Principal Officers of JPO
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| Commissioner | Yoshiyuki IWAI |
| Deputy Commissioner | Takashi SAKURAI |
| General Affairs Department | |
| Director-General, General Affairs Department | Takashi KUMAGAI |
| Senior Ana‚Śyst for Intellectual Property | Toru KOBAYASHI |
| Senior Ana‚Śyst for Intellectual Property | Kazuaki HASEGAWA |
| Director, Personnel Division | Tsuyoshi MAKINO |
| Director for Personnel Affairs | Hiroo TAKAKI |
| Director, General Affairs Division | Yasuhisa NAKAO |
| Deputy Director-General for Policy Coordination | |
| Director for Business Management | Kunihisa ITO |
| Director, Legislative Affairs Office | Masato YAMADA |
| Director, Information Systems Office | Susumu TAKAGI |
| Director, Budget and Accounts Division | Mitsuru TERASHIMA |
| Director, Policy Planning and Research Division | Yoichi GOTANI |
| Director, Information Dissemination and Policy Promotion Division | Tatsuo KOBAYASHI |
| Director, International Affairs Division | Tomoki SAWAI |
| Trademark, Design and Administrative Affairs Department | |
| Director-General, Trademark, Design and Administrative Affairs Department | Masahiro HASHIMOTO |
| Director, Formality Examination Division | Aiji AOKI |
| Director, Application Support Division | Otojiro YOKOYAMA |
| Director, Registration Office | Nobuo EBINA |
| Director, International Application Division | Keiichi TAGUCHI |
| Director, Trademark Division | Eiji HAYASHI |
| Director, Design Division | Seiichi HONDA |
| First Patent Examination Department | |
| Director-General, First Patent Examination Department | Akihiro KOBAYASHI |
| Director, Administrative Affairs Division | Masayuki KOYANAGI |
| Second Patent Examination Department | |
| Director-General, Second Patent Examination Department | Shunichi DOI |
| Third Patent Examination Department | |
| Director-General, Third Patent Examination Department | Setsuko ASAMI |
| Fourth Patent Examination Department | |
| Director-General, Fourth Patent Examination Department | Kazuo SEKI |
| Appeals Department | |
| Director-General, Appeals Department | Yoshitake KIHARA |
| Executive Chief Appeals Examiner | Kazuhiro KOSUGE |
| Director, Appeals Division | Yukio HOKURA |
[Last updated 2 April 2012]
