Graduated from Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Electro-Communications, the University of Electro-Communications

Joined Patent Division, NEC Corporation

Trained and educated at Sughrue & Mion Patent Law Office in the United States on U.S patent practice and litigation, with actual experience of litigations, and participated at U.S PATENT ACADEMY for receiving U.S Examiner education

Manager, Patent Division

Assistant General Manager, Patents Division

Director, NEC Patent Service Center

General Manager, Intellectual Property Division; Licensing General Manager, planning and carrying out NEC’s patent application strategy, licensing strategy, and conducting patent infringement litigations. Experience in negotiation, licensing activities with leading companies including: IBM, Texas Instruments, Alcatel (currently Alcatel-Lucent), Intel, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Electronics Industries (currently Hynix Semiconductor); and litigation with Wang Laboratories.

Professor at Engineering Intellectual Property Course, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Professor at Department of Management of Technology, Graduate School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Retirement

Starting Kyomoto Patent Office
Part-time lecturer on Intellectual Property Management at Department of Innovation Management, Graduate School of Innovation Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Chairperson of Software Committee, Japan Intellectual Property Association

Managing Director of Japan Intellectual Property Association, in charge of software and digital contents

In charge of International Committee, Japan Intellectual Property Association

Member of Intellectual Property Association of Japan