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Principal Officers of the JPO
October 1, 2024
Principal Officers of the JPO
Commissioner
Title |
Name |
Commissioner |
ONO Yota |
Deputy Commissioner
Title |
Name |
Deputy Commissioner |
YASUDA Futoshi |
Policy Planning and Coordination Department
Title |
Name |
Director-General, Policy Planning and Coordination Department |
TAKIZAWA Go |
Senior Analyst for Intellectual Property |
HASEGAWA Kazuaki |
Senior Analyst for Intellectual Property |
HOSHINO Mitsuhide |
Senior Analyst for Intellectual Property |
MATSUSHITA Tatsuya |
Director, Personnel Division |
NISHIMORI Masaki |
Patent Attorney Services Administrator |
KATO Tomoya |
Supervisor for Personnel Affairs |
BAZAKI Yasuo |
Director, General Coordination Division |
TAOKA Takaaki |
Director for Business Management |
SUGIYAMA Takuya |
Director, Information Technology and Patent Information Management Office |
UEO Takahiko |
Director, Budget and Accounts Division |
KITAHIRO Masayuki |
Senior Inspection Officer for Budget and Accounts |
KAWARABUKI Masahiko |
Welfare Administrator |
KURIWAKI Yasunori |
Director, Policy Planning and Research Division |
YANAGISAWA Tomoya |
Director, IP Promotion Division |
KATO Kazuaki |
Director, International Policy Division |
MATSUSHITA Koichi |
Director for International Intellectual Property Policy Planning |
OYAMA Yoshinari |
Director, International Cooperation Division |
YOSHINO Sachiyo |
Trademark and Customer Relations Department
Title |
Name |
Director-General, Trademark and Customer Relations Department |
MOROTA Akihiko |
Director, Customer Relations Policy Division |
TAKAHASHI Norio |
Director, Formality Examination Office |
KOMAZAKI Toshinori |
Director, Registration Office |
ITO Yasuo |
Director, Application Division |
SUWA Osamu |
Director, Patent Administration Service Office |
TANIGUCHI Masayuki |
Director, Office for International Applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
NITTA Minoru |
Director, Office for International Design Applications under the Geneva Act of
the Hague Agreement and International Trademark Applications under the Madrid Protocol |
MONNA Nobuyuki |
Director, Trademark Division |
NEGISHI Katsuhiro |
Director for Trademark Examination Planning |
MIZUOCHI hiroshi |
Director, Chemicals Division |
KOBAYASHI Masakazu |
Director, Machinery Division |
YAMADA Kazuhiko |
Director, General Merchandise and Textiles Division |
SETO Toshiaki |
Senior Director, Industrial Services , General Services and International Trademark Application Division |
TAKAHASHI Koji |
Director, International Trademark Application Division |
HAMADA Sayoko |
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) |
NONAKA Matsuo |
Director, Administrative Affairs Division |
NAKANO Hirokazu |
Director, Examination Promotion Office |
TAKESHIGE Tatsuo |
Director, Examination Standards Office |
HOSHINO Masayuki |
Deputy Director-General of the Patent and Design Examination Department (Measurement and Applied Physics Division) |
FUKUDA Satoshi |
Director, Applied Physics Division |
TAKEMURA Shinichiro |
Senior Director, Material Analysis and Medical Diagnosis Division |
KOBAYASHI Hideji |
Senior Director, Applied Optics and Optical Devices Division |
SASANO Hideo |
Director, Optical Devices Division |
IMAURA Akiyoshi |
Director, Business Machinery Division |
YOKOI Naoto |
Senior Director, Natural Resources and Amusement Division |
IKEYA Kajiro |
Director, Amusement Division |
UETA Takamori |
Director, User Experience Division |
KIYOTO Hiroaki |
Director, Design Division |
KUBOTA Daisuke |
Director for Design Examination Planning |
OMAGARI Kosuke |
Senior Director, Information and Transportation Design Division, Environment and Infrastructure Design Division |
SHIMOMURA Keiko |
Director, Consumer Goods and Distribution Design Division |
WATANUKI Koichi |
Director, Environment and Infrastructure Design Division |
KAMITANI Yuki |
Patent Examination Department(Mechanical Technology)
Title |
Name |
Director-General, Patent Examination Department(Mechanical Technology) |
MOROOKA Kenichi |
Deputy Director-General of the Patent Examination Department (Automatic Control and Motive Machinery Division) |
UCHIYAMA Takashi |
Director, Motive Machinery Division |
GOKAN Toichiro |
Senior Director, Transportation Division |
OKAZAKI Katsuhiko |
Director, General Machinery Division |
KAWAGUCHI Shinichi |
Senior Director, Production Machinery and General Machinery Division |
ONO Yukio |
Director, Logistics Division |
ICHINOSE Kaoru |
Director, Textile Processing and Packaging Machinery Division |
NAGAISHI Tetsuya |
Senior Director, Living Related Machinery and Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering Division |
HARA Taizo |
Director, Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering Division |
KAJIMOTO Naoki |
Director, Medical Device Division |
SASAKI Satoshi |
Patent Examination Department(Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science)
Title |
Name |
Director-General, Patent Examination Department(Chemistry, Life Science and Material Science) |
KITAMURA Hiroki |
Deputy Director-General of the Patent Examination Department (Inorganic Chemistry and Batteries Division) |
MATSUDA Shigemasa |
Senior Director, Environmental Chemistry Division |
TANABU Takuya |
Director, Batteries Division |
TOMINAGA Yasunori |
Senior Director, Medical Science and Foods Division |
HONMA Tomotaka |
Director, Biotechnology Division |
UEHARA Katsunori |
Director, Foods Division |
MIHARA Kenji |
Senior Director, Organic Chemistry and Applied Organic Chemicals Division |
HIRAI Hiroaki |
Director, Applied Organic Chemicals Division |
TATSUMI Masao |
Director, Polymer Division |
TANAKA Norimitu |
Director, Resins Division |
IWATA Yukitaka |
Patent Examination Department (Electronic Technology)
Title |
Name |
Director-General, Patent Examination Department (Electronic Technology) |
YUSHINA Soichi |
Deputy Director-General of the Patent Examination Department (Electronic Commerce Technology and Management-Systems Division) |
NISHINA Masahiro |
Director, Management-Systems Division |
TOMITA Takashi |
Senior Director, Data Processing Division |
MIYATA Shigeto |
Senior Director, Transmission Systems Division |
UMEMOTO Tatsuo |
Director, Electric Power Systems Division |
TOHYAMA Takahiko |
Director, Digital Communications Division |
HAMAGISHI Hiroaki |
Senior Director, Video System and Electronic Components Division |
TSUBATA Takao |
Director, Electronic Components Division |
TAKAHASHI Masayuki |
Director, Electronic Device Division |
KIMURA Takatoshi |
Trial and Appeal Department
Title |
Name |
Director-General, Trial and Appeal Department |
TAMURA Kiyoko |
Executive Chief Administrative Judge |
MORIFUJI Atsushi |
Director, Trial and Appeal Division |
KOMATSU Ryuichi |
Director, Infringement and Invalidation Affairs Office |
NISHIDA Takuya |
The 1st Board of Trial and Appeal (Measurement)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 1st Board of Trial and Appeal |
OKADA Yoshimi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
NAKATSUKA Naoki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HAMANO Takashi |
The 2nd Board of Trial and Appeal (Materials Analysis)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 2nd Board of Trial and Appeal |
MINAMI Kosuke |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAGAMI Kazue |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MISAKI Hitoshi |
The 3rd Board of Trial and Appeal (Amusement Machinery)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 3rd Board of Trial and Appeal |
SHIBUYA Tomoko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HAMAMOTO Tadahiro |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KASHIMOTO Eigo |
Chief Administrative Judge |
YOSHIKAWA Yasushi |
The 4th Board of Trial and Appeal (General Amusement)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 4th Board of Trial and Appeal |
NAGAI Shinichi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KOBAYASHI Toshihisa |
Chief Administrative Judge |
FUJITA Toshihiko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HIGUCHI Munehiko |
The 5th Board of Trial and Appeal (Natural Resources and Living Environment)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 5th Board of Trial and Appeal |
IJIMA Kazunori |
Chief Administrative Judge |
ARIIE Yoshiro |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KOYANO Hiroyuki |
The 6th Board of Trial and Appeal (Applied Optics)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 6th Board of Trial and Appeal |
SATOMURA Toshimitsu |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAMITANI Kenichi |
The 7th Board of Trial and Appeal (Business Machinery)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 7th Board of Trial and Appeal |
KAWAMATA Hiroshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SAIDO Shingo |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TONOKAWA Masaya |
The 8th Board of Trial and Appeal (Applied Physics and Optical Devices)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 8th Board of Trial and Appeal |
YAMAMURA Hiroshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HATAE Susumu |
Chief Administrative Judge |
AKITA Masayuki |
The 9th Board of Trial and Appeal (Automatic Control and Living Related Machinery)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 9th Board of Trial and Appeal |
KAKIZAKI Hiraki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KUBOTA Haruhiko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KITAMURA Hidetaka |
The 10th Board of Trial and Appeal (Motive Machinery)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 10th Board of Trial and Appeal |
YAMAMOTO Shimpei |
Chief Administrative Judge |
YAGI Makoto |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAWABATA Tadashi |
The 11th Board of Trial and Appeal (Transportation and Lighting)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 11th Board of Trial and Appeal |
KUSANO Akiko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
ICHINOSE Satoru |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TSUKUBA Shigeki
|
The 12th Board of Trial and Appeal (General Machinery and Logistics)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 12th Board of Trial and Appeal |
HIRAJO Toshimasa |
Chief Administrative Judge |
OGAWA Kyoji |
Chief Administrative Judge |
NAKAYA Yuichiro |
The 13th Board of Trial and Appeal (Production Machinery)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 13th Board of Trial and Appeal |
HONJO Ryotaro |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KARIMA Hironobu |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SUZUKI Takao |
The 14th Board of Trial and Appeal (Textile Processing and Packaging Machinery)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 14th Board of Trial and Appeal |
IWATANI Kazuomi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KANAMARU Haruyuki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TAGUCHI Suguru |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAMIYAMA Shigeki |
The 15th Board of Trial and Appeal (Medical Device)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 15th Board of Trial and Appeal |
SASAKI Seisho |
Chief Administrative Judge |
INOUE Tetsuo |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HIRASE Tomoaki |
The 16th Board of Trial and Appeal (Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 16th Board of Trial and Appeal |
MANAKA Koji |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SUZUKI Mituru |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MIZUNO Haruhiko |
The 17th Board of Trial and Appeal (Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 17th Board of Trial and Appeal |
FUKAKUSA Yuichi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MIYAZAWA Takayuki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HARA Kenichi |
The 18th Board of Trial and Appeal (Materials Processing, Metals and Electrochemistry)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 18th Board of Trial and Appeal |
AWANO Masaaki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
INOUE Takeshi |
The 19th Board of Trial and Appeal (Polymers)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 19th Board of Trial and Appeal |
KONNO Mitsutomo |
Chief Administrative Judge |
YOSHIZAWA Eiichi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HOSOI Ryuji |
The 20th Board of Trial and Appeal (Foods and Plastics Engineering)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 20th Board of Trial and Appeal |
ASANO Mina |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SHIBATA Masahiro |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KATO Tomoya |
The 21st Board of Trial and Appeal (Applied Organic Chemicals)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 21st Board of Trial and Appeal |
MITSUMOTO Minako |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MURAMORI Hirofumi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MONZEN Koichi |
The 22nd Board of Trial and Appeal (Organic Chemistry)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 22nd Board of Trial and Appeal |
BANNO Seiji |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SERA Satoki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KIMURA Toshiyasu |
Chief Administrative Judge |
INOUE Noriyuki |
The 23rd Board of Trial and Appeal (Pharmaceuticals)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 23rd Board of Trial and Appeal |
HARADA Takaoki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
FUJIWARA Hiroko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MAEDA Kayoko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
ISOGAI Kanae |
The 24th Board of Trial and Appeal (Biopharmaceuticals)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 24th Board of Trial and Appeal |
MATSUNAMI Yumiko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TOMINAGA Midori |
Chief Administrative Judge |
YOSHIDA Kayoko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
AMANO Hiroki |
The 25th Board of Trial and Appeal (Biotechnology)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 25th Board of Trial and Appeal |
FUKUI Satoru |
Chief Administrative Judge |
NAGAI Keiko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
NAKAMURA Hiroshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAMIJO Hajime |
The 26th Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Commerce Technology)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 26th Board of Trial and Appeal |
FUSHIMOTO Masanori |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SATO Tomoyasu |
Chief Administrative Judge |
MATSUDA Naoya |
Chief Administrative Judge |
AIZAKI Hirotsune |
The 27th Board of Trial and Appeal (Interface)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 27th Board of Trial and Appeal |
YAMAZAWA Hiroshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SHINOZUKA Takashi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SEKINE Yutaka |
The 28th Board of Trial and Appeal (Data Processing)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 28th Board of Trial and Appeal |
YOSHIDA Yoshihiko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HAYASHI Tsuyoshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
SUDA Katsumi |
The 29th Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Devices)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 29th Board of Trial and Appeal |
KOMIYA Shinji |
Chief Administrative Judge |
ONDA Haruka |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAWAMOTO Mitsuo |
Chief Administrative Judge |
KAJIO Seiya |
The 30th Board of Trial and Appeal (Video System)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 30th Board of Trial and Appeal |
TAKAHASHI Nobuhiro |
Chief Administrative Judge |
ITO Takao |
Chief Administrative Judge |
CHIBA Teruhisa |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HATANAKA Takayuki |
The 31st Board of Trial and Appeal (Transmission Systems)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 31st Board of Trial and Appeal |
KAWAI Hiroaki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
NAKAKI Tsutomu |
Chief Administrative Judge |
HIROKAWA Hiroshi |
The 32nd Board of Trial and Appeal (Electronic Components)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 32nd Board of Trial and Appeal |
SHINOHARA Koichi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
INOUE Shinichi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
UEMAE Mitsuji |
Chief Administrative Judge |
IWAMA Naozumi |
The 33rd Board of Trial and Appeal(Digital Communications and Electric Power Distribution)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 33rd Board of Trial and Appeal |
DOI Hitoshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
BABA Makoto |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TAKANO Hiroshi |
The 34th Board of Trial and Appeal (Designs)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 34th Board of Trial and Appeal |
MAEHATA Saori |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TOMINAGA Takashi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
NAITO Hiroki |
The 35th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Chemicals and Foodstuffs)
Title |
Name |
Senior Director of the 35th Board of Trial and Appeal |
TAKANO Kazuyuki |
Chief Administrative Judge |
OMORI Tomoko |
Chief Administrative Judge |
TOYOSE Kyotaro |
The 36th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Machinery and Electric Appliances)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 36th Board of Trial and Appeal Director of the Litigation Affairs Office |
TOMISAWA Takeshi |
Chief Administrative Judge |
OHASHI Yoshinari |
Chief Administrative Judge |
YAMADA Hiroyuki |
The 37th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Textiles and General Merchandise)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 37th Board of Trial and Appeal |
SUZUKI Masaya |
Chief Administrative Judge |
ITAYA Reiko |
The 38th Board of Trial and Appeal (Trademarks: Industrial Services and General Services)
Title |
Name |
Director of the 38th Board of Trial and Appeal |
DAN Katsumasa |
Chief Administrative Judge |
OSHIMA Yasuhiro |
Chief Administrative Judge |
OSHIMA Tsutomu |
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