JAPANESE
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
IP Consultants
Kamiyama, Shigeki
Position：Planning Office, Specially Appointed Professor
Field of Expertize：Machinery
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.
Tokugawa, Kazuhisa
Position：IP Strategy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Agriculture, Patent Attorney
Field of Expertize：Biotechnology, Life Science, Agriculture, Food
K. T
Position：IP Strategy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Field of Expertize：Physics, Chemistry
Toji, Ai
Position：IP Strategy
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：Intellectual Property Division Systems