Professional Experience: Assistant Judge, 1983-1993; Judge, 1993-2006; Judge of Osaka District Court, 1993-1995; Judicial Research Official of the Supreme Court, 1995-1998; Director of the Appointment Division, Personnel Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat of the Supreme Court, 1998-2002; Judge of Tokyo High Court (Intellectual Property Division), 2002-2005; Judge of Intellectual Property High Court, 2005-2006; Appeal Examination Counselor of the Japan Patent Office, 2008—; Professor of Law, Waseda Law School (2007-2010 Visiting Professor), 2010—.