Atsushi HAKODA

Present Status

Chemical Section

Present Post

Representative Partner of Nakamura & Partners
Patent Attorney

Main Practices

Patent Prosecution and Litigation (Specialized in organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, petroleum chemistry, medicinal chemistry and biochemistry)

Languages

Japanese and English

Education and History

Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University (B.S. Chemistry);
Joined a chemical corporation, worked as a researcher and a patent attorney of the corporation;
Passed the Patent Attorney Bar Examination in 1978;
Registered for Japan Patent Attorneys Association in 1979;
Joined Nakamura & Partners in 1984;
Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 1992;
Representative Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 2011

Membership and Activities

Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1979-)
Overseas cooperation committee, Chairman (1999)

Main Articles

(written in English)
"Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Chemical inventions: World protection and exploitation" in English (co-writer in Japanese section) published by OXFORD University Press 2011
(written in Japanese)
How to draft claims, specification and drawings for patent and utility model in each technical field)(joint-authorship)(JIII, 2000)

Main Lectures

Lecture on how to draft patent specification for medicinal and biotechnological inventions at"Training program on Intellectual Property (IP) Laws, Policy and Practice" (New Delhi India, March 27-29, 2001) held by "Institute of Intellectual Property"

Lecture on how to draft patent specification for medicinal and biotechnological inventions and claim interpretation of medicinal and biotechnological inventions in Japan, at International Seminar on "International Enforcements and Practices on Intellectual Property Rights" (New Delhi India, December 15-17, 2003)

Lecturer for "Course on drafting patent specifications for practician (chemical field)" held by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII) (2002-2005)

Lecturer for "Course on studying foreign patent application (EPC)" in the seminar for new recruits, held by JPAA (2003-)

Lecturer for "Grasp of invention and draft of specification" (introduction of Japanese practice) in the 18th Japan-China intellectual seminar held in Xian, China on September 22, 2009