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Makoto Nakajima

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Makoto Nakajima
Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office
Personal details
Born (1952-01-02) January 2, 1952 (age 72)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
ProfessionCivil servant

Makoto Nakajima (中嶋 誠, Nakajima Makoto, born January 2, 1952) was the commissioner of the Japan Patent Office[1] until he was succeeded by Masahiro Koezuka (肥塚 雅博).

Government service

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Upon graduating from the University of Tokyo with a law degree, Nakajima began working in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in April 1974.[2] In May 1988, the Industrial Organization and Industrial Policy Bureau chief.[3] Later, Nakajima became the director of the Director of the Budget and Accounts Division for the Minister's Secretariat,[4] and eventually served as the director of the MITI's Kansai region branch.[5] In 2004, Nakajima served as the director-general of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, until his appointment as commissioner of the Japan Patent Office in 2005.[citation needed]

Japan Patent Office

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While serving in the role of commissioner, Nakajima entered into new agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other patent offices for the Patent Prosecution Highway, a set of rules for fast-tracking patents by sharing information between patent offices in different countries.[1] He also reached a similar agreement with the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China.[6] Nakajima also took steps to increase efficiency and reduce duplication of work within the Japan Patent Office.[7]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Lawyers Weekly USA (2006).
  2. ^ Daily summary of Japanese Press (2005), 20.
  3. ^ METI (2006).
  4. ^ Asia Pulse Tender (2000).
  5. ^ Kyodo News (2002)
  6. ^ China, Japan and Korea will share patent search database (2006).
  7. ^ Osterwalder (2005).

References

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  • 中嶋 誠(なかじま まこと) (in Japanese). Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  • Asia Pulse Tender (25 July 2000). "Japan Govt Tender - Computer System". AsiaPulse News. AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved 7 August 2009.[dead link]
  • "China, Japan and Korea will share patent search database". People's Daily. Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  • Daily summary of Japanese press. Vol. 5. Embassy of the United States in Tokyo. 2005.
  • Kyodo News (11 February 2002). "Japan's regional economies worsening: METI". Japan Weekly Monitor. AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved 7 August 2009.[dead link]
  • Lawyers Weekly USA (29 May 2006). "U.S., Japan's new initiative - Patent Prosecution Highway". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  • Osterwalder, Rainer (17 November 2005). "Trilateral patent offices set to improve mutual exploitation of their work". European Patent Office. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2009.