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Dr. Naho Fujimoto
Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative
Chemist
Naho advises and represents companies from the pharmaceuticals and chemicals industries with respect to patent prosecution proceedings worldwide. On account of her linguistic and cultural background, Naho’s Japanese clients naturally make up a large part of her workload, which have a focus on Europe. Naho also supervises and manages complex global patent families and portfolios, from filing to grant to post-grant procedures.
She has many years of experience in providing strategic advice on product-related projects, including conducting state of the art searches, preparing freedom-to-operate opinions, monitoring competitor activities, supporting clients in licensing negotiations and participating in opposition and appeal proceedings.
"Naho Fujimoto's client service and general level of service is very strong. Naho's level of
sophistication is very strong. Her commercial vision is strong. We have had many years of
successful cooperation on complex projects."
"She is a trustworthy teacher."
– Chambers Germany, 2025
Naho Fujimoto is an excellent patent prosecution counsel and adviser, well versed in handling difficult patent matters, including drafting highly complex patent applications and taking on challenging opposition proceedings at the EPO. She is intelligent, proactive and tenacious in her approach. Naho is also very thoughtful, anticipating the needs of her clientele and providing advice that will advance their goals, while keeping budget in mind.
– IAM Patent 1000, 2025
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Recommended in IAM Patent 1000 “World’s Leading Patent Professionals” 2023, 2025
- Recommended as one of the world's leading intellectual property strategists by IAM Strategy 300 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Listed as "Highly recommended" in the Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals category in the Leaders League Rankings Germany 2024
- Recommended in Legal 500 EMEA 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Recommended in Legal 500 Deutschland 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Listed in IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation
- Interview IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders, 2024
- Podcast – Empowering women and nurturing young talent: Maiwald’s commitment to equality and diversity, MIP, 2024
- Promoting women and young talent at MAIWALD, 2024
- Antibody patents in Europe – The level of disclosure required for functional claims, Intellectual Property Management Vol. 73 No. 6 pp. 690-702 (Japanese only), 2023
- Interview IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders, 2023
- Article new EPO Guidelines 2021 and VC, AIPPI Japan Vol66 No12 (Japanese only)
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- GDCh
- German
- Japanese
- English
- French
