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Toshio UCHIDA Former Japan Patent Office Trial Examiner-in-chief

Toshio UCHIDA

Patent&Trademark Attorney
Former Japan Patent Office Trial Examiner-in-chief
Former Judicial Research Official

Education and Work Record

March 1980	Graduated from Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering with a degree in Synthetic Chemistry
March 1982	Obtained a master's degree in Synthetic Chemistry from Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering
April 1982	Joined the Japan Patent Office
April 1986	Examiner
October 1996	Trial Examiner
April 2005	Examination Management Supervisor
April 2006	Trial Examiner-in-chief
April 2007	Judicial Research Official at Osaka High Court and Osaka District Court
April 2010	Returned to the Japan Patent Office Trial Examiner-in-chief (in the 22nd trial department - biotechnology)
September 2011	Left the Japan Patent Office
October 2011	Joined HARAKENZO World Patent and Trademark Works at Osaka Head Office

Achievements and Experience

At the JPO, he was involved in examinations and trials mainly in the technical fields of medical science (medicine, medicinal compounds, and cosmetics) and biotechnology (biotechnology, foodstuffs).

At courts, he was involved in infringement litigations and litigation for demanding consideration for invention by a corporate researcher, in the fields of civil engineering, architecture, and devices as well as the above technical fields.