STEVEN WAYNE JOHNSTON
801 Country Place Drive, #109, Houston, TX 77079
Phone: 281-556-1709
E-mail: jtechtrans-js@yahoo.com
WWW site: www.japaneseology.com
SKYPE: StevenWJohnston
Service: Japanese to English translation, specializing in patents and technology
N A T I V E L A N G U A G E : English
TRANSLATION, PATENT SEARCH & DRAFTING, DOCUMENT
REVIEW & TECHNICAL WRITING
Language pair: Japanese into English (12 years experience)
Membership: American Translators Association, Japan Association of Translators (both about 12
years), American Intellectual Property Law Association, Japan Translation Federation. Registered with
the U.S. Patent Office as US Patent Agent No. 63,097.
Certification: Japanese-to-English patent translation, April of 2011, Japan Translation Federation
(registration no. 6259).
SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIZATION
Patents, engineering, chemistry-plastics, physics-electronics, software, and business. Japanese
document review for litigation.
EDUCATION
M.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1980
Major: Env. Engineering. Concentration: Chemical Engineering
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Fellowship
M.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1976
Major: Chemical Engineering
Enzyme process development thesis. Taught computer programming.
B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1973
Major: Chemical Physics
Alumni Fund Academic Scholarship. I.H. Gotlieb Memorial Scholarship. Sigma Pi Sigma
(Physics Honor Society)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Japanese-English Technical Translator & Technical Writer: 1994 - Present
JTech Translations (owner, translator, writer), Houston, Texas
Translation of Japanese patents and technical journal articles into English for the
semiconductor, chemical, plastics, and other industries. Translation for both filing and
information. Japanese document review. Patent searching and screening, including the Japanese
PATOLIS system. Translation of numerous JPO office action documents. Also general technical
writing and patent searching, particularly in-house for the local petrochemical industry for 8
years, including 3 years in the intellectual property dept. One publication. Certified as a
Japanese-to-English patent translator by the Japan Translation Federation.
Product Development Engineer: 1994 - 1997
Tredegar Films Corporation, Terre Haute, Indiana
Develop plastic film products with US, European, and Japanese clients. Development of
films for disposable consumer products and medical devices.
Process Development Engineer: 1980 - 1994
Ethyl Corporation, Houston, Texas (1989 - 1994)
Developed silicon semiconductor crystal growth processes for the semiconductor and
silicon photovoltaic industries. Japanese customer technical service. Japanese-English technical
translation. Japanese patent searching. Several patents. One publication.
Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1980 - 1989)
Designed, built, and operated pilot plants. Bench-scale process development. Three
patents. One publication.
Research Associate: 1976 - 1978
Center for Wetland Resources, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Developed trace chemical analytical methods and equipment. Study of chemistry of trace
contaminants in sediments.
PUBLICATIONS:
(1) Johnston, S. W., “Construction of a 12.5” Tri-Shiefspiegler,” Telescope Making Magazine, Fall of
1986, pp. 44 - 51. (applied optics, accompanied by presentation at 1987 TSP conference)
(2) Marlett, E. M., Fey, F. W., Johnston, S. W., & Kaesz, H. D., “Stabilization of Amine Alanes,” US
Patent No. 4,730,070 (1988).
(3) Marlett, E. M., Fey, F. W., Johnston, S. W., & Kaesz, H. D., “Stabilization of Amine Alanes," US
Patent No. 4,782,171 (1988).
(4) Marlett, E. M., Fey, F. W., Johnston, S. W., & Kaesz, H. D., “Stabilization of Amine Alanes,” US
Patent No. 4,866,191 (1988).
(5) Johnston, S. W. & Kurz, J. D., “Multiple Czochralski Crystal Growth Using Polysilicon Granules,”
(16p-ZK-4) Oyobutsurigakukai Koenkai Yokoshu, pub. of The Japan Society of Applied Physics, vol.
53, no.1 (19920916) p. 213. (semiconductor crystal growth, accompanied by presentation at The Japan
Society of Applied Physics Fall 1992 Meeting)
(6) Johnston, S. W. & Wikman, A. O., “Particulate Matter Feeding Apparatus,” Japanese Unexamined
Laid-open Patent Application No. H06-205960A (1994).
(7) Johnston, S. W., “Using Japanese Online Patent Information,” Fourth Annual NTIS/JICST
Conference: Japanese Scientific & Technical Information, Boston, Massachusetts, 14 & 15 July 1994,
pub. by U.S. National Technical Information Service (searching and using Japanese language technical
literature, accompanied by presentation at JSTI conference in Boston).
(8) Johnston, S. W. & Wikman, A. O., “Apparatus for Recharging a Heated Receptacle with Particulate
Matter at a Controlled Velocity,” US Patent No. 5,419,462 (1995).