Principal Officers of the JPO

August 1, 2020

• Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner
• Policy Planning and Coordination Department
• Trademark and Customer Relations Department
• Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design)
• Patent Examination Department(Mechanical Technology)
• Patent Examination Department(Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)
• Patent Examination Department (Electronic Technology)
• Trial and Appeal Department

Principal Officers of the JPO

Commissioner

Title	Name
Commissioner	Toshihide KASUTANI

Deputy Commissioner

Title	Name
Deputy Commissioner	Susumu IWASAKI

Policy Planning and Coordination Department

Title	Name
Director-General, Policy Planning and Coordination Department	Yasuji KOMIYAMA
Senior Analyst for Intellectual Property	Kazuaki HASEGAWA
Senior Analyst for Intellectual Property	Masanori AMANO
Senior Analyst for Intellectual Property	Mitsuhide HOSHINO
Director, Personnel Division	Iwao IKEYA
Patent Attorney Services Administrator	Yoshitomo YOSHIKOSHI
Supervisor for Personnel Affairs	Norio TAKAHASHI
Director, General Coordination Division Deputy Director General for Policy Coordination	Ryuichi KATAOKA
Director for Business Management	Yuji IZUMI
Director, Legislative Affairs Office	Akihiko INOMATA
Director, Information Technology and Patent Information Management Office	Yoshihiko YOSHIDA
Director, Budget and Accounts Division	Kenjiro SUZUKI
Senior Inspection Officer for Budget and Accounts	Masahiro HOTTA
Welfare Administrator	Kazuaki KATO
Director, Policy Planning and Research Division	Ryuichi KOMATSU
Director, IP Promotion Division	Motoji SANO
Director, International Policy Division	Hiroshi KAWAMATA
Director for International Intellectual Property Policy Planning	Satoshi YASUKAWA
Director, International Cooperation Division	Takeshi TOMISAWA

Trademark and Customer Relations Department

Title	Name
Director-General, Trademark and Customer Relations Department	Atsuko NISHIGAKI
Director, Customer Relations Policy Division	Masaki HIRAO
Director, Formality Examination Office	Yuko NAKAMURA
Director, Registration Office	Takahiro OHZEKI
Director, Application Division	Yoshiyuki ISHII
Director, Patent Administration Service Office	Ryoetsu HARIMA
Director, Office for International Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)	Toru YAMAZAKI
Director, Office for International Design Applications under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement and International Trademark Applications under the Madrid Protocol	Osamu SUWA
Director, Trademark Division	Kazuyuki TAKANO
Director for Trademark Examination Planning	Katsuhiro NEGISHI
Director, Chemicals Division	Hiroshi MORIYAMA
Director, Machinery Division	Katsumasa DAN
Director, General Merchandise and Textiles Division	Kyotaro TOYOSE
Senior Director, Industrial Services and General Services Division	Kazuyuki YAZAWA
Director, International Trademark Application Division	Yoshinari OHASHI

Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design)

Title	Name
Director-General, Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design)	Toshio TANIYAMA
Director, Administrative Affairs Division	Matsuo NONAKA
Director, Examination Promotion Office	Masahiro NISHINA
Director, Examination Standards Office	Shinji KOMIYIA
Deputy Director-General of the Patent and Design Examination Department (Measurement and Applied Physics Division)	Shinichi OMORI
Director, Applied Physics Division	Satoshi FUKUDA
Senior Director, Material Analysis and Medical Diagnosis Division	Tomoko SHIBUYA
Senior Director, Applied Optics and Optical Devices Division	Soichi YUSHINA
Director, Optical Devices Division	Susumu HATAE
Director, Business Machinery Division	Hideo SASANO
Senior Director, Natural Resources and Amusement Division	Kosuke MINAMI
Director, Amusement Division	Hiroyuki KOYANO
Director, Construction Division	Kazue KAGAMI
Director, Design Division	Keiko SHIMOMURA
Director for Design Examination Planning	Daisuke KUBOTA
Senior Director, Information and Transportation Design Division	Yasunori UESHIMA
Director, Consumer Goods and Distribution Design Division	Saori MAEHATA
Director, Environment and Infrastructure Design Division	Hiroyuki ITO

Patent Examination Department(Mechanical Technology)

Title	Name
Director-General, Patent Examination Department(Mechanical Technology)	Futoshi YASUDA
Deputy Director-General of the Patent Examination Department (Automatic Control and Motive Machinery Division)	Kazuomi IWATANI
Director, Motive Machinery Division	Satoshi MURAKAMI
Senior Director, Transportation Division	Hideaki ENDO
Director, General Machinery Division	Shigeki TSUKUBA
Senior Director, Production Machinery and General Machinery Division	Ryotaro HONJO
Director, Logistics Division	Yuichiro NAKAYA
Director, Textile Processing and Packaging Machinery Division	Haruyuki KANAMARU
Senior Director, Living Related Machinery and Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering Division	Wataru IMAMURA
Director, Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering Division	Hirokazu NAKANO
Director, Medical Device Division	Shigeki KAMIYAMA

Patent Examination Department(Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)

Title	Name
Director-General, Patent Examination Department(Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)	Masanori KATSURA
Deputy Director-General of the Patent Examination Department (Inorganic Chemistry. Metals and Electrochemistry Division)	Yumiko MATSUNAMI
Director, Material Processing Division	Shigemasa MATSUDA
Senior Director, Metals and Electrochemistry Division	Tomoko SUGANO
Senior Director, Medical Science and Environmental Chemistry Division	Kenichi MOROOKA
Director, Biotechnology Division	Hajime KAMIJO
Director, Environmental Chemistry Division	Yuichi HUKAKUSA
Senior Director, Organic Chemistry and Applied Organic Chemicals Division	Hiroki KITAMURA
Director, Applied Organic Chemicals Division	Eiichi YOSHIZAWA
Director, Polymer Division	Hiroaki HIRAI
Director, Plastic Engineering Division	Atsushi SHIOMI

Patent Examination Department (Electronic Technology)

Title	Name
Director-General, Patent Examination Department (Electronic Technology)	Shintaro TAKAHARA
Deputy Director-General of the Patent Examination Department (Electronic Commerce Technology and Interface Division)	Akira SAITO
Director, Interface Division	Takayuki HATANAKA
Senior Director, Data Processing Division	Hiroaki KAWAI
Senior Director, Transmission Systems Division	Masanori FUSHIMOTO
Director, Electric Power Systems Division	Takahiro INOSE
Director, Digital Communications Division	Yuji NAKANO
Senior Director, Video System and Electronic Components Division	Nobuhiro TAKAHASHI
Director, Electronic Components Division	Yasunobu MIZOMOTO
Director, Electronic Device Division	Shohei ISHIMARU

Trial and Appeal Department

Title	Name
Director-General, Trial and Appeal Department	Takashi YAMASHITA
Executive Chief Administrative Judge	Satoshi HATTORI
Director, Trial and Appeal Division	Hitoshi MAEDA
Director, Infringement and Invalidation Affairs Office	Manabu NOYAMA

The 1st Board of Trial and Appeal (Measurement)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 1st Board of Trial and Appeal	Yoshimi OKADA
Chief Administrative Judge	Naoki NAKATSUKA
Chief Administrative Judge	Noboru FUJII

The 2nd Board of Trial and Appeal (Materials Analysis)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 2nd Board of Trial and Appeal	Ryosuke MORI
Chief Administrative Judge	Hiraki KAKIZAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Hitoshi MISAKI

The 3rd Board of Trial and Appeal (Amusement Machinery)

Title	Name
Director of the 3rd Board of Trial and Appeal	Masaya ITO
Chief Administrative Judge	Yoichi NAGASAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Toshimasa HIRAJO
Chief Administrative Judge	Yasushi YOSHIKAWA

The 4th Board of Trial and Appeal (General Amusement)

Title	Name
Director of the 4th Board of Trial and Appeal	Taro SETSU
Chief Administrative Judge	Masayuki AKITA
Chief Administrative Judge	Satoshi ISHII
Chief Administrative Judge	Toyoo TETSU

The 5th Board of Trial and Appeal (Natural Resources and Living Environment)

Title	Name
Director of the 5th Board of Trial and Appeal	Ken MORITSUGU
Chief Administrative Judge	Osamu KAWABATA
Chief Administrative Judge	Hidehiro SUMIDA

The 6th Board of Trial and Appeal (Applied Optics)

Title	Name
Director of the 6th Board of Trial and Appeal	Nobuhiro HIGUCHI
Chief Administrative Judge	Toshimitsu SATOMURA

The 7th Board of Trial and Appeal (Business Machinery)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 7th Board of Trial and Appeal	Atsushi OZAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Yoshihito FUJIMOTO
Chief Administrative Judge	Hisashi YOSHIMURA

The 8th Board of Trial and Appeal (Applied Physics and Optical Devices)

Title	Name
Director of the 8th Board of Trial and Appeal	Katsuhisa SEGAWA
Chief Administrative Judge	Hiroyuki INOUE
Chief Administrative Judge	Hiroshi YAMAMURA

The 9th Board of Trial and Appeal (Automatic Control and Living Related Machinery)

Title	Name
Director of the 9th Board of Trial and Appeal	Yoshie SASAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Haruhiko KUBOTA
Chief Administrative Judge	Ichiro HORIKAWA

The 10th Board of Trial and Appeal (Motive Machinery)

Title	Name
Director of the 10th Board of Trial and Appeal	Toyohide WATANABE
Chief Administrative Judge	Toshio KANAZAWA
Chief Administrative Judge	Kazufumi YAJI

The 11th Board of Trial and Appeal (Transportation and Lighting)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 11th Board of Trial and Appeal	Yasuhiro UJIHARA
Chief Administrative Judge	Satoru ICHINOSE
Chief Administrative Judge	Shinichi SHIMADA

The 12th Board of Trial and Appeal (General Machinery and Logistics)

Title	Name
Director of the 12th Board of Trial and Appeal	Nobukatsu HIRATA
Chief Administrative Judge	Kyoji OGAWA
Chief Administrative Judge	Yoshiaki TAMURA

The 13th Board of Trial and Appeal (Production Machinery)

Title	Name
Director of the 13th Board of Trial and Appeal	Shoji KEMMOKU
Chief Administrative Judge	Akihisa KAMEGAYA
Chief Administrative Judge	Hironobu KARIMA
Chief Administrative Judge	Takanobu MORII

The 14th Board of Trial and Appeal (Textile Processing and Packaging Machinery)

Title	Name
Director of the 14th Board of Trial and Appeal	Atsushi MORIFUJI
Chief Administrative Judge	Takaaki ISHII
Chief Administrative Judge	Katsuhiko KUBO
Chief Administrative Judge	Koji MANAKA

The 15th Board of Trial and Appeal (Medical Device)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 15th Board of Trial and Appeal	Akio SENJU
Chief Administrative Judge	Akira TAKAGI
Chief Administrative Judge	Kazuhiro SASAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Shintoku NAITO

The 16th Board of Trial and Appeal (Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering)

Title	Name
Director of the 16th Board of Trial and Appeal	Shigeki HAYASHI
Chief Administrative Judge	Akira MATSUSHITA
Chief Administrative Judge	Katsushi YAMAZAKI

The 17th Board of Trial and Appeal (Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry)

Title	Name
Director of the 17th Board of Trial and Appeal	Noriyoshi KIKUCHI
Chief Administrative Judge	Takaharu HIBINO
Chief Administrative Judge	Takayuki MIYAZAWA

The 18th Board of Trial and Appeal (Materials Processing, Metals and Electrochemistry)

Title	Name
Director of the 18th Board of Trial and Appeal	Masahiro HIRATSUKA
Chief Administrative Judge	Masaaki AWANO
Chief Administrative Judge	Ryu IKEFUCHI

The 19th Board of Trial and Appeal (Polymers)

Title	Name
Director of the 19th Board of Trial and Appeal	Takefumi SATO
Chief Administrative Judge	Wataru SUGIE
Chief Administrative Judge	Mitsutomo KONNO

The 20th Board of Trial and Appeal (Plastics Engineering)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 20th Board of Trial and Appeal	Yasuhiro SUTO
Chief Administrative Judge	Shogo OSHIMA
Chief Administrative Judge	Tomoya KATO

The 21st Board of Trial and Appeal (Applied Organic Chemicals)

Title	Name
Director of the 21st Board of Trial and Appeal	Hitoshi AMANO
Chief Administrative Judge	Masaaki KURANO
Chief Administrative Judge	Koichi MONZEN

The 22nd Board of Trial and Appeal (Organic Chemistry)

Title	Name
Director of the 22nd Board of Trial and Appeal	Koji OGUMA
Chief Administrative Judge	Satoki SERA
Chief Administrative Judge	Noboru NAKAZAWA
Chief Administrative Judge	Kimitaka MURAKAMI

The 23rd Board of Trial and Appeal (Pharmaceuticals)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 23rd Board of Trial and Appeal	Naoyoshi TAKIGUCHI
Chief Administrative Judge	Noriyuki INOUE
Chief Administrative Judge	Hiroko FUJIWARA
Chief Administrative Judge	Kayoko MAEDA

The 24th Board of Trial and Appeal (Biopharmaceuticals)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 24th Board of Trial and Appeal	Hidetsugu SASAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Miho OKAZAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Ryuji HOSOI
Chief Administrative Judge	Minako MITSUMOTO

The 25th Board of Trial and Appeal (Biotechnology)

Title	Name
Director of the 25th Board of Trial and Appeal	Kiyoko TAMURA
Chief Administrative Judge	Yoko NAKAJIMA
Chief Administrative Judge	Keiko NAGAI
Chief Administrative Judge	Naoyoshi FUJIWARA

The 26th Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Commerce Technology)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 26th Board of Trial and Appeal	Satoshi SATO
Chief Administrative Judge	Shigekazu ISHII
Chief Administrative Judge	Shigeo INOUE
Chief Administrative Judge	Satoshi WATANABE

The 27th Board of Trial and Appeal (Interface)

Title	Name
Director of the 27th Board of Trial and Appeal	Koichi YOSHIDA
Chief Administrative Judge	Yasuhiro ASHIHARA
Chief Administrative Judge	Kazuo INABA
Chief Administrative Judge	Minoru SHIMIZU

The 28th Board of Trial and Appeal (Data Processing)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 28th Board of Trial and Appeal	Hideto TANAKA
Chief Administrative Judge	Tadashi KAWABATA
Chief Administrative Judge	Hidetaka KITAMURA

The 29th Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Devices)

Title	Name
Director of the 29th Board of Trial and Appeal	Yasutaka TSUJIMOTO
Chief Administrative Judge	Haruka ONDA
Chief Administrative Judge	Koichi KATO
Chief Administrative Judge	Toshihiko FUJITA

The 30th Board of Trial and Appeal (Video System)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 30th Board of Trial and Appeal	Masakazu SHIMIZU
Chief Administrative Judge	Tsutomu IGARASHI
Chief Administrative Judge	Teruhisa CHIBA
Chief Administrative Judge	Hiroshi HIROKAWA

The 31st Board of Trial and Appeal (Transmission Systems)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 31st Board of Trial and Appeal	Naoki KOKUBU
Chief Administrative Judge	Naozumi IWAMA
Chief Administrative Judge	Tsutomu NAKAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Koji FUKUSHIMA

The 32nd Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Components and Electric Power Systems)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 32nd Board of Trial and Appeal	Tomohiro SAKAI
Chief Administrative Judge	Shinichi INOUE
Chief Administrative Judge	Shinji TSUNODA
Chief Administrative Judge	Masafumi YAMADA

The 33rd Board of Trial and Appeal (Digital Communications)

Title	Name
Director of the 33rd Board of Trial and Appeal	Hiroshi KITAOKA
Chief Administrative Judge	Takayuki YOSHIDA
Chief Administrative Judge	Tomoyasu SATO

The 34th Board of Trial and Appeal (Designs)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 34th Board of Trial and Appeal	Kyoko KIMURA
Chief Administrative Judge	Shinichi KITASHIRO
Chief Administrative Judge	Hirokazu KOBAYASHI
Chief Administrative Judge	Hiroki NAITO

The 35th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Chemicals and Foodstuffs)

Title	Name
Senior Director of the 35th Board of Trial and Appeal	Masato HANDA
Chief Administrative Judge	Yasuko IWASAKI
Chief Administrative Judge	Matsue SATO

The 36th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Machinery and Electric Appliances)

Title	Name
Director of the 36th Board of Trial and Appeal	Takahiro SAITO
Chief Administrative Judge	Satomi KOMATSU
Chief Administrative Judge	Masami ENOMOTO

The 37th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Textiles and General Merchandise)

Title	Name
Director of the 37th Board of Trial and Appeal	Kazuhiro KIMURA
Chief Administrative Judge	Toshie　NAKATSUKA

The 38th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Industrial Services and General Services)

Title	Name
Director of the 38th Board of Trial and Appeal Director of the Litigation Affairs Office	Hiroko KOIDE
Chief Administrative Judge	Mika TOMISAWA
Chief Administrative Judge	Masaki YAMADA

[Last updated 3 August 2020]