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Kazuhiro Kosuge

Education and Professional Experiences
- March, 1978
- Graduated from Department of Fiber and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
- April, 1978
- Entered the Japan Patent Office (Textile Machinery Division).
- April, 1982
- Appointed as Examiner (Distribution Machinery Division).
- April, 1994
- Appointed as Appeal Examiner-in-Chief (Applied Optics Division).
- April, 2000
- Appointed as Office Chief (Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineering Division).
- October, 2001
- Appointed as Office Chief (Containers and Packaging Sub-Division).
- April, 2003
- Appointed as Chief Examiner (Transportation Division).
- January, 2004
- Appointed as Chief Examiner (Nursing, Medical Treatment and Service Apparatus Division).
- January, 2005
- Appointed as Senior Chief Examiner (Living-related Machinery Division).
- October, 2005
- Appointed as Principal Chief Examiner (Automatic Control Division).
- July, 2007
- Appointed as Chief of 14th Board of Appeals.
- October, 2007
- Appointed as Court Probation Officer, Intellectual Property High Court.
- April, 2008
- Appointed as Court Probation Officer, Supreme Court (Currently Served as, Court Probation Officer, Intellectual Property High Court.
- January, 2011
- Appointed as Principal Examiner-in-chief.
- July, 2012
- Registered as Patent Attorney (Registration No. 18526).
- October, 2012
- Joined Shobayashi International Patent & Trademark Office.
Qualifications & Affiliations
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
Expertise
- Automobile and transport machinery
- Medical machinery
- Home electrical appliances
- Optical instruments
- General Examination, Appeals, and Judicial cases