Professional experience

1985 Graduated from Chiba University
1985 to 1988 Technological Development Department of Seikosha, Co., Ltd.(currently Seiko Precision Inc.)
1988 to 2001 Domestic patent firm
2001 to 2004 Intellectual Property Department of Japan Philips Ltd. (currently Philips Electronics Japan, Ltd.),
From 2004 Infort Patent Firm, the representative partner

Publications, etc.

1. I have been one of IP advisors of R&D type venture companies funded by the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ).
2. I have been involved in estimating patents related to standardization technology of mobile communication schemes (3GPP) and involved in evaluating essentiality of essential patents of the standardization technology.
3. I have been an evaluator of the patent pool of Digital Video Broadcasting ? Second Generation Terrestrial (DVB-T2), a standardization technology of digital video broadcasting in Europe.

Personality

I have been involved in the acquisition of essential patents for standardization technology of mobile communication schemes (3GPP) and have been involved in providing legal advice regarding essentiality evaluations for essential patents of standardization technology.
Furthermore, I also have experience as a patent attorney in a corporate intellectual property division and have been involved in all the processes in the creation of intellectual property from the standpoint of importance to corporate business.