Dennis is a registered U.S. patent attorney and is based in Tokyo, Japan. He helped found HEA and manages the Tokyo office. He has over 10 years experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications. His practice includes managing all aspects of US and foreign patent prosecution; preparing and conducting appeals to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; and preparing and filing reissue applications. He has also prepared numerous legal opinions on patentability, infringement, and non-infringement. He has been involved in patent litigation and acted as local counsel in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Dennis advises clients in technology areas such as electronic circuits, semiconductors, aerospace, optics, robotics and software.
Dennis is also a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association and is a registered Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi (registered foreign attorney) in Japan. He currently lives in Tokyo, Japan and regularly travels to Kansai and other locations throughout Japan and Asia.
Prior to founding HEA, Dennis worked as a patent attorney in Washington, D.C. Before becoming a patent attorney, he was a circuit design engineer for Honeywell Aerospace Company in Tucson, Arizona, where he designed and tested various turbine engine control systems and aerospace components.
Dennis Hubbs
PARTNER
Contact:
mail@hea-ip.com
03.5843.1939
Bar and Court Admissions
Texas Bar Association
Commonwealth of Virginia
Daini Tokyo Bar Association – Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi
US District Court, Eastern
Western Districts of Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 2007
Arizona State University, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, B.S., Electrical Engineering, 2003
Memberships
Licensing Executive Society Japan (LESJ)
IP Inn of Court
Bar Liaison Counsel
Roppongi Bar Association
Events:
Lecturer at JPO: Artificial Intelligence, the USPTO and Patent Prosecution (2024)
Lecturer at ACCJ: Patent IP Protection for Small Business (2024)
Co-Host/Lecturer of Beyond Borders: Recent US Patent Litigation and Prosecution Updates (2024)
Lecturer at JETRO: IP Due Diligence (2022)
Lecturer at JETRO: Efficient Prosecution (2022)
Lecturer at JIPA: International Issues in Patent Licensing - Parallel Imports, Compulsory Licensing, Anti-Trust Issues, Export Controls, Taxation (2021)
Lecturer at JIPA: IP Issues when Acquiring US Companies – IP Due Diligence, Background Research, Company IP Contracts, IP Portfolio, IP Litigation Issues, etc. (2021)
Lecturer at JIPA: Biden Administration’s USPTO Goals (2021)
Lecturer at JIPA: How to Save Money Prosecuting US Patent Applications (2020)
Lecturer at JETRO: Artificial Intelligence in the Patent Landscape (2019)