Professional experience

1960 Passed the bar examination.
1961 Graduated from Faculty of Law, Kyoto University (LL.B.).
1992-1993 Studied at Max Planck Institute in Munich.
1996 Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
1998 Member, Legislative Council, the Ministry of Justice.
2003 President, the Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center.

Publications, etc.

1. “A Gene Recombination Invention Patent and the Equivalent” (PATENT STUDIES, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, 1996)
2. “The Technical Scope of Product-by-Process Claim Patent” (Collection of Articles Commemorating Judge Makino’s Retirement, Shinzansha, 1999)
3. “The History and the Problems of Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act” (Collection of Articles Commemorating Dr. Ono’s Seventieth Year of Age, Serin Shoin, 2002)
4. “Richtlinien fur die Vergutung von Arbeitnehmererfindungen im privaten Dienst (BRD)” (Germany’s Guideline of Compensation for Employee Inventions) (Japan Association of Industrial Property Law Bulletin, Yuhikaku, 2003)
5. “The Characteristics on Register of Plant Varieties and the Scope of Breeder’s Right” (Collection of Articles Commemorating Eightieth Year of Age of Makino, Esq., Seirin Shoin, 2013)