About
Japanese Patent Attorney
Specialties:
- Analyzing pharmaceutical patents, including loss-of-exclusivity (LOE) assessments for product lifecycle management
- Managing patent & trademark prosecution (domestic & international)
- Patent litigation & invalidation proceedings
- Strategic IP counseling (portfolio development, FTO analysis, licensing strategy)
Representative Technologies:
- Life Sciences: Pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology (genetic engineering, molecular & cellular biology, immunology)
- Chemistry: Organic chemistry, fermentation technologies
- Food & Industrial: Food processing, fermentation, industrial bioprocesses
Work history
IPD Analytics (Dec. 2019 - Present)
Independent Contractor
Analyzing pharmaceutical patents, including loss-of-exclusivity (LOE) assessments for product lifecycle management
Osha Liang Tokyo Office (Mar. 2015 - Dec. 2019)
Patent prosecution and IP counseling in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical and chemical industries
SATO & Partners, Tokyo (Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2015)
Patent Attorney
- Filing and prosecuting domestic and international patent/trademark applications
- Patent litigation and invalidation trial for pharmaceutical patents
- Advising on prevention and resolution of IP disputes
- IP due diligence
- Start-up consultation for technology-driven enterprises
- Strategic advice on protection and exploitation of IP rights such as managing clients’ patent portfolio
- Patent and technology licensing
- Patent and trademark search
KUZUWA & PARTNERS, Tokyo (Apr. 2010 – Mar. 2013)
Patent Engineer
- Filing and prosecuting domestic patent applications and PCT applications entering the national phase in Japan
- Filing and prosecuting PCT applications (international patent prosecution)
- Non-infringement and freedom-to-operate (FTO) opinions
- Technical translations (English to Japanese, Japanese to English)
- Patent search
Education and qualifications
University of Tokyo (Apr. 2007 – Jul. 2010)
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
University of Tokyo (Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2007)
M.S. in Biotechnology
University of Wisconsin – Madison (Sep. 2001 – Jan. 2004)
Food Microbiology
Tokyo University of Agriculture (Apr. 1996 – Mar. 2001)
B.S. in Fermentation Science
Publications
"Pharmaceutical patent protection: the United States and Japan in comparative perspective." Pharm Pat Anal. 2017 Jan;6(1):35-42. (the 1st author)
“Autophagy delivers misfolded secretory proteins accumulated in endoplasmic reticulum to vacuoles in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae.” Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Mar; 18;406(3):464-70. (the 1st author)
“In vivo imaging of endoplasmic reticulum and distribution of mutant -amylase in Aspergillus oryzae.”Fungal Genet Biol. 2010 Dec;47(12):1044-54. (the 1st author)
“Construction of quintuple protease gene disruptant for heterologous protein production in Aspergillus oryzae.”Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2009 Mar;82(4):691-701.(the 2nd author)
“Monitoring global gene expression of proteases and improvement of human lysozyme production in the nptB gene disruptant of Aspergillus oryzae.”Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Feb;72(2):499-505. (the 1st author)
