1990

Master’s degree, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

1990

Joined the Japan Patent Office

1994-1995

Study abroad/Research, California Institute of Technology

2006

Passed bar exam

2007-2010

Judicial Research Official, Tokyo District Court

2013-2015

Professor, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University

2015-2016

Director, Patent Examination Dept. (Electronic Technology), Japan Patent Office

2016-2019

Chief Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Dept., Japan Patent Office

Jul 2019

Resigned from the Japan Patent Office

2019

Registered as patent attorney

Nov 2019

Joined SOEI Patent & Law Firm

2020

Registered as attorney-at-law (Tokyo Bar Association)

“Objective Evaluation of Inventive Step” Patent, 2013.11, Vol. 66, pp. 41-44

“Comparing the Litigation Process with the Examination/Administrative Judgement　Process － Judicial Research Official’s Experience,” Tokugikon, 2010.11.24, No. 259, pp. 91-96

2014 (Academic Year) Undergraduate Intellectual Property Law course, Tohoku University School of Law

2014 (Academic Year) Undergraduate Intellectual Property Law Seminar III, Tohoku University School of Law

2014 (Academic Year) Intellectual Property Law I, Tohoku University Law School

2014 (Fiscal Year) Lecturer, first Patent Examiner course

2014 (Fiscal Year) Lecturer, Assistant Patent Examiner course

2014 (Fiscal Year) Lecturer, fixed-term official (Assistant Patent Examiner) introductory course

2013 (Academic Year) Undergraduate Intellectual Property Law course, Tohoku University School of Law

2013 (Academic Year) Undergraduate Intellectual Property Seminar III, Tohoku University School of Law

2013 (Academic Year) Undergraduate Intellectual Property Law I, Tohoku University School of Law

2013 (Fiscal Year) Lecturer, first Patent Examiner course