Attorneys

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.