Shinya Jitsuhiro

Vice President

Patent Attorney

Practice Area: Patents

IP Legal Services
Technical Field: Chemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Jitsuhiro specializes in organic synthetic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, polymer chemistry, polymer processing, molding techniques, xerography, lithography, rapid prototyping methods, and plastic recycling. As he also has extensive experience with oppositions, invalidation trials, suits against trial decisions, and infringement litigation in addition to patent prosecution, and due to his close relationship with overseas clients, he is often specifically entrusted by to assist them.

Mr. Jitsuhiro was an examiner in the Polymer Processing Division (JPO), 1993 – 1997, and a consultant at the Center for Intellectual Property Rights in Saga Prefecture, 1997 – 1998.

Education

M.S., Graduate School of Synthetic Chemistry, Kyoto University

Professional Background

Japanese Patent Office

Honor

IAM Patent 1000 2023 (Intellectual Asset Management)
Patent star 2023 (Managing Intellectual Property)
IAM Patent 1000 2022 (Intellectual Asset Management)
IP Stars 2022 (Managing Intellectual Property)
Japan's IP Expert 2022 (Asia IP)
IAM Patent 1000 2021 (Intellectual Asset Management)
IP Stars 2021 (Managing Intellectual Property)
Best Lawyers 2021 (Best Lawyers)
WIPT Leaders 2021
IAM Patent 1000 2020 (Intellectual Asset Management)
IP Stars 2020 (Managing Intellectual Property)
Japan's IP Expert 2020 (Asia IP)
IP Stars 2019 (Managing Intellectual Property)
IAM Patent 1000 2019: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals (Intellectual Asset Management)
Patents - Lawyer of the Year Japan 2019 (Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine)
IP Stars 2018 (Managing Intellectual Property)
Patents - Lawyer of the Year Japan 2018 (Finance Monthly Magazine)
Patents - Lawyer of the Year Japan 2018 (Lawyer Monthly)

Lectures

Invalidation of Patents in Japan (IP Symposium organized by Taiwan Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPA), November 2022)
Invalidation of Patent and Trademark in Japan (IP Symposium organized by Taiwan Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPA), November 2019)
What Determines Successful Patents (Seminar organized by Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 2011)
How to Prepare Invention Proposals reflecting Essence of Invention (Seminar organized by Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 2009-2010)
Lecturers for a training course at the Japan Intellectual Property Association (2006-2010)

Publications

Rapid Prototyping Methods, The Invention, Vol. 93, No. 7, pp. 55-61, 1996
"Claims for medical inventions", Managing Intellectual Property's Japan IP Focus 2009, Feb. 2009