TOMOKO YOTA, Ph.D., registered patent agent to practice before U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Education: Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in Material Science), Wuhan University of Technology (M.S. course in Material Science, left before getting M.S. degree because of scholarship issued from Tokyo Institute of Technology), Shaanxi university of Science & Technology (B.S. in Material Science). Practice Areas: preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the area of material science, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering.