Takaki NISHIJIMA

Present Status

Electrical & Electronics Section

Present Post

Representative Partner of Nakamura & Partners
Patent Attorney

Main Practices

Patent Prosecution and Litigation (Specialized in control, chemical engineering and software)

Languages

Japanese and English

Education and History

Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (B.S.);
Entered a Chemical Plant Engineering Company in 1974;
Joined Nakamura & Partners in 1980;
Registered for Japan Patent Attorneys Association in 1981;
Passed US Patent Agent Examination in 1989;
Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 1991;
Representative Partner of Nakamura & Partners in 2011

Membership and Activities

Japan Patent Attorneys Association (1981-)
  Chairman of Patent Committee (1995)
  Chairman of International Activity Committee (2002)
  Vice President (2009)
  Director General of International Activity Center (2010)
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI·JAPAN)
Licensing Executives Society Japan

Main Articles

(written in English)
"Inventive Step (Unobviousness) Standard in Japan", AIPPI Journal, AIPPI, 2006

(written in Japanese)
"Problem of Patent System in the Internet Age", Patent, 2000

"Development in Inventive Step Judgment in Trial Decision (Electronics/Information Technology)", Patent, 2003

"Practice Change of Description of Specification, Amendment and Divisional Application", Toyo Hoki Publishing, 2008

"Inventive Step - Practice of Judgment - Revised Edition", Toyo Hoki Publishing, 2011

Main Lectures

"Foreign Filing Practice Seminar", Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
"How to Prepare Patent Specification", JIPA