Hitoshi Watanabe

• Patent Attorney

Education and Professional Experiences

March, 1980

Graduated from Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo.

March, 1982

Obtained M.S. in Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Tokyo.

April, 1982

Entered the Japan Patent Office, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

April, 1986

Appointed as Examiner (Food Processing).

August, 1989

Concurrently Worked for Research and Development Bureau, the Science and Technology Agency.

December, 1991

Studied in the U.S.A. (George Washington University).

March, 1994

Appointed as First Secretary, Japanese Mission to the Foreign Ministry's International Organization in Geneva.

July, 1999

Appointed as Director for Patent Planning, General Affairs Department.

August, 2000

Appointed as Chief of Appeals Examination Policy Planning Office, Appeals Department.

December, 2001

Appointed as Chief of Multilateral Negotiation Office, International Division, General Affairs Department.

June, 2004

Appointed as Chief of Pharmaceutical Compounds Sub-Division, Medical Science Division, Third Patent Examination Department.

October, 2005

Appointed as Director, Polymer Division, Third Patent Examination Department.

July, 2007

Appointed as Senior Director, Medical Science Division, Third Patent Examination Department.

July, 2008

Appointed as Chief of 24th Board of Appeals.

October, 2010

Appointed as Deputy Director General in charge of Human Resource Development, National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training.

April, 2012

Appointed as Chief of 24th Board of Appeals (Polymers).

July, 2013

Joined Shobayashi International Patent & Trademark Office.

July, 2013

Registered as Patent Attorney (Registration No. 19244).

Qualifications & Affiliations

• Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)

Expertise

• Organic compounds, medical devices, food, polymer, and plastics engineering.
• Examination and Appeals Examination in the above technical fields.