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Tadao Urimoto

Tadao Urimoto

  • Patent Attorney

Education and Professional Experiences

March, 1977
Graduated from Department of Design, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University.
April, 1977
Entered the Japan Patent Office.
April, 1981
Appointed as Examiner of Design Examination Department.
April, 1987
Temporary transfer to Household and Miscellaneous Goods Division, Consumer Goods Industries Bureau (previous name), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (responsibilities included: promotion of traditional craft industries (including "Karatsu Ware", "Yaeyama Jofu", "Ouchi Lacquer Ware", etc., as the METI-designated products); and promotion of improvement of office environment).
April, 1997
Appointed as Head of Design Policy Office (in charge of 1998 Design Act Amendment, etc.).
June & July, 1999
Participated in Diplomatic Conference for Adopting New Act "Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs" throughout the agenda as a representative of the government of Japan.
October, 2000
Appointed as Chief Examiner of Design Examination Department (living goods).
April, 2002
Appointed as Chief Examiner of Design Examination Department (household goods).
October, 2004
Appointed as Chief of Design Division.
April, 2008
Appointed as Senior Director and Chief Appeals Examiner of Appeals Department (Design Division).
October, 2012
Joined Shobayashi International Patent & Trademark Office.
October, 2012
Registered as Patent Attorney (Registration No. 18586).

Qualifications & Affiliations

  • Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
  • Intellectual Property Association of Japan

Expertise

  • Design examinations, and Appeal examinations in general

Publications

  • "Encyclopedia of Design", 2003, Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd. (co-author)
  • "100 Selected Decisions of Trademark, Design and Unfair Competition" (Jurist Separate Volume), 2007, Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. (co-author)