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Akinobu Abe

Akinobu Abe

  • Patent Attorney

Education and History

March, 1994
Graduated from Dept. of Basic Science, College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo.
March, 1997
Obtained M.S. in biochemistry, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo.
January, 1999 - September, 1999
Engaged in translations of patent specifications relating to biotechnology.
March, 2000
Obtained PhD in biochemistry, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo.
April, 2000
Worked for a domestic patent firm (engaged in preparation of specifications and prosecution of foreign-filed patent applications relating to biotechnology).
August, 2003
Worked for a domestic patent firm (engaged in preparation of specifications and prosecution of domestic and foreign-filed patent applications relating to chemistry (in particular, polymers) and biotechnology).
December, 2005
Registered as a patent attorney (Registration No. 14175)
January, 2012
Joined Shobayashi International Patent & Trademark Office.

Qualifications & Affiliations

  • Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
  • Certified Specific Infringement Litigation Representative
  • Certified 1st Grade Specialist of Intellectual Property Management (Patent Expert)

Expertise

Organic chemistry, polymers (such as silicone resin, polyvinyl chloride, epoxy resin, and norbornene resin) and their applications (such as semiconductor device sealants, thermal conductive members, adhesives, antifoamers, cosmetics, and organic light-emitting device materials), precious metal catalysts, biotechnology (such as vector systems and pharmaceutical compositions)

Main Articles

  • Acetylation at the N-terminus of actin strengthens weak interaction between actin and myosin Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 268 (2000) 14

Profile

At graduate school, his goal was to unravel a muscle contraction mechanism, and Akinobu ABE biochemically and biophysically researched mutant actin expressed in cellular slime mold. His desire to enter the intellectual property world was triggered by his freelance English translation work on Japanese patent specifications during his graduate school days. Since Akinobu joined his first patent firm, he has been engaged in the preparation, prosecution and translation of specifications relating to chemistry and biotechnology patent applications. By utilizing his own experience in translating specifications into English, he prepares Japanese sentences that can be easily understood in order to avoid mistranslations.