Senior Director/Patent Attorney
Shigeru IINO

Specialities

Physics, Analysis, Measurement,

Qualifications

Patent Attorney (2014)

Academic Background/Career

1977	Bachelor of Engineering (Applied Physics) from Tokyo Institute of Technology
1979	Master of Science and Engineering (Energy Science) from Tokyo Institute of Technology

Experience at JPO

Examiner (Applied Physics, Material Analysis, Measurement) (1983)
Appeal Examiner (Applied Physics) (1996)
Chief Examiner (Amusement) (2004)
Chief Appeal Examiner (Measurement, Display Control) (2007)
Director of 1st Dept. (Measurement, Display control) (2012-2014)

Other Experience

Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau:
-Manager at Industrial Machinery Div. (1987-1989)
-Assistant Manager at Patent Information Management Div. (Information Retrieval Group Leader) (1990)
-Assistant Manager at Electronic Calculator Operations Div. (Research Group Leader) (1995)

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Director of Intellectual Property Dept. (2005-2007)

Memberships

Patent Attorney Examination Committee (Handling Patent Law) (1998-2002)
Industrial Property Deliberative Committee (Handling Patent Law, Supervising) (2007-2011)

Lectureships & Publication

Examiner Training Program at Indonesian Patent Office (Jakarta) (1993)
Korean Intellectual Human Resource Seminar (Seoul) (2007)

“Strategic Utilization of Patents” (Japan Information Center of Science and Technology) (1987)