Intellectual Property
Members
Director of Intellectual Property Division

Nishimura, Naofumi
Position:Director of Intellectual Property Division, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize:Physics, Architecture/Civil Engineering
Assistant Director of Head Office of Enterprise partnership

Kato, Toshio
Position:Assistant Director of Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize:Contract/Legal

Kamiyama, Shigeki
Position:Assistant Director of Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize:Machinery
Legal Counselor

Bekki, Kazuo
Position:Professor of Graduate School of Law
Field of Expertize:Intellectual Property Law, Electric/Electronic
IP Consultant

Asai, Akira, Ph.D., MBA
Position:IP Strategy Designer, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize:Mainly the Engineering field, as well as Biotechnology, Agriculture, Medical Engineering, Business Models
Startup Advisor

Tosaki, Yoshihiro
Position:Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Visiting Professor, Startup Advisor, Patent Attorney
Field of Expertize:Intellectual Property (18+ years of experience), in particular, Patent Engineer. Physics and chemistry with a focus on materials and process technology.

Nishiyama, Kazunari
Position:Head Office of Enterprise partnership, Visiting Professor, Startup Advisor
Field of Expertize:Glycoscience, Cellulose fibers, Wet spinning, Medical devices, Diagnostics. Experince in research and development, plant operations, and business operations in glycoscience related businesses.
Intellectual Property Division

Iino, Yurie
Position:Assistant Director, Specially Appointed Professor, Ph.D. in Engineering, Head of IP Division Administrations/Systems
Field of Expertize:Majored in Organic Chemistry. Being exposed to and learning various technologies in current position at Tohoku University.

K. T
Position:IP Strategy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Field of Expertize:Physics, Chemistry

Nitta, Jun
Position:IP Strategy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Science
Field of Expertize:Physics, Organic Semiconductor

Toji, Ai
Position:IP Strategy

Takata, Ritsuko
Position:Contract/Legal, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Field of Expertize:Electric, Optics, Telecomminications, Medical Devices

Watanabe, Nanae
Position:Contract/Legal

H.O.
Position:IP Administrator

Koide, Tomoko
Position:IP Administrator

M.O.
Position:IP Administrator

S. S.
Position:IP Administrator

Ogawa, Ayuko
Position:IP Administrator/Systems