his knowledge and experience in a wide range of technical fields, he always strives to make proposals that enable the acquisition of appropriate rights by capturing the essence of the invention.

Profession

Patent Attorney

Admissions

Japan Patent Attorneys Association (2023)

Membership

Kanae-kai, a community of graduates of the Core Personnel Training Program of the Industrial Cyber Security Center, Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan

Areas of Expertise

Patent and utility model applications, trials and appeals

Areas of Technological Expertise

General mechanical, electrical and information and communication sectors

Mechanical

-General plants

Pumps, Valves, Piping, Heat Exchangers, Air Conditioning Equipment, Boilers, Turbines, Condensers, Water Treatment Equipment

-Materials

Steel (carbon steel, stainless steel), Sealing Materials (Gaskets, Packings, O-rings, Caulking)

-Material processing, inspection

TIG welding, phased array UT

-Condition-based maintenance (CBM)

Vibration analysis, Lubricant Analysis, Thermo Analysis

Electricity

-General Electrical Power Systems, Transformers, Generators, Electric motors, Power Electronics, Circuit Breakers, Phase-Regulating Equipment, Relays.

Information and communication

-Programming Languages

C, Python, PHP

-Enterprise Systems

DNS (BIND), Active Directory, Web 3-tier architecture (Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL), CMS (WordPress), Virtualisation Technologies (Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Docker), Cloud Computing (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure), VCS (GitHub, GitLab)

-Control systems

PLC, DCS, Industrial Communication Protocols (OPC, IEC 61850, OpenADR)

-Networks, Security

Firewalls, Routers, Wireless Communication (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi), VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q), VPN, IDS/IPS, SIEM, data diodes, packet capture, penetration testing

Professional Experience

2023 – Present– Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent Office

2021 – 2022– Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (on secondment from Chubu Electric Power Inc.)

2016 – 2022 – Chubu Electric Power Inc.

Education

2016 –Ritsumeikan University, College of Science and Engineering, Department of Robotics

Qualifications

Registered Information Security Specialist (RISS)

Type II chief electrical engineer

Publications

“Visualising security-related costs” (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan Industrial Cyber Security Centre Core Human Resources Development Program,Graduation project deliverables) 2023

Lectures

“Visualisation methods for security-related costs – How do security officers present the right investment decisions?”(7th Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security Conference, Impress Inc.), February 2023.

“Security 2022 in support of DX – from the results of the fifth class of the Industrial Cyber Security Centre.”(Interop Tokyo conference 2022, Nano Opto Media Inc.), 16 Jun 2022.

Languages

Japanese, English

KENTO KAWAMURA

KENTO KAWAMURA

Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent Office

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