Dr. Yorikatsu Hohokabe, CLP is a senior advisor in the firm’s Chemical Patent Prosecution practice group as well as the IP Transactions practice group. Before joining Oblon, he worked for nearly four decades for Showa Denko K.K.　(presently named as Resonac Holdings Corporation), a large, diversified chemical and production company in Japan. During his career at Showa Denko, he was a Managing Corporate Officer (Senior Chief Technologist), General Manager of the Intellectual Property Department, in charge of IP operations of the company, Chief Manager of new business development, and in charge of research and development management of the entire company.  

He studied Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology (B.S., M.S., Dr. Eng.) and was Research Associate at Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland.

He was named as Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) Chemicals Energy Environment and Materials (CEEM) Distinguished Fellow by Global IP Intelligence (2014) and was awarded Service Recognition Certificate by LESI (2018), President’s Service Recognition by LESI President (2022) and Certificate of Merit by LESI (2023).