Qualified as a Japanese Patent Attorney in 2001
Patent prosecution, appeal proceedings, oppositions, invalidation actions, and litigation in the technical fields of information processing, databases, information retrieval, user interfaces, e-commerce and other computer-related technologies. Patent examiner training at the European Patent Office (EPO) in the Bioinformatics section
B.S., Osaka University, Electronic Engineering
M.S., Osaka University, Electronic Engineering
Worked for Japan Patent Office as an Examiner (Electronic Commerce Technology), Appeal Examiner (Electronic Commerce Technology), Director (GUI, Printer Interface), Chief Administrative Judge (Interface, Electronic Commerce Technology) and Director of the 26th Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Commerce Technology)
Worked for Intellectual Property High Court as Judicial Research Official